{"id":"tas:sr-2006-077","name":"Public Works Tender Board (Revocation) Order 2006","slug":"public-works-tender-board-revocation-order-2006","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"77 of 2006","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":317642,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2006-077-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-in-council may be cited as the [Public Works Tender Board (Revocation) Order 2006](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2006-077) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order-in-council takes effect on 14 August 2006.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Legislation revoked","content":"### 3 Legislation revoked\n\n> The legislation specified in [Schedule 1](#JS1@EN) to this order-in-council 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| Public Works Tender Board Order 1997 (No. 112 of 1997) |\n| Public Works Tender Board Amendment Order 1997 (No. 156 of 1997) |\n| Public Works Tender Board Amendment Order 1998 (No. 42 of 1998) |\n| Public Works Tender Board Amendment Order 2002 (No. 104 of 2002) |\n| Public Works Tender Board Amendment Order 2004 (No. 105 of 2004) |\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 9 August 2006\n\nThis order-in-council is administered in the Department of Treasury and Finance.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The order removes the legal force of the listed Public Works Tender Board instruments, narrowing the set of active subordinate legislation governing that subject matter. The instrument itself contains no replacement provisions or transitional arrangements, so the practical scope of regulation will depend on other instruments or primary legislation (s3, Schedule 1)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow operative effect — sole operative act is revocation of specified instruments (s3, Schedule 1).","Single, fixed commencement date simplifies implementation (s2).","No transitional, savings or replacement provisions in the instrument — requires external checking for consequences on existing contracts or procedures (absence evident from text).","Administrative details and publication metadata provided (Gazette date; administering department)."],"plain_english_summary":"This order-in-council, effective 14 August 2006 (s2), revokes the Public Works Tender Board Order 1997 and four amendment orders listed in Schedule 1 (s3, Schedule 1). The document is administered by the Department of Treasury and Finance. Mechanically, it removes those subordinate instruments from the statute book; the executive (by order-in-council) made the decision and the change alters the legal obligations that previously relied on those instruments (s3, Schedule 1)."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The order appears to do exactly what its title states — revoke the Public Works Tender Board. There is no indication of scope creep or deviation from its original narrow administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose revocation instrument with minimal substantive content","No transitional provisions or savings clauses visible in the provided text","Requires background knowledge of what the Public Works Tender Board was and what replaces it — that context is not contained in the order itself","Short administrative document with limited interpretive ambiguity"],"plain_english_summary":"This order revokes the legal instrument that created the Public Works Tender Board, effectively abolishing that body. It removes the dedicated oversight mechanism for competitive tendering of Tasmanian public construction and infrastructure projects.\n\nThat change affects construction contractors, government departments that manage projects, and taxpayers by shifting where procurement oversight and accountability now sit—likely into other agencies or updated procurement rules."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Title/Document Structure","severity":"high","reasoning":"A revocation order must contain an operative provision stating what is being revoked and the legal basis for revocation. The document as presented contains only metadata, headers, and administrative information. If this represents the complete instrument, it is legally vacuous — it purports to revoke something without ever specifying what is revoked or under what authority.","confidence":0.75,"description":"The revocation order appears to revoke an entity (the Public Works Tender Board) but contains no operative provisions, clauses, or substantive text whatsoever beyond its title, status information, and metadata. A revocation order with no operative revocation clause is a legal instrument that does nothing."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency","severity":"low","reasoning":"Revocation orders are typically spent instruments upon commencement. A modification in 2025 to a 2006 revocation order is anomalous and potentially contradicts the notion that the instrument has been continuously current and unchanged since 2006.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The document states it is 'Version current from 14 August 2006 to date' and was 'accessed 8 April 2026 at 2:38', yet the file was 'last modified 27 March 2025'. A revocation order — a one-time instrument that either has or has not revoked something — should have no reason to be modified nearly 19 years after its commencement, raising questions about what substantive change was made."},{"type":"other","section":"Document Metadata","severity":"medium","reasoning":"While duplication of headings is likely a rendering or scraping artefact rather than a substantive legal flaw, it creates genuine ambiguity about whether the document as published is a true and complete representation of the operative instrument, which is relevant to legal certainty.","confidence":0.85,"description":"Every heading and section title in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Public Works Tender Board (Revocation) Order 2006' appears four times as a heading; 'Status Information' appears four times; 'Currency of version' appears four times). This structural absurdity suggests either a serious drafting/publishing error or a document that has been corrupted, undermining the reliability of the instrument as presented."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - 'Version current from 14 August 2006 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation - 'File last modified 27 March 2025'","confidence":0.65,"description":"The instrument is simultaneously described as having been continuously current and unmodified since 14 August 2006, while also being recorded as having been modified as recently as 27 March 2025. These two statements are logically inconsistent: if the file was modified in 2025, the version has not been continuously current in its original form since 2006."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function its title suggests—revoking the Public Works Tender Board legislation. There is no scope creep; it is a straightforward repeal instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative clauses (short title, commencement, revocation)","No defined terms","No conditional logic or exceptions","Simple tabular schedule listing 5 revoked instruments","No cross-references to other legislation (except the standard Rules Publication Act citation)","Total length: approximately 150 words of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a housekeeping law that **shuts down the Public Works Tender Board**.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Revokes (cancels)** five earlier orders that created and modified the Public Works Tender Board between 1997 and 2004\n- This effectively **abolishes the Board** and its governing rules\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Government agencies that previously had to follow the Board's tendering processes\n- Suppliers and contractors who dealt with the Board\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThe Public Works Tender Board was a body that oversaw government building and construction contracts. This order **winds it up**, meaning government procurement (buying) of public works now happens under different arrangements—likely through the Department of Treasury and Finance or other procurement frameworks.\n\nThis is a **cleanup measure**: rather than amending old rules, the government chose to scrap the entire Board structure."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/public-works-tender-board-revocation-order-2006","history":"/api/acts/public-works-tender-board-revocation-order-2006/history","analysis":"/api/acts/public-works-tender-board-revocation-order-2006/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/public-works-tender-board-revocation-order-2006/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/public-works-tender-board-revocation-order-2006/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/public-works-tender-board-revocation-order-2006/documents"}}