{"id":"tas:sr-2018-020","name":"Mineral Resources Amendment Regulations 2018","slug":"mineral-resources-amendment-regulations-2018","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"20 of 2018","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":184796,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2018-020-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 [Mineral Resources Amendment Regulations 2018](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2018-020) .","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 [Mineral Resources Regulations 2016](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2016-041) 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 [Mineral Resources Regulations 2016](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2016-041) .\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 30 May 2018","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation performs a technical amendment and consolidation only. Its text does not itself widen or narrow the substantive regulatory scope of the 2016 Regulations; any change in scope depends on the content of the amendment that is incorporated into the authorised version (reg 4)."},"complexity_factors":["Procedural and very short: the instrument contains only formal provisions (regs 1–4).","Commencement is a single clear trigger—notification in the Gazette—so timing is deterministic (reg 2).","Substantive change is not visible within this instrument; readers must consult the Mineral Resources Regulations 2016 to see what changed (reg 3).","The amendment is effected by incorporation into the authorised consolidated version rather than by standalone operative clauses, which shifts legal work to the consolidation process and publication machinery (reg 4).","Practical impact and compliance burden are entirely dependent on the content of the incorporated amendment; this instrument itself creates little direct compliance or enforcement detail (reg 4).","Administrative implementation depends on publication steps (Gazette notice and updating the authorised version), introducing an execution dependency outside the text of the instrument (reg 2, reg 4)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument amends the Mineral Resources Regulations 2016 and immediately incorporates that amendment into the authorised (consolidated) version; it takes effect on the day its making is notified in the Gazette (regs 2–4).\n\nIt affects persons and agencies operating under the 2016 Regulations because the authoritative regulatory text is changed; the practical effects depend entirely on the content of the incorporated amendment in the Principal Regulations (reg 3–4)."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient substantive content is available in the provided document to assess whether the scope changed from the original intent. The document contains only status and administrative information, with no amendment text visible."},"complexity_factors":["The document provided contains only administrative metadata — no substantive amendment text is visible, preventing meaningful complexity analysis of the actual legal changes.","Amendment regulations are inherently somewhat complex because you must read them alongside the original principal regulations to understand their full effect.","Mineral resources law can involve technical regulatory concepts, though the scope of this particular instrument is unknown from the available text."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument is an amendment to Tasmania’s Mineral Resources Regulations that affects mining companies, prospectors, landowners near mining activity, and regulators. It commenced on 30 May 2018 and remains current.\n\nThe provided document lacks the substantive amendment text, so the specific changes can’t be summarised here — consult the full regulation on the Tasmanian legislation website to see what was altered."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard amendment regulation that performs exactly its intended function: making technical updates to the principal regulations. The scope has not expanded beyond this narrow purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections","No defined terms beyond a single reference to 'Principal Regulations'","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","No substantive provisions — purely machinery/amending instrument","Single cross-reference to parent regulations"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, technical piece of legislation that **updates the Mineral Resources Regulations 2016** (the main set of rules governing mining and mineral exploration in Australia).\n\n**What it does:**\n- Makes a specific amendment to the 2016 Regulations (the details of which aren't shown in this document — they've already been merged into the main regulations)\n- Serves as the formal legal instrument that authorises those changes\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Mining companies and exploration licence holders who must comply with the updated 2016 Regulations\n- Government regulators administering mineral resources law\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Even though this document is only 4 sections long, it has legal force — it formally changes the rules that mining operations must follow\n- The actual substance of the change is found in the updated 2016 Regulations, not in this amendment instrument itself"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-amendment-regulations-2018","history":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-amendment-regulations-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-amendment-regulations-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-amendment-regulations-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-amendment-regulations-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-amendment-regulations-2018/documents"}}