{"id":"tas:sr-2021-045","name":"Poisons Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2021","slug":"poisons-amendment-regulations-no-2-2021","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"45 of 2021","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":182282,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2021-045-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 [Poisons Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2021](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2021-045) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> These regulations take effect on 1 July 2021.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Principal Regulations","content":"### 3 Principal Regulations\n\n> In these regulations, the [Poisons Regulations 2018](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2018-079) 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 [Poisons Regulations 2018](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2018-079) .\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 June 2021\n\nThese regulations are administered in the Department of Health.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation instrument itself is procedural and does not set out substantive policy or expand the regulated population; it amends and incorporates changes into the Poisons Regulations 2018 (Regs 3–4). The actual scope-altering detail, if any, must be read in the authorised consolidated Poisons Regulations 2018; nothing in these four regulations alone shows a change of regulatory scope."},"complexity_factors":["Very short, four-regulation instrument containing only title, commencement, principal-regulation reference and an incorporation statement (Regs 1–4).","No text of the substantive amendment is included here; reader must cross‑check the authorised Poisons Regulations 2018 for details (Reg 4).","Relies on cross-reference to a complex principal instrument, so practical effect depends on that instrument’s provisions (Reg 3).","Fixed commencement date reduces timing uncertainty but requires implementers to check compliance from 1 July 2021 (Reg 2).","Administrative responsibility assigned to Department of Health signals which agency enforces and manages compliance (Gazette note).","Procedural incorporation into authorised version limits fragmentation but requires users to consult the consolidated instrument to see operative changes (Reg 4)."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations amend the Poisons Regulations 2018, take effect on 1 July 2021, and update the authorised version of that instrument. They apply to people and businesses already regulated under the Poisons Regulations 2018 and will change legal obligations and administrative compliance for those entities to the extent the amendment does so. The instrument is administered by the Department of Health."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This appears to be a standard amendment regulation with no indication of scope creep. It amends the Principal Regulations as intended."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short—only 4 sections","No substantive legislative text provided; actual amendment already incorporated into principal regulations","No defined terms requiring interpretation","No conditional logic or cross-referencing beyond basic citation machinery","Purely procedural/amending instrument with no operational content in this document"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, technical amendment to Victoria's Poisons Regulations 2018. It makes a change to the main regulations, but the actual content of the change has already been merged into the updated version of the Principal Regulations. This document simply serves as the official record that the change was made and took effect on 1 July 2021. It affects anyone who needs to comply with Victoria's poisons laws—mainly pharmacists, doctors, veterinarians, and businesses that handle scheduled substances. The amendment matters because it keeps the poisons rules up to date, though you'd need to check the current version of the Poisons Regulations 2018 to see exactly what changed."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"While it is procedurally normal for an instrument to be finalised before its commencement date, the combination of a 'last modified' date of 30 June 2021 and a currency start date of 1 July 2021 creates a minor internal tension: the published file predates the version it is said to represent. If any amendment were made on 1 July 2021 itself (the commencement date), the file modification date would not reflect it, meaning the 'current version' claim could be technically inaccurate from the moment of commencement.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The instrument is described as having a version 'current from 1 July 2021 to date', yet the file was last modified on 30 June 2021 — one day before it purportedly came into force."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version (update policy)","severity":"low","reasoning":"The word 'usually' introduces uncertainty. At any point within a 3-working-day window following an amendment, the displayed text may be out of date, directly contradicting the 'current from … to date' representation. This is a systemic drafting/publication absurdity repeated across Tasmanian legislation rather than specific to this instrument, but it appears explicitly in this document.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The site states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change', yet simultaneously asserts the version shown is 'current'. These two statements are logically incompatible: if updates lag by up to 3 working days, the displayed version cannot be guaranteed to be current at the moment of access."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - File last modified 30 June 2021","section_b":"Status Information - Currency of version: current from 1 July 2021","confidence":0.5,"description":"The file is recorded as last modified on 30 June 2021, but the version is stated to be current only from 1 July 2021. This creates a contradiction between the document's physical modification history and its claimed legal currency: the authoritative version came into force on a date after the file was last changed, raising questions about whether any 1 July 2021 commencement-day adjustments are captured."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available text, there is no indication that the scope of the regulation changed from its original intent. It appears to be a routine amendment instrument updating the existing Poisons Regulations in Tasmania. However, a definitive assessment cannot be made without access to the full text of the amendments."},"complexity_factors":["The document provided contains only administrative metadata — no substantive amendment text is visible, limiting full analysis","Poisons regulations generally involve technical classification systems (scheduling) that require specialist knowledge to interpret","Amendments to existing regulations require cross-referencing the principal (original) legislation to understand the full effect of changes","Regulatory instruments of this type typically involve alignment with national frameworks such as the Therapeutic Goods Administration's Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons (SUSMP)"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation amends Tasmania’s Poisons Regulations, taking effect 1 July 2021. It updates the legal framework that governs how prescription medicines, restricted chemicals and other toxic substances are handled, stored, labelled, sold and prescribed.\n\nIt matters to pharmacists, prescribers, healthcare workers, businesses dealing with chemicals and consumers; the provided text doesn’t include the specific changes, so the exact impacts can’t be determined from this summary."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/poisons-amendment-regulations-no-2-2021","history":"/api/acts/poisons-amendment-regulations-no-2-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/poisons-amendment-regulations-no-2-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/poisons-amendment-regulations-no-2-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/poisons-amendment-regulations-no-2-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/poisons-amendment-regulations-no-2-2021/documents"}}