{"id":"tas:sr-2000-168","name":"Mineral Resources Development Revocation Order 2000","slug":"mineral-resources-development-revocation-order-2000","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"168 of 2000","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318805,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2000-168-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","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 [Mineral Resources Development Revocation Order 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-9999-999) .","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":null,"content":"### 3.\n\n[Mineral Resources Development (Exemption) Order 1998](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1998-082)\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 13 September 2000\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This order removes the scope of the Mineral Resources Development (Exemption) Order 1998 (s3), thereby restoring the pre‑existing regulatory landscape for parties that had been exempted. The change takes effect on Gazette notification (s2) and is administered by the Department named in the instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with three formal provisions only (ss 1–3).","Effect is a single revocation by reference to an earlier instrument (s3), rather than new substantive rules.","Commencement depends on Gazette notification (s2) rather than a fixed date, introducing a minor timing uncertainty.","No transitional, savings or procedural detail included—implementation effects must be inferred from the revoked instrument.","Administrative responsibility is stated (Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources) but no delegated decision‑making or discretion is specified."],"plain_english_summary":"**Mineral Resources Development Revocation Order 2000** revokes the Mineral Resources Development (Exemption) Order 1998, so the exemptions in that earlier order no longer apply. The revocation takes effect on the day its making is notified in the Gazette (s2) and the instrument is cited by its short title (s1).\n\nBusinesses or people who relied on the 1998 exemption may again be subject to the underlying mineral regulatory requirements, potentially increasing compliance obligations. The order is administered by the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly one function: revoking a specific 1998 order. Its scope is narrow and precisely targeted, with no expansion beyond this single purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 3 sections","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the revoked instrument)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Single, straightforward operative effect (revocation of one named instrument)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a very short legal instrument that **cancels (revokes) a previous order** made in 1998.\n\n**What it does:**\n- It formally scraps the *Mineral Resources Development (Exemption) Order 1998*\n- This 1998 order had apparently granted some kind of exemption related to mineral resources development\n- By revoking it, this 2000 order removes that exemption — whatever special treatment was in place is now gone\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone who was benefiting from the 1998 exemption (likely mining companies, exploration permit holders, or government agencies)\n- The Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources (which administers it)\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- It removes a regulatory exemption, meaning the rules that normally apply to mineral resources development now apply fully again\n- This could affect compliance obligations, fees, or procedural requirements for affected parties\n\n**Key detail:** The order took effect when it was published in the government Gazette on 13 September 2000."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A revocation order is a one-shot instrument — it performs its function instantaneously upon commencement by revoking the target instrument. It has no ongoing operative provisions. The apparatus of version currency tracking, amendment tables, and responsible minister designations applied to such an instrument is procedurally absurd, as there is nothing left to amend or administer after the act of revocation is complete.","confidence":0.72,"description":"A revocation order that has been 'current from 13 September 2000 to date' for over 25 years, while also referencing a file last modified in 2017, raises a structural absurdity: a revocation order's entire purpose is to extinguish something, yet it persists as living legislation requiring ongoing maintenance and currency tracking."},{"type":"retroactive_impossibility","section":"Table of Amending Instruments","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Once a revocation order commences, its operative legal effect is spent. Any subsequent amendment to such an order cannot alter the already-completed act of revocation. The amendment table therefore either records legally meaningless instruments or implies an impossible scenario where past revocation can be modified prospectively, which is a logical contradiction in the nature of revocation as a legal act.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The existence of a 'Table of Amending Instruments' for a revocation order implies the revocation order itself has been amended. Amending a revocation order after it has commenced and taken effect is logically vacuous — the revocation has already occurred and cannot be undone by amending the instrument that caused it."},{"type":"other","section":"Authorisation - File last modified 5 July 2017","severity":"low","reasoning":"The authorisation framework implies ongoing administrative oversight of an instrument whose entire legal work was done at commencement. Administrative resources expended maintaining a spent revocation order represent a structural inefficiency bordering on absurdity, though this is more a systemic legislative drafting issue than a flaw in the instrument itself.","confidence":0.55,"description":"A file modification date of 5 July 2017 — nearly 17 years after the instrument's commencement in September 2000 — on an instrument that has no substantive operative provisions remaining is anomalous. If the instrument has been substantively unchanged in legal effect since 2000, modifications to the file suggest either metadata updates or amendments to a legally spent instrument, neither of which serves a coherent legislative purpose."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Currency of version — 'Version current from 13 September 2000 to date'","section_b":"Table of Amending Instruments — implies amendments exist","confidence":0.68,"description":"The version currency statement implies the instrument has been unamended since 13 September 2000, while the presence of a Table of Amending Instruments (with a clickable link suggesting content exists) implies amendments have in fact been made. These two representations cannot both be true simultaneously."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"There is insufficient substantive content in the provided text to assess whether the scope changed from any original intent. The document appears to have remained unchanged since its commencement on 13 September 2000, consistent with a simple revocation order that has no need for ongoing amendment."},"complexity_factors":["Minimal substantive content provided — the document is largely administrative/status metadata rather than operative legal text","Revocation instruments are inherently simple in structure: they exist solely to cancel prior instruments","Complexity is displaced onto the original orders being revoked, which are not reproduced here","No apparent cross-jurisdictional issues or multi-agency interactions visible in the text provided"],"plain_english_summary":"This Tasmanian instrument simply revokes one or more prior orders made under the Mineral Resources Development Act. It chiefly affects government agencies, mining licence holders and anyone operating under the cancelled order(s), because any rights, exemptions or obligations tied to those orders would cease.\n\nIts practical impact depends entirely on which specific orders are listed — the provided text omits that detail, so consequences for particular licences or operations aren’t discernible from this instrument alone."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-development-revocation-order-2000","history":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-development-revocation-order-2000/history","analysis":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-development-revocation-order-2000/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-development-revocation-order-2000/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-development-revocation-order-2000/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-development-revocation-order-2000/documents"}}