{"id":"tas:sr-2021-057","name":"Electricity Supply Industry Restructuring (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Amendment Order 2021","slug":"electricity-supply-industry-restructuring-savings-and-transitional-provisions-amendment-order-2021","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"57 of 2021","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":182186,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2021-057-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"### 1 Short title\n\n> This order may be cited as the [Electricity Supply Industry Restructuring (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Amendment Order 2021](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2021-057) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the *Gazette*.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Principal Order","content":"### 3 Principal Order\n\n> In this order, the [Electricity Supply Industry Restructuring (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2020](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2020-087) is referred to as the Principal Order.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 4.\n\n> The amendments effected by this clause have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Electricity Supply Industry Restructuring (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2020](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2020-087) .\n\nDisplayed and numbered in accordance with the *[Rules Publication Act 1953](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1953-050)*.\n\nNotified in the *Gazette* on 21 July 2021\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"On its face the order does not expand or narrow scope; it amends and incorporates changes into the existing Principal Order (see clause 3 and clause 4) and commences on Gazette notification (clause 2). The instrument appears to be a technical/administrative update rather than a standalone change to who or what is covered."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with three operative clauses (short title, commencement, reference to Principal Order).","No new substantive regulatory provisions in the amending instrument itself; it only amends and incorporates changes into the Principal Order (clause 4).","Commencement is immediate upon Gazette notification, reducing phased implementation complexity (clause 2).","Relies on cross-reference to an external Principal Order for substantive content (clause 3), so understanding requires consulting that instrument."],"plain_english_summary":"This order makes amendments to the Electricity Supply Industry Restructuring (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2020 (the Principal Order). It takes effect on the day its making is notified in the Gazette and the amendments are incorporated into the authorised version of the Principal Order.\n\nThe order therefore changes the savings and transitional rules that apply under the Principal Order to persons and entities governed by that instrument. Administrative responsibility for the order rests with the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The claim that the version is 'current to date' (April 2026) while the file was last modified in July 2021 is not strictly a legal absurdity but creates a logical tension: either the legislation has genuinely not changed (in which case the currency notation is trivially true but potentially misleading), or the file modification timestamp is simply wrong. Combined with the site's own representation that updates occur 'within 3 working days', a five-year gap with no modification is unusual and warrants scrutiny.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 21 July 2021 to date' with an access timestamp of '5 April 2026 at 16:12', yet the file modification date is listed as '21 July 2021'. This implies the legislation has never been updated since inception despite the currency claim spanning nearly five years."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document Structure (entire instrument)","severity":"high","reasoning":"An Amendment Order's sole legal function is to modify a parent instrument. If the reproduced text contains only metadata, status information, and repeated headings but zero operative clauses (no 'clause X of the principal order is amended by...'), then either the instrument has been published in an incomplete/truncated form, or the instrument is substantively empty. In either case, it is logically impossible for any person or body to comply with, or give effect to, an amending instrument that contains no amendments.","confidence":0.75,"description":"The instrument is titled an 'Amendment Order' — meaning it exists solely to amend a parent instrument — yet the text as reproduced contains no operative amending provisions whatsoever. An amending instrument with no operative text cannot logically fulfil its own stated legislative purpose."},{"type":"other","section":"Document Structure (repeated headings)","severity":"low","reasoning":"While duplicated headings are almost certainly a publishing/rendering artefact rather than a substantive legislative flaw, they do undermine the document's reliability as an authoritative legal text. Courts and practitioners relying on this published version cannot be certain the body text is equally unaffected by the rendering error.","confidence":0.85,"description":"Every heading in the document appears to be duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). This creates an internal structural absurdity where the instrument's own metadata is self-referentially repeated, suggesting a malformed publication rather than intentional legislative drafting."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency of version — 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change'","section_b":"Authorisation — 'File last modified 21 July 2021'","confidence":0.5,"description":"The site represents that legislative changes are reflected within 3 working days, implying ongoing active maintenance. However, the file modification date has remained static at 21 July 2021 across a period of nearly five years to the access date of 5 April 2026. If any amendments had been made and captured per the 3-working-day commitment, the file modification date would have advanced. The two claims are in tension: either no amendments have occurred (making the update-frequency promise irrelevant but the static date explicable), or amendments have occurred and the file has not been updated (contradicting the update-frequency representation)."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available metadata, this appears to be a routine amendment maintaining or adjusting the existing transitional framework for Tasmania's electricity industry restructuring. There is no evidence from the provided content that the instrument materially expanded or contracted the original scope of the savings and transitional provisions — it appears consistent with the original intent of managing the industry restructuring transition."},"complexity_factors":["Operates as a second-order instrument — an amendment to an amendment/transitional order — requiring familiarity with multiple layers of legislation","Subject matter (electricity industry restructuring) involves complex regulatory and commercial arrangements","The full substantive text of the amendments was not provided, making complete analysis impossible","Transitional and savings provisions can interact unpredictably with other legislation over time","Low score overall because the instrument appears narrow in scope and typical of routine administrative maintenance of transitional frameworks"],"plain_english_summary":"This Tasmanian government amendment order updates the savings and transitional provisions tied to the state’s electricity supply industry restructuring. It affects electricity companies, regulators and others with existing rights or obligations under that restructuring by adjusting how the legal transition is managed. The Order took effect 21 July 2021; the specific textual changes aren’t included here, so the precise impacts can’t be determined."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This amendment order performs exactly the function its title suggests—making savings and transitional amendments to the 2020 Order. There is no scope creep; the document is purely procedural."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 4 operative clauses","No defined terms beyond a single reference to the 'Principal Order'","No substantive provisions—the actual amendments are incorporated elsewhere","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation (beyond the Rules Publication Act citation)","Purely mechanical amendment mechanism"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **technical housekeeping document** that makes changes to an existing Tasmanian regulation about electricity industry restructuring.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Amends the *Electricity Supply Industry Restructuring (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2020* (the \"Principal Order\")\n- The actual amendments have already been merged into the main 2020 Order, so this document simply records that the changes were made\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Primarily affects government administrators and lawyers tracking regulatory changes\n- The underlying 2020 Order deals with transitional arrangements for Tasmania's electricity supply industry (likely covering things like asset transfers, employee arrangements, and regulatory continuity during industry restructuring)\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Ensures the official version of the 2020 Order stays up-to-date and accurate\n- Provides legal certainty about when the amendments took effect (21 July 2021, when notified in the *Gazette*)\n- This is standard legislative maintenance—necessary for the legal system to function, but not a policy change in itself"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/electricity-supply-industry-restructuring-savings-and-transitional-provisions-amendment-order-2021","history":"/api/acts/electricity-supply-industry-restructuring-savings-and-transitional-provisions-amendment-order-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/electricity-supply-industry-restructuring-savings-and-transitional-provisions-amendment-order-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/electricity-supply-industry-restructuring-savings-and-transitional-provisions-amendment-order-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/electricity-supply-industry-restructuring-savings-and-transitional-provisions-amendment-order-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/electricity-supply-industry-restructuring-savings-and-transitional-provisions-amendment-order-2021/documents"}}