{"id":"tas:sr-2018-048","name":"Marine and Safety (Infringement Notices) Amendment Regulations 2018","slug":"marine-and-safety-infringement-notices-amendment-regulations-2018","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"48 of 2018","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":184692,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2018-048-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 [Marine and Safety (Infringement Notices) Amendment Regulations 2018](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2018-048) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the *Gazette*.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Principal Regulations","content":"### 3 Principal Regulations\n\n> In these regulations, the [Marine and Safety (Infringement Notices) Regulations 2017](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2017-106) 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 [Marine and Safety (Infringement Notices) Regulations 2017](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2017-106) .\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 July 2018","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward amendment regulation with no indication of scope creep. It performs a single, limited function: updating the principal regulations. The note that amendments have been 'incorporated into the authorised version' confirms this is standard maintenance legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short (4 sections, approximately 100 words)","No substantive operative provisions remaining in the amending instrument itself","No defined terms beyond standard references to principal regulations","No conditional logic or cross-referencing complexity","Amendment already incorporated into principal regulations, making this a shell instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations make a technical update to Tasmania's marine safety infringement notice system. They amend the 2017 Marine and Safety (Infringement Notices) Regulations, though the specific changes have already been merged into the main (consolidated) version of those regulations. This is essentially an administrative housekeeping instrument that ensures the official version of the rules stays up to date."},"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, this regulation appears to remain squarely within its original intent: amending the infringement notice scheme for marine and safety offences in Tasmania. There is no indication of scope creep or expansion beyond the narrow technical purpose of updating the existing infringement notice framework."},"complexity_factors":["Amendment regulation — requires cross-referencing with the principal regulations to understand the actual changes made","Specific to Tasmanian marine safety law, a niche regulatory area","Full operative text of amendments not available in the provided document, limiting detailed analysis","Infringement notice schemes involve procedural rules that interact with broader criminal procedure and administrative law frameworks","Low complexity overall — this type of amending regulation typically makes targeted, mechanical changes (e.g. updating penalty amounts or offence lists) rather than introducing complex new legal concepts"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation amends Tasmania’s marine safety infringement-notice rules, changing how certain on‑the‑spot fines are handled for vessel and waterways offences. It may alter penalty amounts, add or remove offences eligible for infringement notices, and adjust administrative processes for issuing or disputing notices.\n\nIt affects boat owners/operators, marine safety enforcement officers, and anyone using Tasmanian waterways because it changes whether breaches lead to a fixed fine or a court matter, and how much might be payable."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"An amending instrument that has itself never been amended and remains current in perpetuity is not inherently absurd, but it creates a curious legal artefact: the instrument exists solely to amend a parent instrument, yet it persists as a standalone current document with no operative ongoing effect after its commencement. Its 'currency' is effectively a legal fiction, as the instrument has no ongoing operative provisions — its work was done on commencement.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The legislation states it is 'current from 25 July 2018 to date' while simultaneously stating 'File last modified 25 July 2018', implying no amendments have ever been made to an amendment regulation — raising the question of whether amendment regulations can themselves be meaningfully amended."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information — update timeframe","severity":"low","reasoning":"The 3-working-day update promise is a systemic administrative statement applied uniformly across all instruments. For an amending regulation with no subsequent amendments, the guarantee is trivially satisfied but also entirely meaningless. This is not a flaw in the legislation itself but reflects a structural absurdity in applying dynamic currency language to a static amending instrument.","confidence":0.4,"description":"The statement that 'legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change' is contradicted by the instrument itself never having been changed since 25 July 2018, making the update guarantee semantically vacuous for this particular instrument."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Document title: 'Marine and Safety (Infringement Notices) Amendment Regulations 2018'","section_b":"Substantive content of the document as presented","confidence":0.65,"description":"The document purports to be a complete and accessible version of amending regulations, yet the entire substantive operative content — the actual amendments made to the principal Marine and Safety (Infringement Notices) Regulations — is absent from the text provided. The instrument is presented as 'current' and accessible, yet its operative provisions are not reproduced, creating a contradiction between its stated accessibility purpose and its actual informational content."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument records an amendment to and incorporation into the Marine and Safety (Infringement Notices) Regulations 2017 (regs 3–4) and specifies commencement on Gazette notification (reg 2). The text does not indicate any expansion or narrowing of the regulated population or subject-matter; no change of scope is apparent from this instrument alone."},"complexity_factors":["Amendment is narrowly framed as an update to the Principal Regulations rather than a standalone code (reg 3).","Commencement is immediate on Gazette notification, so legal effect depends solely on publication timing (reg 2).","No substantive offences, penalties or procedural changes are set out in this instrument itself—only an incorporation statement is provided (reg 4).","Practical compliance requires consulting the authorised consolidated version of the 2017 Regulations after incorporation (reg 4).","Low administrative burden but creates a reliance point on the authorised version for exact obligations."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument makes a technical amendment to the Marine and Safety (Infringement Notices) Regulations 2017 and takes effect when its making is notified in the Gazette. It updates the authorised version of the 2017 Regulations. It affects persons and agencies governed by those Regulations by changing the regulation text; to know obligations you must consult the updated authorised version."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/marine-and-safety-infringement-notices-amendment-regulations-2018","history":"/api/acts/marine-and-safety-infringement-notices-amendment-regulations-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/marine-and-safety-infringement-notices-amendment-regulations-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/marine-and-safety-infringement-notices-amendment-regulations-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/marine-and-safety-infringement-notices-amendment-regulations-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/marine-and-safety-infringement-notices-amendment-regulations-2018/documents"}}