{"id":"tas:sr-2025-013","name":"Retirement Villages Regulations 2025","slug":"retirement-villages-regulations-2025","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"13 of 2025","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174240,"registerId":"tas-sr-2025-013-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 [Retirement Villages Regulations 2025](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2025-013) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> These regulations take effect on 22 April 2025.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interpretation","content":"### 3 Interpretation\n\n> In these regulations –\n> \n> > ***Act*** means the [Retirement Villages Act 2004](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-050) .","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application to elect for Act to apply","content":"### 4 Application to elect for Act to apply\n\n> The prescribed fee for the purpose of [section 5(2)](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-050#GS5@Gs2@EN) of the Act is 75 fee units.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Provision of Certificate of Currency","content":"### 5 Provision of Certificate of Currency\n\n> For the purpose of [section 6(3)(f)](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-050#GS6@Gs3@Hpf@EN) of the Act, a Certificate of Currency, which verifies that a retirement village has valid and up-to-date insurance coverage as required by [section 20](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-050#GS20@EN) of the Act, is a prescribed document.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Public liability insurance","content":"### 6 Public liability insurance\n\n> For the purpose of [section 20(3)](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-050#GS20@Gs3@EN) of the Act, the minimum amount of public liability insurance is $10 000 000.","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application for relief under Part 5","content":"### 7 Application for relief under Part 5\n\n> The prescribed fee for the purpose of [section 28(3)(d)](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-050#GS28@Gs3@Hpd@EN) of the Act is 14 fee units.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application for endorsement of Recorder","content":"### 8 Application for endorsement of Recorder\n\n> The prescribed fee for the purpose of [section 38(2)](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-050#GS38@Gs2@EN) of the Act is 75 fee units.","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application for cancellation of endorsement of Recorder","content":"### 9 Application for cancellation of endorsement of Recorder\n\n> The prescribed fee for the purpose of [section 38(5)(b)](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-050#GS38@Gs5@Hpb@EN) of the Act is 75 fee units.\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 16 April 2025\n\nThese regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":8}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient content was provided to assess whether the scope of these regulations changed from any original intent. Only metadata and navigation elements were included in the document — no operative provisions, explanatory memoranda, or statement of purpose were available for comparison."},"complexity_factors":["Only administrative metadata was provided — no substantive legislative content is available for analysis","Retirement village law generally involves layered interactions between the principal Act and subordinate regulations, which can be complex, but this cannot be assessed from the provided text","The existence of amending instruments suggests some evolution in the rules, but the nature of those amendments is unknown","Score is low solely because there is insufficient content to identify genuine complexity factors"],"plain_english_summary":"## Retirement Villages Regulations 2025 (Tasmania)\n\n**What is this?**\nThis is a set of supporting rules (called 'regulations') made under Tasmania's Retirement Villages Act. Regulations like these fill in the practical details that the main Act sets out in broader terms.\n\n**Who does it affect?**\n- Residents living in retirement villages in Tasmania\n- Operators and managers of retirement villages\n- Prospective residents considering moving into a retirement village\n\n**Why does it matter?**\nRetirement villages are a significant financial and lifestyle commitment for older Australians. The rules in these regulations typically govern things like fees, contract requirements, dispute processes, and residents' rights — all of which directly affect the day-to-day lives and financial security of some of Tasmania's most vulnerable community members.\n\n**⚠️ Important limitation:** The document provided contains only administrative metadata (version dates, filing information, and navigation links) — the actual content of the regulations has not been included. A full analysis of the specific rules, obligations, and rights created by these regulations **cannot be completed** without access to the substantive provisions.\n\n**What we do know:**\n- These regulations came into force on **22 April 2025**\n- They are Tasmania-specific legislation\n- They have been amended at least once (a Table of Amendments exists)"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"retroactive_impossibility","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"high","reasoning":"A file cannot logically be finalised and last modified on 16 April 2025 if the version it contains does not come into force until 22 April 2025. Either the modification date is wrong, or the commencement date is wrong. If the file was truly last modified before commencement, it may contain pre-commencement text that was never updated to reflect the final enacted instrument, raising validity concerns about the published version.","confidence":0.91,"description":"The document states it is 'Version current from 22 April 2025 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 11:37)' but the file was 'last modified 16 April 2025' — six days before the version's own stated commencement date."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The site's own status note states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change.' A gap of ~354 days between last modification and the accessed date, combined with a Table of Amending Instruments being present, creates an internal contradiction: the document claims currency to April 2026 while its file metadata suggests it has not been touched since April 2025. If amending instruments exist, the file should have been modified.","confidence":0.82,"description":"The legislation purports to reflect the state of the law as accessed on '5 April 2026' yet bears a 'file last modified' date of '16 April 2025' — nearly a year earlier. If amendments were made between those dates, the published text cannot simultaneously be current to April 2026 and unmodified since April 2025."},{"type":"other","section":"Table of Amending Instruments","severity":"high","reasoning":"A regulation that has been amended but whose published text consists entirely of administrative metadata and no operative clauses is effectively unpublishable and unenforceable as presented. Citizens and operators cannot comply with provisions they cannot read. The reference to amendments compounds the absurdity: it implies there is a base text capable of amendment, yet no such text is visible.","confidence":0.88,"description":"The document references a 'Table of Amending Instruments' (clickable link) implying amendments exist, yet the body of the Regulations as published appears to contain no substantive operative provisions whatsoever — only metadata, status information, and structural headings repeated multiple times."},{"type":"other","section":"Entire document structure","severity":"medium","reasoning":"While likely a rendering or HTML parsing artefact, as published this constitutes the authoritative online version of the Regulations. If this is the consolidated version 'current to date,' the duplication of every structural element means the document as a legal instrument is ambiguous as to which instance of each heading governs. It also undermines the credibility and reliability of the publication as a source of law.","confidence":0.78,"description":"Every heading and section in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g. 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'), producing a document that is internally repetitive to the point of structural incoherence."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire document — operative content","severity":"high","reasoning":"Subordinate legislation without operative provisions cannot create any legal obligation, right, or framework. Any person or entity purportedly subject to these Regulations cannot comply with them because there is nothing to comply with. The instrument's existence as a statutory instrument registered under SR-2025-013 while being substantively empty is a logical and legal absurdity.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The document is titled 'Retirement Villages Regulations 2025' and purports to be operative subordinate legislation, yet contains zero operative regulations, definitions, obligations, rights, penalties, or transitional provisions."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"high","section_a":"Status Information — 'Version current from 22 April 2025 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 11:37)'","section_b":"Authorisation — 'File last modified 16 April 2025'","confidence":0.91,"description":"The version is stated to be current as at 5 April 2026, but the underlying file was last modified on 16 April 2025 — before the version even commenced on 22 April 2025. These two statements cannot both be true simultaneously."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information — 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change'","section_b":"Table of Amending Instruments — existence of amending instruments / Authorisation — 'File last modified 16 April 2025'","confidence":0.79,"description":"The site commits to updating within 3 working days of any change, and a Table of Amending Instruments is referenced, implying amendments have occurred. However, the file modification date of 16 April 2025 suggests no update has occurred in approximately 354 days as at the access date of 5 April 2026. This directly contradicts the 3-working-day update commitment."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These regulations appear to serve their original intended purpose as standard machinery provisions for the Retirement Villages Act 2004. They set fees, prescribe documents, and specify insurance minimums – exactly the type of administrative detail typically delegated to regulations. There is no evidence of scope creep or expansion beyond the Act's framework."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 9 operative provisions plus short title and commencement","Minimal defined terms: only 1 definition ('Act') in the interpretation section","No conditional logic or nested exceptions – each provision is a straightforward directive","No cross-references between provisions within the regulations themselves; all references are outward to the parent Act","Simple numerical prescriptions (fee amounts, dollar figures) without formulae or calculations","No delegated powers or rule-making authority within the instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does:**\n\nThese regulations set the administrative rules for how Tasmania's *Retirement Villages Act 2004* operates in practice. Think of them as the \"instruction manual\" that fills in the practical details the main Act left blank.\n\n**Key things covered:**\n\n* **Fees:** Sets how much people pay for various applications:\n  * **75 fee units** – to elect for the Act to apply to a village, or to get (or cancel) a \"Recorder\" endorsement (a formal registration status)\n  * **14 fee units** – to apply for relief under Part 5 (dispute resolution or hardship provisions)\n\n* **Insurance requirements:** \n  * Requires retirement villages to hold a **Certificate of Currency** – a document proving they have valid insurance\n  * Sets the **minimum public liability insurance at $10 million**\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n* **Retirement village operators** – must comply with insurance rules and pay fees for registrations\n* **Residents and prospective residents** – benefit from knowing villages must carry $10 million in public liability coverage and prove it with official documentation\n* **People seeking legal relief** – pay prescribed fees to access dispute resolution processes\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nThese rules protect vulnerable older Australians by ensuring retirement villages can't operate without adequate insurance cover. The fee structure creates a consistent, predictable cost regime for village operators seeking regulatory approval, while keeping access to dispute resolution relatively affordable (14 fee units vs 75 for commercial registrations)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/retirement-villages-regulations-2025","history":"/api/acts/retirement-villages-regulations-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/retirement-villages-regulations-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/retirement-villages-regulations-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/retirement-villages-regulations-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/retirement-villages-regulations-2025/documents"}}