{"id":"tas:sr-2007-033","name":"Mineral Resources Development (Revocation) Order 2007","slug":"mineral-resources-development-revocation-order-2007","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"33 of 2007","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":315940,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2007-033-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 2007](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2007-033) .","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":"Legislation revoked","content":"### 3 Legislation revoked\n\n> The legislation specified in [Schedule 1](#JS1@EN) is revoked.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 1 - Legislation revok","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 1 - Legislation revoked","content":"# SCHEDULE 1 - Legislation revok SCHEDULE 1 - Legislation revoked\n\n[Clause 3](#GS3@EN)\n\n| Mineral Resources Development (Exemption) Order 2006 (No. 43 of 2006) |\n| Mineral Resources Development (Exemption) Order (No. 2) 2006 (No. 44 of 2006) |\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 27 June 2007\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument’s scope is limited to revoking the two exemption orders listed in Schedule 1. It does not add, amend or broaden regulatory powers beyond those revocations; commencement is procedural (Gazette notification) and the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources is named as administrator."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: list-only revocation of two named orders","Commencement determined by Gazette notification rather than a fixed date","Relies on Schedule 1 to specify instruments revoked","No standalone substantive regulatory provisions or new duties","Administrative ownership assigned to a single department"],"plain_english_summary":"This Order revokes two Mineral Resources Development exemption orders (No. 43 of 2006 and No. 44 of 2006). It takes effect on the day its making is notified in the Gazette. Following revocation, activities previously covered by those exemptions return to the ordinary regulatory regime under section 3 and Schedule 1. The order is administered by the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"There is no indication the scope changed from the original intent. Revocation orders are typically narrow, targeted instruments designed to cancel a specific earlier order, and nothing in the available text suggests this instrument expanded or contracted in purpose from what was originally intended."},"complexity_factors":["The instrument itself is structurally simple — it exists solely to revoke another instrument","The actual substantive content of the legislation is not visible in the provided text, limiting full analysis","Complexity is largely deferred to the original order being revoked and the parent Act (Mineral Resources Development Act), which are not included here","No amending provisions, schedules, or transitional arrangements are apparent","Single, narrow purpose with no ongoing obligations created"],"plain_english_summary":"This short Tasmanian instrument simply revokes a previously made order under the Mineral Resources Development Act, removing that earlier order from legal effect.\n\nThat change affects anyone who relied on the revoked order for mineral exploration or mining — companies, prospectors, or landowners — because permissions, restrictions or conditions under the old order may no longer apply and the regulatory landscape for mineral activity has changed."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"circular_definition","section":"Title and General Instrument","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A revocation order's entire operative effect is spent the moment it commences — it revokes the target instrument and ceases to have any prospective function. The existence of a Table of Amending Instruments implies subsequent legislative attention was paid to this instrument, which is logically superfluous unless the original revocation was somehow incomplete, conditional, or partial, none of which are disclosed in the visible text.","confidence":0.62,"description":"A revocation order that itself appears to have been amended (Table of Amending Instruments exists) creates a logical paradox: an instrument whose sole purpose is to revoke another instrument should have no operative content remaining after its single operative act, yet it has been subject to subsequent amendment."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information — Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"Describing a spent revocation order as having a continuing 'currency' is a structural absurdity inherent in applying a living-document framework to an instrument that exhausted its legal purpose on the day it commenced. This is partly a drafting/publication convention issue but reflects a genuine logical tension: the instrument is simultaneously 'spent' and 'current'.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The instrument is described as 'current from 27 June 2007 to date' yet a revocation order's operative life is instantaneous — it performs a single act (revocation) upon commencement and has no ongoing regulatory effect to be 'current'."},{"type":"other","section":"Authorisation — File last modified 31 May 2019","severity":"low","reasoning":"A revocation order that is fully spent upon commencement should require no substantive modification. A file modification 12 years later, unexplained by the visible text, is logically incongruous. It may be purely administrative (metadata, formatting), but as presented it is unaccounted for and creates an inference of unexplained substantive change.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The instrument's file was modified on 31 May 2019 — nearly 12 years after the instrument commenced on 27 June 2007 — without any corresponding amending instrument being visible in the body of the text. This raises the question of what was modified in a spent revocation order."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information — 'Version current from 27 June 2007 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation — 'File last modified 31 May 2019'","confidence":0.5,"description":"The instrument claims a single unbroken version current from 27 June 2007, yet the file was modified on 31 May 2019. If the version is unchanged since 2007, there should be no modification date of 2019; if the file was substantively modified in 2019, a new version entry should appear in the version history."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly the function indicated by its title — it revokes specific orders. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond this simple, stated purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (4 operative clauses/sections)","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation except the two orders being revoked","No conditional logic or exceptions","Straightforward operative mechanism: single schedule listing two instruments to be revoked"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, technical piece of Tasmanian legislation (a 'revocation order') that simply cancels two earlier orders from 2006. Specifically, it revokes the 'Mineral Resources Development (Exemption) Order 2006' and the 'Mineral Resources Development (Exemption) Order (No. 2) 2006'. \n\n**What it does:** It removes two specific exemptions that had previously been granted under Tasmania's Mineral Resources Development Act. When an order is 'revoked', it means it no longer has legal effect — so whatever exemptions or special rules those 2006 orders created are now gone.\n\n**Who it affects:** Mining companies, exploration licence holders, or other parties who may have been relying on the exemptions in those 2006 orders. They would now need to comply with the standard requirements of the Mineral Resources Development Act instead of the exempted rules.\n\n**Why it matters:** This is a housekeeping measure that removes outdated or no-longer-needed exemptions. It ensures the regulatory framework stays current and removes potential confusion about which rules apply."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-development-revocation-order-2007","history":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-development-revocation-order-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-development-revocation-order-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-development-revocation-order-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-development-revocation-order-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/mineral-resources-development-revocation-order-2007/documents"}}