{"id":"tas:sr-2025-031","name":"Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025","slug":"health-fees-amendment-regulations-2025","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"31 of 2025","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174310,"registerId":"tas-sr-2025-031-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 (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2025-031) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> These regulations take effect on 1 July 2025.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Principal Regulations","content":"### 3 Principal Regulations\n\n> In these regulations, the [Health (Fees) Regulations 2017](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2017-067) are referred to as the Principal Regulations.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 4.\n\n> The amendment effected by this regulation has been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Health (Fees) Regulations 2017](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2017-067) .\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 25 June 2025\n\nThese regulations are administered in the Department of Health.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"There is no indication that the scope has changed from the original intent. This appears to be a standard periodic amendment to update fee amounts within an existing regulatory framework, consistent with the purpose of the principal Health (Fees) Regulations."},"complexity_factors":["Routine fee amendment regulation — a very common and straightforward legislative instrument","No substantive policy change apparent — likely a mechanical update to existing fee schedules","Limited text available for analysis; the actual fee schedule amendments are not included in the provided excerpt, slightly limiting full assessment","Single jurisdiction (Tasmania) with no cross-jurisdictional complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation amends Tasmania’s Health (Fees) rules, taking effect 1 July 2025, and updates the government fees charged under health legislation. It affects anyone who pays public-health-related fees — patients, practitioners, and regulated businesses — and likely reflects routine annual increases to cover costs.\n\nThe excerpt doesn’t include the new fee amounts; consult the full regulation or Table of Amendments to see specific charges."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation does not alter the substantive scope of the Health (Fees) Regulations 2017. It only fixes the short title (reg 1), sets a commencement date for the amendment (reg 2), identifies the principal regulations (reg 3) and records that the amendment has been incorporated into the authorised version (reg 4)."},"complexity_factors":["Very short text limited to commencement, citation and incorporation (regs 1–4).","No substantive changes to fee amounts or regulatory duties are set out in this instrument.","Operational effect depends entirely on the content of the Health (Fees) Regulations 2017 and any amendments already made to that instrument.","Legal effect is procedural: it triggers compliance obligations from the specified commencement date (reg 2).","Low administrative complexity but creates a discrete compliance deadline for regulated parties.","Incorporation into the authorised version (reg 4) affects where stakeholders must look for the operative text."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument brings amendments to the Health (Fees) Regulations 2017 into force on 1 July 2025 (reg 2) and formally identifies the principal instrument it amends (reg 3). It affects anyone subject to the Health (Fees) Regulations — fee payers and organisations required to comply — by making the updated regulatory text operative; the Department of Health administers the regulations. Mechanically, it is a commencement and citation instrument and incorporates the amendment into the authorised version (reg 4)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This amendment instrument maintains the original scope of fee-setting under the Health (Fees) Regulations 2017. It appears to be a routine annual or periodic fee update, which is the explicit purpose of the principal regulations."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (only 4 regulations)","No defined terms in the amending instrument itself","Simple amendment mechanism (changes already incorporated into principal regulations)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Straightforward commencement provision (single fixed date)","No cross-references beyond citation of principal regulations"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:**\n\nThese regulations update the fees charged under Australia's health system. Specifically, they amend the *Health (Fees) Regulations 2017* (the \"Principal Regulations\") to change what people or organisations pay for certain health-related services or applications.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n- Patients or healthcare providers who pay fees set under the 2017 Regulations\n- Anyone applying for services, registrations, or approvals under those regulations\n- The Department of Health (which administers the fees)\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nFee updates affect the cost of accessing health services. While the exact fee changes aren't shown in this excerpt (they've already been merged into the main 2017 Regulations), this instrument officially brings those changes into force on **1 July 2025**.\n\n**Key details:**\n- **Effective date:** 1 July 2025\n- **Legal mechanism:** Amends existing 2017 Regulations (doesn't replace them)\n- **Status:** The actual fee changes are already incorporated into the authorised version of the Principal Regulations"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information – Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The modification date predates the commencement date by 6 days. While this is not strictly impossible (instruments are often finalised before commencement), combined with the absence of any operative provisions in the published text, this creates uncertainty about whether the document presented represents the complete and authoritative instrument.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 1 July 2025 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 11:38)' while simultaneously stating the 'File last modified 25 June 2025'. A file modified on 25 June 2025 cannot be authoritative currency for a version that commences 1 July 2025 unless substantive content was finalised before commencement, raising questions about whether the operative provisions were properly finalised prior to commencement."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire instrument","severity":"high","reasoning":"A statutory instrument described as 'Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025' must, by definition, contain provisions that amend a fees schedule or regulation. The published text contains only metadata, status information, navigation elements, and repeated header titles. There are no clauses, no commencement provisions, no amendment tables, and no fee schedules. A regulated entity or health provider could not determine what fees apply, rendering compliance literally impossible from the face of the document.","confidence":0.95,"description":"The instrument as presented contains no operative provisions whatsoever. An Amendment Regulation with no amendment clauses, no schedules, and no fee tables cannot logically fulfil its stated purpose of amending health fees. The entire substantive content of the legislative instrument appears to be absent."},{"type":"circular_definition","section":"Status Information – Currency of version / Authorisation","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Legislative currency should be defined by commencement and repeal dates fixed by legislative act. Embedding a real-time access timestamp into the currency statement means the instrument's described temporal scope changes every time it is accessed, which is logically incoherent as a statement of law. Two persons accessing the document at different times would be presented with different stated currency periods for the same instrument.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The access timestamp embedded in the currency statement ('accessed 5 April 2026 at 11:38') is incorporated into the legal status description of the instrument itself. This means the legally described currency period is partly defined by a dynamic access event rather than a fixed legislative date, which is logically circular: the instrument's currency depends on when it is read, not on any legislative act."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information – Currency of version ('Version current from 1 July 2025 to date')","section_b":"Authorisation ('File last modified 25 June 2025')","confidence":0.5,"description":"The instrument is declared current from 1 July 2025, implying it did not exist in its current operative form before that date. However, the authorisation records the file as last modified on 25 June 2025, predating commencement. If the file has not been modified since 25 June 2025, it cannot reflect the state of the law as it stands from 1 July 2025, particularly if any commencement-related changes were required on or after 1 July 2025."},{"severity":"high","section_a":"Document title ('Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2025' – implying substantive operative content)","section_b":"Entire body of published instrument (containing no operative provisions)","confidence":0.9,"description":"The title and legal characterisation of the instrument as an 'Amendment Regulation' necessarily implies the existence of operative clauses amending a principal instrument. The body of the document as published contains no such clauses. This is a direct contradiction between the instrument's legal nature as declared in its title and its actual published content, and would render the instrument a nullity if this represented the complete text."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/health-fees-amendment-regulations-2025","history":"/api/acts/health-fees-amendment-regulations-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/health-fees-amendment-regulations-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/health-fees-amendment-regulations-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/health-fees-amendment-regulations-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/health-fees-amendment-regulations-2025/documents"}}