{"id":"tas:sr-2025-059","name":"Poisons (Adoption of Uniform Standard) Amendment Order 2025","slug":"poisons-adoption-of-uniform-standard-amendment-order-2025","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"59 of 2025","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174412,"registerId":"tas-sr-2025-059-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 order may be cited as the [Poisons (Adoption of Uniform Standard) Amendment Order 2025](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2025-059) .","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":"Principal Order","content":"### 3 Principal Order\n\n> In this order, the [Poisons (Adoption of Uniform Standard) Order 2012](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2012-055) is referred to as the Principal Order.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 4.\n\n> The amendment effected by this clause has been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Poisons (Adoption of Uniform Standard) Order 2012](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2012-055) .","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 5.\n\n> The amendments effected by this clause have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Poisons (Adoption of Uniform Standard) Order 2012](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2012-055) .\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 3 December 2025\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Health.","sortOrder":4}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The order appears to serve its original and consistent purpose: keeping Tasmania's poisons and controlled substances framework aligned with the national uniform standard. This is a routine administrative update rather than a substantive expansion or reduction in scope. No evidence of scope creep or departure from original intent."},"complexity_factors":["The order itself is procedurally simple — it adopts an existing external standard rather than creating new rules from scratch","Complexity is largely indirect: the substance of what changes depends on the national Poisons Standard itself, which is a highly technical and voluminous document","Users must cross-reference the federal Poisons Standard to understand the practical effect of this order","Limited explanatory content is visible in the provided text, requiring background knowledge to interpret fully","Interplay between state and federal legislative frameworks (Tasmania adopting Commonwealth standards) adds a layer of jurisdictional complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This order updates Tasmania’s poisons laws by adopting the latest national Poisons Standard, aligning the state’s rules on classification, access, sale and handling of medicines and chemicals with the rest of Australia. \n\nIt affects pharmacists, prescribers, patients, businesses that handle chemicals and veterinarians by keeping prescription, storage, labelling and access rules consistent — reducing confusion and protecting public and animal health."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"While not strictly a legislative drafting flaw, the metadata asserts prospective currency without any mechanism visible in the document itself to guarantee that assertion. The document cannot self-certify its own future unchanged status.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The document states it is 'Version current from 3 December 2025 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 11:40)' but the file is described as 'last modified 3 December 2025'. This means the system is asserting currency to a future access date (5 April 2026) from the perspective of the document's own creation, without any substantive content to validate that no amendments have occurred in the intervening period."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire instrument","severity":"high","reasoning":"An amendment order must contain the actual amendments it effects. The document as reproduced contains only metadata, status information, and navigation headers repeated multiple times, but no clauses, schedules, or operative text. If this reflects the actual instrument, it is incapable of achieving its stated purpose.","confidence":0.7,"description":"The instrument purports to be a substantive amending order (the 'Poisons (Adoption of Uniform Standard) Amendment Order 2025') but contains zero operative provisions, schedules, or amendment text. An amending instrument with no operative content is a legal nullity — it cannot amend anything."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Document structure generally","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Under standard statutory interpretation principles, duplicated provisions in a single instrument can create interpretive conflict as to whether the second instance modifies, repeats, or supersedes the first. While likely a formatting/rendering error, in a legal instrument such duplication is potentially problematic.","confidence":0.55,"description":"Every section heading and content block is duplicated verbatim (e.g. 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). If this duplication appears in the authorised version, it creates ambiguity about which version of each provision is operative."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"high","section_a":"Title: 'Poisons (Adoption of Uniform Standard) Amendment Order 2025'","section_b":"Entire body of the instrument","confidence":0.72,"description":"The title declares this is an instrument that adopts or amends adoption of a uniform standard for poisons regulation. However, the body of the instrument contains no reference to any uniform standard, no schedule of adopted provisions, no commencement clause, and no operative amendments. The title and body are therefore in complete contradiction as to the instrument's purpose and effect."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency statement: 'updated within 3 working days after a change'","section_b":"File last modified: '3 December 2025' with currency 'to date (5 April 2026)'","confidence":0.4,"description":"The site policy states legislation is updated within 3 working days of any change, implying the version accessed on 5 April 2026 reflects all changes up to approximately 2 April 2026. However, the file modification date remains 3 December 2025, creating a contradiction: either no changes occurred (rendering the update policy irrelevant) or changes occurred but the file was not updated (breaching the stated policy)."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This amendment order maintains the original scope of the 2012 Principal Order. It appears to be a routine update to keep Tasmania's poison schedules aligned with the national uniform standard, which is the Order's original purpose. No expansion beyond the core function of adopting and updating the national poisons standard."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (5 clauses, ~150 words)","No substantive content in the amendment order itself — changes are incorporated by reference into the principal Order","No defined terms, no conditional logic, no cross-references beyond pointing to the Principal Order","Standard boilerplate structure (short title, commencement, principal order identification, incorporation clauses)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a technical update to Tasmania's poison control laws. It amends the **Poisons (Adoption of Uniform Standard) Order 2012** — the rulebook that decides which chemicals and medicines are classified as poisons and how strictly they're regulated.\n\n**What it actually does:**\n- The document itself doesn't show the specific changes — it just says they've been \"incorporated into the authorised version\" of the main 2012 Order\n- This is common with amendment instruments: the changes are made, but you need to look at the updated principal legislation to see what actually changed\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Pharmacists, doctors, and healthcare workers who handle scheduled medicines\n- Chemical suppliers and retailers\n- Anyone who needs permits to possess or sell regulated substances\n\n**Why it matters:**\nPoison schedules control everything from prescription painkillers to agricultural chemicals. Changes affect who can buy what, what safety warnings are required, and what paperwork is needed. Without seeing the actual amendments (which are embedded in the updated 2012 Order), we can't say exactly what's changed — but it's likely updating Tasmania's rules to match national standards."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This Order amends the Principal Order by incorporating unspecified amendments into its authorised version (clauses 4–5). Because this instrument does not set out the substantive amendments on its face, it is not possible from this Order alone to determine whether the regulatory scope of the Principal Order has been expanded, narrowed or left materially unchanged. The Order takes effect on Gazette notification (clause 2) and is administered by the Department of Health."},"complexity_factors":["Procedural, not substantive: the instrument records an amendment and incorporation rather than setting out detailed regulatory text (clauses 4–5).","Commencement by Gazette notification creates immediate effect on publication rather than by a fixed future date (clause 2).","Reliance on an external instrument for substance: the Principal Order is the operative text; this order points to it rather than reproducing changes (clause 3).","Absence of on-face content means stakeholders must consult the authorised version to see obligations and duties, increasing follow-up compliance work (clauses 4–5).","Administration identified to a single agency clarifies decision‑maker and contact point for implementation (Department of Health, administrative note).","Formal publication and numbering rules referenced (Rules Publication Act 1953) govern legal form and citation, adding minor procedural complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This Amendment Order makes changes to the Poisons (Adoption of Uniform Standard) Order 2012 by incorporating amendments into that authorised instrument. It takes effect when its making is notified in the Gazette and is administered by the Department of Health. It applies to those subject to the Principal Order because it modifies that underlying legal instrument; the Order as published does not detail the substantive amendments themselves."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/poisons-adoption-of-uniform-standard-amendment-order-2025","history":"/api/acts/poisons-adoption-of-uniform-standard-amendment-order-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/poisons-adoption-of-uniform-standard-amendment-order-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/poisons-adoption-of-uniform-standard-amendment-order-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/poisons-adoption-of-uniform-standard-amendment-order-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/poisons-adoption-of-uniform-standard-amendment-order-2025/documents"}}