{"id":"tas:sr-2022-102","name":"Financial Management Amendment Order (No. 2) 2022","slug":"financial-management-amendment-order-no-2-2022","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"102 of 2022","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":179810,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2022-102-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 [Financial Management Amendment Order (No. 2) 2022](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2022-102) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order takes effect on 1 December 2022.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Principal Act","content":"### 3 Principal Act\n\n> In this order, the [Financial Management Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2016-042) is referred to as the Principal Act.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 4.\n\n> The amendment effected by this clause has been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Financial Management Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2016-042) .\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 30 November 2022\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Treasury and Finance.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Order maintains the original scope of amendment instruments under the Rules Publication Act 1953. It serves its intended narrow purpose of formally notifying a technical amendment to the principal Act without expanding beyond that function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short—only 4 clauses","No substantive legislative text included in the Order itself","No defined terms, cross-references to other legislation (beyond naming the Principal Act), or conditional provisions","Functions purely as a notification instrument rather than containing operative provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short technical amendment to Tasmania's **Financial Management Act 2016**. It makes a change to the principal Act that has already been incorporated into the official version of that law. The Order itself doesn't contain the actual text of the amendment—instead, it points readers to the updated version of the 2016 Act to see what changed. It commenced on 1 December 2022 and is administered by Tasmania's Department of Treasury and Finance."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient substantive content is available in the provided text to determine whether the scope changed from the original intent. The document only contains metadata, version information, and administrative details. No amendment provisions or explanatory content are visible to assess scope drift."},"complexity_factors":["The document provided contains only metadata and administrative status information — no substantive legal provisions are visible, making meaningful complexity assessment difficult","As a subordinate instrument (an Order made under an Act rather than the Act itself), it is likely narrow in scope and technical rather than broadly complex","Financial management legislation can involve technical accounting and appropriation (budget allocation) concepts, but amendment orders of this type are typically targeted and limited"],"plain_english_summary":"This administrative order updates the Financial Management framework that governs how Tasmanian government departments and agencies handle public money. It amends existing rules (via a secondary instrument) for officials who manage budgets, spending and accounts.\n\nWhile ordinary Tasmanians won’t see immediate changes, the order matters because these rules shape transparency, accountability and effective use of public funds, which ultimately affects how well public services are funded and delivered."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The order is framed as a technical amendment to the Financial Management Act 2016 and records incorporation into the authorised version (cl. 4). The instrument itself does not set out substantive changes to the scope or powers in the Principal Act; to assess any substantive scope change one must inspect the incorporated amendments in the authorised Act."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument: 4 clauses only (cls 1–4)","No substantive amendment text included—only references the Principal Act (cl. 3) and incorporation (cl. 4)","Simple commencement provision with a fixed date (cl. 2)","Legal technicality: updating authorised version and publication details (cl. 4 and Gazette note)","Low regulatory detail reduces compliance complexity but increases need to consult the Principal Act for substantive effect"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it changes:** Amends the Financial Management Act 2016 and takes effect on 1 December 2022.  \n**How it works:** States the amendment has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Act and records that the Department of Treasury and Finance administers the order (cls 1–4)."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"retroactive_impossibility","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the file was last modified 30 November 2022 and the currency commencement is 1 December 2022, the document as modified cannot reflect the state of the law as it stood on commencement — unless no changes occurred between modification and commencement, which is merely assumed rather than guaranteed. More importantly, any instrument that took effect on 1 December 2022 should logically have been finalised on or after that date to confirm no last-minute changes occurred.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The instrument states it is 'current from 1 December 2022 to date' but the file was last modified 30 November 2022 — one day before its stated currency commencement date. An instrument cannot be current from a date that post-dates its last modification, raising questions about whether any amendments were possible after the file was finalised."},{"type":"other","section":"Document Structure - Title repetition throughout","severity":"low","reasoning":"Legislation must be capable of unambiguous interpretation. Duplicated headings could, in a strict reading, suggest two separate instruments or two separate sections with identical names, creating interpretive uncertainty about which governs in case of divergence.","confidence":0.4,"description":"Every heading and section title is duplicated verbatim throughout the document (e.g., 'Financial Management Amendment Financial Management Amendment Order (No. 2) 2022', 'Status Information Status Information', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). While likely a rendering/formatting artefact, if taken as the authoritative text of the instrument, it creates ambiguity as to which instance of each heading constitutes the operative provision."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Status Information - Update timeframe","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Publishing legislation with a caveat that currency is only 'usually' maintained within 3 working days, without specifying any fallback or liability exclusion, creates a compliance trap. A regulated entity checking currency on day 4 post-amendment would have no way of knowing whether what they are reading is current law. For an amendment order — which modifies financial management obligations — this is not a trivial concern.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The status note states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change.' The qualifier 'usually' creates a formally unenforceable standard — there is no mechanism specified for what occurs when the update takes longer, and users relying on the site for compliance purposes may act on outdated law with no legal remedy."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - File last modified 30 November 2022","section_b":"Status Information - Version current from 1 December 2022","confidence":0.6,"description":"The file modification date (30 November 2022) predates the stated commencement of currency (1 December 2022). This creates a minor but real internal contradiction: the document purports to authoritatively represent the law from 1 December 2022, yet was finalised the day before that date, making it impossible for the file itself to have incorporated any developments occurring on commencement day."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/financial-management-amendment-order-no-2-2022","history":"/api/acts/financial-management-amendment-order-no-2-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/financial-management-amendment-order-no-2-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/financial-management-amendment-order-no-2-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/financial-management-amendment-order-no-2-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/financial-management-amendment-order-no-2-2022/documents"}}