{"id":"tas:sr-2025-036","name":"Inland Fisheries (Seasons and Waters) Amendment Order 2025","slug":"inland-fisheries-seasons-and-waters-amendment-order-2025","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"36 of 2025","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174330,"registerId":"tas-sr-2025-036-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 [Inland Fisheries (Seasons and Waters) Amendment Order 2025](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2025-036) .","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 Order","content":"### 3 Principal Order\n\n> In this order, the [Inland Fisheries (Seasons and Waters) Order 1996](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1996-074) is referred to as the Principal Order.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 4.\n\n> The amendments effected by this clause have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Inland Fisheries (Seasons and Waters) Order 1996](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1996-074) .","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 5.\n\n> The amendment effected by this clause has been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Inland Fisheries (Seasons and Waters) Order 1996](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1996-074) .\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 2 July 2025\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.","sortOrder":4}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available text, the order appears to serve its stated purpose — amending inland fisheries seasons and waters rules in Tasmania. There is no evidence of scope creep or departure from original intent. The amendment appears straightforwardly administrative in nature."},"complexity_factors":["Limited legislative text provided — the full substantive content of the amendments (specific dates, waters, and rules) is not included in the excerpt, making detailed analysis impossible","Amendments to existing subordinate legislation (an Order amending another Order) add a minor layer of cross-referencing complexity","Tasmanian inland fisheries rules can involve specific geographic schedules listing individual waterways, which can be technical to navigate"],"plain_english_summary":"This Tasmanian government order changes when and where fishing is allowed in inland waters (rivers, lakes, streams), amending existing seasons and lists of designated waters. It affects recreational anglers, fishing guides/tour operators and any commercial inland fishers, and matters because non‑compliance can attract fines. The order has been in force since 2 July 2025."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information – Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"This is a metadata anomaly rather than a substantive legal flaw. However, if the document was last modified 2 July 2025 yet records an access timestamp of 5 April 2026, either the access timestamp was pre-populated (logically impossible for a genuine access record) or the document has been accessed and the metadata baked in. This creates a minor logical absurdity in that the 'to date' currency claim is bounded by a fixed future access date rather than being genuinely open-ended.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states it was accessed on '5 April 2026 at 11:38' yet the version is described as 'current from 2 July 2025 to date'. The access date of 5 April 2026 is presented as a fixed string within the document itself, meaning the document purports to have been accessed on a specific future date relative to its file modification date, and that access date is hardcoded rather than dynamic."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Full document – substantive provisions","severity":"high","reasoning":"An amendment order must contain operative clauses specifying what is being amended, inserted, substituted or repealed. The reproduced text contains only metadata, status information and repeated header/footer elements. If this is the complete instrument, it is logically impossible for any person or body to comply with, administer or apply it, as there is no substantive content to give effect to. Either the instrument is incomplete as reproduced or the document is an empty shell, both of which constitute a fundamental logical deficiency.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The amendment order as reproduced contains no substantive operative provisions whatsoever. An amending instrument that amends nothing discernible in the reproduced text cannot logically fulfil its stated purpose of amending the Inland Fisheries (Seasons and Waters) Order."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information – Currency of version (header instance)","section_b":"Status Information – Currency of version (body instance)","confidence":0.45,"description":"The document reproduces the Status Information section in its entirety at least twice, with the header instance and the body instance containing identical claims about currency, access dates and file modification. While not a direct logical contradiction in content, the duplication creates ambiguity as to which instance is authoritative, and in a formal legal instrument duplication of operative or quasi-operative metadata without differentiation is structurally contradictory to the principle that a legislative instrument speaks with a single, unambiguous voice."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This amendment Order maintains the original scope of the 1996 Principal Order. It is a standard annual or periodic update mechanism for fishing regulations, not an expansion into new regulatory areas."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (5 clauses, mostly procedural)","No substantive legal text included — amendments referenced but not reproduced","No defined terms within this instrument itself","Simple commencement trigger (Gazette notification)","Single cross-reference to the Principal Order of 1996"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, technical amendment to Tasmania's fishing regulations. It updates the **Inland Fisheries (Seasons and Waters) Order 1996** — the rules that set when and where you can fish in Tasmania's inland waters, and what you can catch.\n\n**What it actually does:**\n- The document itself doesn't show the specific changes (clauses 4 and 5 just say the amendments have been \"incorporated\" into the main 1996 Order)\n- It acts as a formal notification that changes have been made to fishing seasons, locations, or catch rules\n- These changes took effect when published in the *Tasmanian Government Gazette* on 2 July 2025\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Recreational fishers in Tasmania\n- Commercial inland fishing operators\n- Anyone needing to know where and when fishing is permitted\n\n**Why it matters:**\nFishing rules change regularly to protect fish stocks, manage breeding seasons, or open/close specific waters. This Order ensures anglers are following current rules — fishing in closed waters or out of season can mean fines or equipment seizure."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This amending Order changes the legal text of the Principal Order by incorporating unspecified amendments into the authorised version (clauses 3–5). The instrument itself is procedural and does not set out the substantive seasons or waters; the scope of change therefore exists but the extent and content of that change must be read from the authorised 1996 Order as updated. Who pays (regulated fishers) and who decides (the administering department) are made explicit; implementation and legal clarity depend on the consolidated authorised version."},"complexity_factors":["Instrument is very short and procedural: primarily incorporates amendments into the authorised version of the 1996 Order (clauses 3–5).","Commencement is simple and certain: takes effect on Gazette notification (clause 2).","No substantive amendments are listed in this instrument itself; substantive detail resides in the Principal Order (creates indirection).","Operational effect depends on reconciling this instrument with the authorised consolidated 1996 Order (requires cross‑reference work by users and regulators).","Administrative control is clear: administered by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (noted in the Gazette notice).","Compliance burden is concentrated on regulated parties (fishers, licence‑holders) who must follow the updated authorised version."],"plain_english_summary":"This Order updates the Inland Fisheries (Seasons and Waters) Order 1996 by incorporating later amendments into the authorised version and takes effect when its making is notified in the Gazette. It is administered by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.\n\nThe change affects everyone governed by the 1996 Order — recreational and commercial fishers, licence‑holders and enforcement agencies — because the legal rules about seasons and waters in the authorised version will change. Fishers bear the compliance costs; the department decides timing; affected parties must follow the updated seasons and waters rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/inland-fisheries-seasons-and-waters-amendment-order-2025","history":"/api/acts/inland-fisheries-seasons-and-waters-amendment-order-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/inland-fisheries-seasons-and-waters-amendment-order-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/inland-fisheries-seasons-and-waters-amendment-order-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/inland-fisheries-seasons-and-waters-amendment-order-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/inland-fisheries-seasons-and-waters-amendment-order-2025/documents"}}