{"id":"tas:sr-1995-176","name":"Rules of Practice Amendment 1995","slug":"rules-of-practice-amendment-1995","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"176 of 1995","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":319124,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-1995-176-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> These rules may be cited as the [Rules of Practice Amendment 1995](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-9999-999) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> These rules take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the *Gazette*.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Principal Rules","content":"### 3 Principal Rules\n\n> In these rules, the [Rules of Practice 1994](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1994-229) are referred to as the Principal Rules.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 4.\n\n[Rules of Practice 1994](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1994-229)","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 5.\n\n[Rules of Practice 1994](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1994-229)","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"6.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 6.\n\n[Rules of Practice 1994](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1994-229)","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"7.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 7.\n\n[Rules of Practice 1994](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1994-229)\n\nThese Rules of Practice were made by the Council of The Law Society of Tasmania at a meeting of the Council on 2 December 1995.\n\nG. W. Tremayne\n\nPresident\n\nPeter A. Dixon\n\nMember\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 December 1995\n\nThese rules are administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":6}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"rejected","complexity_score":2,"rejection_reason":"This is an incomplete fragment or navigation stub. Sections 4-7 contain only hyperlinks/references to the Principal Rules without displaying the actual substantive amendments. The document appears to be a template or index page rather than the complete legislative text. No actual rule changes are visible in the provided content.","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This appears to be a straightforward amendment instrument as originally intended. It amends the 1994 Principal Rules without expanding beyond the scope of professional conduct regulation for Tasmanian lawyers."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (only 7 sections, most of which are purely mechanical)","No defined terms section (relies entirely on the Principal Rules)","No substantive legal provisions visible in the excerpt provided (sections 4-7 appear to be placeholders or links to the actual amendments)","Simple structure: short title, commencement, interpretation, then amendments","No conditional logic or nested exceptions visible"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a set of amendments made in 1995 to the **Rules of Practice 1994**, which govern how lawyers in Tasmania conduct their professional affairs. These rules were made by the Council of The Law Society of Tasmania (the professional body that regulates lawyers in that state).\n\n**What it does:**\n- Updates the existing 1994 Rules of Practice\n- The specific changes are not shown in this excerpt (sections 4-7 reference the Principal Rules but don't display the actual amendments)\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Lawyers and legal practitioners in Tasmania\n- Clients of Tasmanian lawyers (indirectly, through changed professional standards)\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Rules of Practice set the standards for how lawyers must behave, handle client money, maintain trust accounts, and conduct themselves professionally\n- Amendments like this keep the rules up to date with changing legal practices and requirements"},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient substantive content is available in the provided extract to determine whether the scope changed from the original intent. The document appears to be limited to metadata, version information, and administrative details only."},"complexity_factors":["The document provided contains only metadata and status information — no substantive amendment text is visible, making meaningful legal analysis impossible","Rules of Practice amendments can vary widely in complexity depending on subject matter, but without the actual content, complexity cannot be properly assessed","Procedural rule amendments are typically technical but narrowly scoped, limiting broad complexity","Score reflects the simplicity of what can actually be assessed from the available text, not necessarily the underlying instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This 1995 Tasmanian procedural instrument amends the Rules of Practice that govern how court proceedings are run. It updates procedural matters—filing and service of documents, timeframes, and formatting—affecting lawyers practising in Tasmania and their clients by potentially changing deadlines, costs and the validity of steps in litigation. The extract lacks the actual amendment text, so substantive specifics can’t be determined from it."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not itself add or remove substantive obligations. It updates formalities: citation (s1), commencement (s2) and identifies the Rules of Practice 1994 as the Principal Rules (s3). Items 4–7 only refer back to the 1994 Rules (s4–s7). To determine any substantive change, one must compare the 1994 Rules; this instrument alone does not alter scope."},"complexity_factors":["Simple procedural content: short title (s1) and commencement tied to Gazette notification (s2).","Cross-reference dependence: the instrument delegates substantive content to the Rules of Practice 1994 by naming them the Principal Rules (s3).","Placeholder entries (s4–s7) that merely refer back to the Principal Rules, creating minimal textual complexity but requiring consultation of the 1994 Rules to see substantive effect.","Decision authority is the Law Society Council (signatures) and administration by the Department of Justice, which are clear and limited in discretion.","Low compliance burden: no new duties, fees, or sanctioning mechanisms appear in this text."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets the formal details for an amendment to the Rules of Practice: it gives the amendment a short title, says it takes effect when notified in the Gazette, and confirms the Rules of Practice 1994 as the Principal Rules. It primarily changes legal formality (how and when the amendment starts and what document is treated as primary) and therefore affects people bound by those Rules and the Law Society's administration."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/rules-of-practice-amendment-1995","history":"/api/acts/rules-of-practice-amendment-1995/history","analysis":"/api/acts/rules-of-practice-amendment-1995/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/rules-of-practice-amendment-1995/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/rules-of-practice-amendment-1995/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/rules-of-practice-amendment-1995/documents"}}