{"id":"tas:sr-2002-108","name":"Gas Pipelines (Sensitive Developments) Revocation Order 2002","slug":"gas-pipelines-sensitive-developments-revocation-order-2002","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"108 of 2002","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318598,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2002-108-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","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 [Gas Pipelines (Sensitive Developments) Revocation Order 2002](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2002-108) .","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":"Gas Pipelines (Sensitive Developments) Order 2001  revoked","content":"### 3 Gas Pipelines (Sensitive Developments) Order 2001  revoked\n\n> The [Gas Pipelines (Sensitive Developments) Order 2001](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2001-114) is revoked.\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 20 September 2002\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation performs exactly the function its title suggests—revoking a specific 2001 order. There is no scope creep; it is a targeted, single-purpose instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (only 3 operative sections)","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the revoked order)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Single, straightforward operative provision (revocation of one named instrument)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a very short piece of legislation that does one simple thing: it cancels (revokes) an earlier order from 2001 called the 'Gas Pipelines (Sensitive Developments) Order 2001'.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Removes a previous legal rule that had been put in place in 2001 regarding gas pipelines and sensitive developments\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone involved in gas pipeline projects who was previously subject to the 2001 Order\n- The Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources (which administered the original order)\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- It removes regulatory requirements or restrictions that were previously in place\n- This could make it easier to develop gas pipelines in areas previously classified as 'sensitive developments'\n- It represents a policy change by the government regarding how gas pipelines are regulated"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire instrument","severity":"high","reasoning":"The instrument is titled a 'Revocation Order', meaning its entire legal purpose is to revoke another instrument. However, the reproduced text contains no operative provision actually identifying what is being revoked or effecting the revocation. An instrument that purports to revoke something but contains no operative revocation clause is logically self-defeating — it cannot fulfil its sole stated purpose.","confidence":0.72,"description":"A Revocation Order with no operative revocation clause visible in the text"},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A revocation order is a one-shot instrument: it revokes the target instrument at commencement and is thereafter functus officio — it has no ongoing legal work to do. Describing it as having a 'version current from 20 September 2002 to date' implies continuing legal effect, which is logically inconsistent with the nature of a revocation instrument. It cannot sensibly have 'versions' or ongoing currency in the way a substantive legislative instrument does.","confidence":0.65,"description":"Version stated as current 'from 20 September 2002 to date' despite the instrument being a revocation order that should be spent upon commencement"},{"type":"other","section":"Authorisation - File last modified 18 June 2021","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the instrument was functus officio from 20 September 2002 (having immediately exhausted its legal effect upon revoking the target instrument), there is no logical basis for the instrument file to require modification in June 2021. The modification implies ongoing administrative or legal relevance that is inconsistent with the instrument's spent character.","confidence":0.55,"description":"A spent revocation instrument was modified nearly 19 years after commencement"},{"type":"other","section":"Title and structural metadata","severity":"low","reasoning":"Every heading and section title in the reproduced instrument appears twice or more (e.g. 'Gas Pipelines (Sensitive Developments) Revocation Order 2002' appears four times; 'Status Information' appears four times; 'Authorisation' appears four times). While likely a rendering artefact, if taken as the authoritative text this creates genuine ambiguity about which iteration of each heading is operative and whether the document constitutes one instrument or multiple overlapping instruments.","confidence":0.45,"description":"Repeated duplication of headings and metadata throughout the reproduced text creates an internally incoherent document structure"}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"high","section_a":"Title: 'Gas Pipelines (Sensitive Developments) Revocation Order 2002'","section_b":"Body: absence of any operative revocation provision in the reproduced text","confidence":0.7,"description":"The instrument's title asserts it is a Revocation Order but its body, as reproduced, contains no operative clause effecting any revocation"},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information: 'Version current from 20 September 2002 to date'","section_b":"Nature of instrument as a revocation order (spent upon commencement)","confidence":0.6,"description":"Claiming ongoing currency across 24 years contradicts the legally spent nature of a revocation instrument, which exhausts its effect at the moment of commencement"}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument appears to do exactly what its title says — revoke a prior order concerning gas pipelines and sensitive developments. There is no evidence of scope creep or unintended expansion beyond this narrow administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Minimal substantive content — the instrument is purely a revocation (cancellation) order with no detailed provisions","Requires knowledge of the original order being revoked to fully understand its legal effect","Short and administratively straightforward in nature","No amending history of significance based on available information"],"plain_english_summary":"The Gas Pipelines (Sensitive Developments) Revocation Order 2002 is a Tasmanian instrument that cancels an earlier legal order governing “sensitive developments” near gas pipelines (e.g., schools, hospitals, dense housing). It primarily affects developers, planners, local councils and pipeline operators by removing the specific restrictions or conditions that had applied under the revoked order, potentially shifting regulatory responsibility to other laws or frameworks."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. The Order removes the legal effect of the Gas Pipelines (Sensitive Developments) Order 2001 by revoking it (s3). The revocation takes effect on Gazette notification (s2), so the regulatory coverage previously provided by the 2001 Order ends on that date. Determining which persons or activities are affected requires consulting the revoked instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Substantive effect is a single, clear act: revocation of a named instrument (s3).","Commencement is immediate upon Gazette notification, creating a binary timing rule (s2).","No transitional or savings provision in the revocation increases implementation uncertainty for parties bound by the revoked instrument (implicit from s3's text).","To assess practical impact one must read the revoked 2001 Order — this external dependency raises analytical workload despite the instrument's brevity.","Administrative responsibility is identified (Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources), concentrating operational queries in one agency."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument revokes the Gas Pipelines (Sensitive Developments) Order 2001 and takes effect when its making is notified in the Gazette (s2–s3). Its immediate legal effect is to remove the 2001 Order from the statute book, so any obligations or permissions that order created cease on commencement. The Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources administers the revocation."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/gas-pipelines-sensitive-developments-revocation-order-2002","history":"/api/acts/gas-pipelines-sensitive-developments-revocation-order-2002/history","analysis":"/api/acts/gas-pipelines-sensitive-developments-revocation-order-2002/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/gas-pipelines-sensitive-developments-revocation-order-2002/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/gas-pipelines-sensitive-developments-revocation-order-2002/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/gas-pipelines-sensitive-developments-revocation-order-2002/documents"}}