{"id":"tas:sr-2022-007","name":"Interstate Transfer (Community-based Sentences) (Corresponding Laws) Notice 2022","slug":"interstate-transfer-community-based-sentences-corresponding-laws-notice-2022","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"7 of 2022","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":179515,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2022-007-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 notice may be cited as the [Interstate Transfer (Community-based Sentences) (Corresponding Laws) Notice 2022](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2022-007) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This notice takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the *Gazette*.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Corresponding laws","content":"### 3 Corresponding laws\n\n> The following are declared to be corresponding laws for the purposes of the [Interstate Transfer (Community-based Sentences) Act 2009](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2009-017) :\n> \n> > > (a) the *Community Based Sentences (Interstate Transfer) Act 2020* of Queensland;\n> > \n> > > (b) the *Community Based Sentences (Interstate Transfer) Act 2015* of South Australia.\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 23 March 2022\n\nThis notice is administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This notice expands the set of ‘corresponding laws’ under the Interstate Transfer (Community-based Sentences) Act 2009 by adding the Queensland 2020 and South Australian 2015 Acts (s3). It does not itself alter substantive transfer rules or impose new obligations; it changes coverage by enabling transfers under those state laws and takes effect on Gazette notice (s2)."},"complexity_factors":["Very short, single-purpose instrument (3 clauses) limiting direct legal content to declarations (ss1–3)","Cross-references and operative effect depend on the Interstate Transfer (Community-based Sentences) Act 2009 (s3) — requires reading the parent Act to understand rights/obligations","Relies on two state statutes (Queensland 2020; South Australia 2015) for substantive procedures and obligations (s3)","Commencement is procedural (takes effect on Gazette notification) rather than a fixed date, creating an administrative trigger (s2)","No substantive procedural detail or enforcement rules in this notice — implementation and compliance burdens lie with existing Commonwealth and state laws","Administrative responsibility identified (Department of Justice), indicating who maintains the instrument but not operational discretion"],"plain_english_summary":"This notice declares Queensland's Community Based Sentences (Interstate Transfer) Act 2020 and South Australia's Community Based Sentences (Interstate Transfer) Act 2015 to be ‘corresponding laws’ for the purposes of the Interstate Transfer (Community-based Sentences) Act 2009 (s3). Mechanically, that enables community-based sentence transfers involving those states under the Commonwealth scheme and takes effect when notified in the Gazette (s2). Costs, procedures and decision‑making remain governed by the 2009 Act and the listed state laws."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"high","reasoning":"A legislative instrument that declares corresponding laws but contains no schedule, list, or substantive section identifying those laws is a logical nullity. The instrument's entire purpose is to declare corresponding laws, yet no such declaration appears in the document as reproduced. If the operative content is missing, the instrument cannot be complied with or applied.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The notice states it is 'current from 23 March 2022 to date' while simultaneously stating 'legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation.' The document contains no substantive provisions identifying which laws are 'corresponding laws' for the purposes of the Interstate Transfer (Community-based Sentences) Act, rendering the entire instrument's operative effect unverifiable from the document as presented."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Table of Amending Instruments","severity":"low","reasoning":"Providing a 'Table of Amending Instruments' section implies the legislature anticipated or recorded amendments, while the 'File last modified 23 March 2022' statement and the unchanged version date suggest no amendments have been made. This is a minor structural inconsistency rather than a substantive legal flaw, but it creates ambiguity about the instrument's amendment history.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The document references a 'Table of Amendments' via hyperlink but the instrument itself was filed as last modified 23 March 2022 with no amendments shown in the document. The reference to a table of amending instruments implies amendments may exist, yet the currency statement suggests the instrument is unchanged since commencement, creating a superficial inconsistency about whether any amendments have in fact occurred."},{"type":"other","section":"Document structure - entire instrument","severity":"medium","reasoning":"While likely a website rendering or HTML formatting error, if taken as the face of the instrument, systematic duplication of every heading and section title with no operative content creates an instrument incapable of having any legal effect. An instrument identifying 'corresponding laws' must actually identify them. The absence of any operative provision is an absurdity in a document purporting to be subordinate legislation.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The document consists almost entirely of duplicated headings and metadata repeated verbatim multiple times (e.g., 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation', 'Table of Amending Instruments Table of Amending Instruments'). Every section heading appears to be duplicated. If this reflects the actual legislative instrument rather than a rendering error, the instrument is structurally incoherent as a legal document."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - File last modified 23 March 2022","section_b":"Table of Amending Instruments - (click to view Table of Amendments)","confidence":0.4,"description":"The instrument states the file was last modified on 23 March 2022 (its commencement date), which strongly implies no amendments have been made. However, the explicit inclusion of a 'Table of Amending Instruments' section with a live hyperlink implies that amendment records exist or are expected to exist. These two signals are in tension: either the instrument has been amended (contradicting the modification date) or it has not (making the table of amendments reference misleading)."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency of version - 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change'","section_b":"Status Information - 'Version current from 23 March 2022 to date'","confidence":0.55,"description":"The update policy statement ('usually updated within 3 working days') implicitly acknowledges that the published version may lag behind the legally operative version by up to 3 working days. This contradicts the 'current to date' version descriptor, which implies the published text is definitively current as at the access date. A document cannot simultaneously be definitively current and potentially up to 3 working days out of date."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The notice appears to serve its original and intended purpose precisely — formally designating interstate corresponding laws to enable community-based sentence transfers. There is no indication that the scope has expanded or shifted from that narrow administrative function since its commencement on 23 March 2022."},"complexity_factors":["Very short administrative instrument with narrow, specific purpose","Requires basic understanding of the parent Act (Interstate Transfer (Community-based Sentences) Act) to contextualise","Minimal substantive legal content — primarily a declaration or list of corresponding laws","Low interpretive ambiguity; the notice either lists a law as corresponding or it does not","Operates within a well-established cooperative federalism framework familiar to practitioners"],"plain_english_summary":"This notice formally recognises certain interstate laws as the “corresponding” rules to Tasmania’s framework for transferring community-based sentences (probation, community service, home detention) between jurisdictions. \n\nIt matters because that recognition enables lawful transfers of supervision across state lines, affecting offenders who relocate, and the corrective services, courts and officers who manage and enforce those transfers."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This notice performs exactly the function intended by its enabling Act (the Interstate Transfer (Community-based Sentences) Act 2009). The parent Act specifically provides for notices to declare corresponding laws of other jurisdictions. The notice has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 3 operative sections","No defined terms section (relies entirely on parent Act)","No conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references beyond citation of the enabling Act and two state statutes","Purely declaratory function — simply lists two statutes as 'corresponding laws'","No substantive legal rules created independently"],"plain_english_summary":"This notice is a simple administrative instrument that helps Australian states work together on criminal sentencing. Here's what it does:\n\n**The big picture**\nWhen someone is convicted of a crime but doesn't go to prison, they might get a \"community-based sentence\" — things like probation, community service, or being on a good behaviour bond. Sometimes these people need to move to a different state. This notice makes that possible between Queensland, South Australia, and the ACT.\n\n**What it actually does**\n- It officially declares that Queensland's *Community Based Sentences (Interstate Transfer) Act 2020* and South Australia's *Community Based Sentences (Interstate Transfer) Act 2015* are \"corresponding laws\"\n- This means the ACT's *Interstate Transfer (Community-based Sentences) Act 2009* now recognises these two state laws as matching its own framework\n- Once declared, community-based sentences can be transferred between the ACT and these two states\n\n**Who it affects**\n- People serving community-based sentences in the ACT who want to move to Queensland or South Australia (and vice versa)\n- Corrections and justice officials who manage these transfers\n- The community, because it ensures supervision continues when offenders move interstate\n\n**Why it matters**\nWithout this notice, someone on a community sentence who moves interstate might fall through the cracks — no one would be legally responsible for supervising them. This keeps the system working across borders."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/interstate-transfer-community-based-sentences-corresponding-laws-notice-2022","history":"/api/acts/interstate-transfer-community-based-sentences-corresponding-laws-notice-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/interstate-transfer-community-based-sentences-corresponding-laws-notice-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/interstate-transfer-community-based-sentences-corresponding-laws-notice-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/interstate-transfer-community-based-sentences-corresponding-laws-notice-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/interstate-transfer-community-based-sentences-corresponding-laws-notice-2022/documents"}}