{"id":"tas:sr-2025-015","name":"Health Complaints Regulations 2025","slug":"health-complaints-regulations-2025","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"15 of 2025","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174248,"registerId":"tas-sr-2025-015-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> These regulations may be cited as the [Health Complaints Regulations 2025](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2025-015) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> These regulations take effect on 22 April 2025.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Prescribed form of warrant","content":"### 3 Prescribed form of warrant\n\n> For the purposes of [section 47(3)(a) of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1995-095#GS47@Gs3@Hpa@EN) [Health Complaints Act 1995](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1995-095) , the prescribed form of a warrant is Form 1 as set out in [Schedule 1](#JS1@EN) .","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 1 - Prescribed Form o","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 1 - Prescribed Form of Warrant","content":"# SCHEDULE 1 - Prescribed Form o SCHEDULE 1 - Prescribed Form of Warrant\n\n[Regulation 3](#GS3@EN)","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Form 1","sectionType":"division","heading":"Form 1","content":"## Form 1 Form 1\n\n[![graphic image](/image/HCWarrant-s47p1.gif)](/image/HCWarrant-s47p1.gif)\n\n[![graphic image](/image/HCWarrant-s47p2.gif)](/image/HCWarrant-s47p2.gif)\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 16 April 2025\n\nThese regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":4}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations perform exactly the limited, technical function suggested by their title—prescribing a form for warrants. There is no scope creep; they do not expand beyond the specific power in section 47(3)(a) of the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 substantive provisions (short title, commencement, and prescription of form)","Single defined form reference (Form 1 in Schedule 1)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the single reference to the parent Act","Schedule consists entirely of a graphic image of the form rather than text-based drafting","Total length is approximately 200 words excluding the form images"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations prescribe the official form that must be used when a magistrate issues a warrant under the Health Complaints Act 1995. Specifically, they set out Form 1 (found in Schedule 1) as the required template for warrants issued under section 47(3)(a) of that Act. This matters because it ensures consistency and legal validity when health complaint investigators need to enter premises with judicial authorisation."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient substantive content was provided to determine whether the regulations' scope changed from the original intent of the enabling Health Complaints Act. The document supplied contains only version and status metadata. A meaningful scope assessment requires the actual operative provisions of the regulations."},"complexity_factors":["Only administrative metadata was provided — no substantive regulatory content is available for analysis","Subordinate legislation (regulations) is inherently simpler in structure than primary Acts","Tasmania's health complaints framework is a single-jurisdiction scheme without multi-government complexity","The low score reflects the absence of analysable content, not confirmed simplicity of the actual regulations"],"plain_english_summary":"The Health Complaints Regulations 2025 (SR 2025-015) are subordinate rules made under Tasmania’s Health Complaints Act, in force from 22 April 2025, that govern how health complaints are administered. They apply to patients, health service providers and the Health Complaints Commissioner, and have been amended since commencement.\n\nThese regulations matter because they provide the practical details—fees, timeframes, forms and procedures—that determine how the complaints system operates in practice."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"retroactive_impossibility","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A file cannot logically be last modified on 16 April 2025 if the version it contains did not come into force until 22 April 2025. If the file accurately reflects the version current from 22 April 2025, it must have been modified on or after that date. Either the 'last modified' timestamp is incorrect, or the 'current from' date is incorrect. This creates a factual impossibility in the document's own metadata.","confidence":0.82,"description":"The document states it is 'Version current from 22 April 2025 to date' but the access timestamp records it as accessed on '5 April 2026', while the 'File last modified' date is recorded as '16 April 2025' — six days before the version was stated to have come into force."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Status Information — Currency of version","severity":"high","reasoning":"Regulations by definition must contain operative provisions — rules, obligations, definitions, fees, forms, or similar — to have any legal effect. A document consisting solely of metadata and repeated headings cannot impose or relieve any legal obligation. If this represents the complete instrument, it is a regulatory instrument that regulates nothing, making compliance or non-compliance literally impossible to assess.","confidence":0.75,"description":"The regulations contain no substantive operative provisions in the text provided. A statutory instrument titled 'Health Complaints Regulations 2025' that consists entirely of status metadata, header repetition, and administrative information, with no actual regulatory content, is logically incapable of compliance or enforcement."},{"type":"other","section":"All heading sections","severity":"low","reasoning":"While likely a formatting or rendering artefact, if taken at face value as intentional legislative text, duplicate headings create interpretive ambiguity. Under the Acts Interpretation Act 1931 (Tas), headings may be used as an aid to interpretation. Duplicated headings could be argued to create two overlapping structural provisions, undermining interpretive clarity.","confidence":0.55,"description":"Every heading and section title in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Health Complaints Regulations Health Complaints Regulations 2025', 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version'). If this duplication is intentional, it creates ambiguity as to which instance constitutes the operative title or heading."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information — 'Version current from 22 April 2025 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation — 'File last modified 16 April 2025'","confidence":0.83,"description":"The instrument is stated to be current from 22 April 2025, yet the authorisation section records the file as last modified on 16 April 2025 — six days prior to the stated commencement date. This creates a direct internal contradiction: the document could not have been last modified before the date on which its current version came into force, unless the modification predates the version it purports to represent."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information — 'accessed 5 April 2026 at 11:37'","section_b":"Status Information — 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The access date of 5 April 2026 is approximately 348 days after the file's last modification date of 16 April 2025 and 348 days after the version commencement date. If the legislation has not been updated since April 2025, the update timeliness statement is irrelevant but not contradictory. However, if the Table of Amending Instruments referenced contains amendments made between April 2025 and April 2026, those amendments should be reflected in the current version, yet the 'last modified' date of 16 April 2025 would contradict the existence of any such subsequent amendments being incorporated."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations do not change the substantive scope of the Health Complaints Act; they only prescribe the form of warrant (Form 1 in Schedule 1) and set a commencement date (Regulation 2). Any powers and limits remain those in the Act (see Regulation 3's link to s47(3)(a))."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow subject-matter: prescribes a single warrant form for s47(3)(a) of the Health Complaints Act 1995 (Regulation 3; Schedule 1).","Single operative provision plus a schedule reduces cross-cutting interactions.","Dependence on the Health Complaints Act for substantive authority — understanding effect requires reading s47 of that Act.","Form is provided as image files in the schedule, which may impede electronic text extraction or automated compliance checks.","Commencement date is specified (Regulation 2) and administration assigned to the Department of Justice (Gazette notice).","No new offences, fees, or enforcement regime included, limiting procedural complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument prescribes the official warrant form to be used under section 47(3)(a) of the *Health Complaints Act 1995*, sets a commencement date of 22 April 2025, and places the form as *Form 1* in Schedule 1. It is administered by the Department of Justice.\n\nIt affects authorised officers and judicial officers who issue or execute warrants by requiring the prescribed form; the change is procedural — specifying the required form rather than altering warrant powers."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/health-complaints-regulations-2025","history":"/api/acts/health-complaints-regulations-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/health-complaints-regulations-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/health-complaints-regulations-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/health-complaints-regulations-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/health-complaints-regulations-2025/documents"}}