{"id":"tas:sr-2021-103","name":"Fire Service Amendment Order 2021","slug":"fire-service-amendment-order-2021","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"103 of 2021","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":182434,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2021-103-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 [Fire Service Amendment Order 2021](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2021-103) .","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 Act","content":"### 3 Principal Act\n\n> In this order, the [Fire Service Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1979-035) 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 [Fire Service Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1979-035) .\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 8 December 2021\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient information is available in the provided document to assess whether the scope changed from the original intent. The document contains only administrative metadata with no substantive legislative text."},"complexity_factors":["The document provided contains only metadata and administrative status information — no substantive legislative content is present to analyse","Amendment Orders are generally simpler than primary legislation as they target specific, narrow changes","Without the actual amendment text, cross-referencing with the parent legislation to understand the full effect is impossible","Tasmanian fire service law may involve interaction between Acts and subordinate instruments, adding some baseline complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This Tasmanian statutory instrument — the Fire Service Amendment Order 2021 — amends an existing Fire Service Order and came into force on 8 December 2021. It is a targeted amendment to rules governing Tasmania’s fire services and therefore matters to firefighters, fire service personnel and organisations or property owners subject to fire‑service obligations.\n\nBecause the published record here contains only administrative details, the actual amendment text and its practical effects are not available."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Order does not itself set out substantive policy changes; it only brings unspecified amendments to the Fire Service Act 1979 into force on Gazette notification and records their incorporation into the authorised Act (clauses 2 and 4). Any actual change in legal scope depends on the content of the incorporated amendments, which are not detailed in this Order."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument: contains only short title, commencement rule, Principal Act reference and an incorporation note.","No substantive amendment text included in the Order itself — the Order operates by reference to changes to the Fire Service Act 1979 rather than specifying them (clauses 2 and 4).","Commencement is automatic on Gazette notification, creating a clear single trigger for legal effect (clause 2).","Legal effect depends on reading this Order together with the Principal Act and whatever amendments it incorporates, so understanding substantive impact requires consulting the authorised Fire Service Act 1979.","Low direct compliance burden from the Order itself; implementation and administration fall to the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management (administration note)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Order brings amendments to the Fire Service Act 1979 into effect on the day the Order’s making is notified in the Gazette and records that those amendments have been incorporated into the authorised version of the Act. It is a formal, administrative instrument administered by the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management and affects persons and bodies governed by the Fire Service Act by altering the operative statutory text."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function it was designed for: formally notifying a minor amendment to the Fire Service Act 1979. There is no scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 4 clauses","No defined terms beyond standard references","No conditional logic or exceptions","No substantive operational provisions — purely mechanical amendment machinery","Single cross-reference to the Principal Act"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **technical housekeeping instrument** that makes a minor change to Tasmania's Fire Service Act 1979.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Formally amends the Fire Service Act 1979 (the \"Principal Act\")\n- The actual amendment has already been merged into the official, up-to-date version of the Act (this is noted in clause 4)\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Fire service personnel and anyone dealing with Tasmanian fire services legislation\n- Most people won't notice any direct impact — this is an administrative update\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Keeps the law technically current and properly notified in the official *Gazette*\n- Ensures there's a formal record of when and how the amendment was made\n- The amendment itself is already in force and visible in the consolidated (officially compiled) version of the Act"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fire-service-amendment-order-2021","history":"/api/acts/fire-service-amendment-order-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fire-service-amendment-order-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fire-service-amendment-order-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fire-service-amendment-order-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fire-service-amendment-order-2021/documents"}}