{"id":"tas:sr-2018-081","name":"Sentencing Amendment Regulations 2018","slug":"sentencing-amendment-regulations-2018","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"81 of 2018","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":184974,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2018-081-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 [Sentencing Amendment Regulations 2018](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2018-081) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the *Gazette*.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Principal Regulations","content":"### 3 Principal Regulations\n\n> In these regulations, the [Sentencing Regulations 2018](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2018-036) 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 [Sentencing Regulations 2018](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2018-036) .\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 18 December 2018\n\nThese regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This amendment regulation serves its standard narrow purpose of updating the principal regulations. There is no indication of scope creep; it is a routine housekeeping instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 4 regulations","No substantive legal rules contained in this instrument","No defined terms beyond a simple reference to 'Principal Regulations'","No conditional logic or exceptions","Purely procedural — simply incorporates amendments made elsewhere into the authorised version"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short technical amendment to the Sentencing Regulations 2018. It updates the main regulations but doesn't spell out the specific changes here — instead, it notes that the changes have already been merged into the official version of the main regulations. Think of it like a software patch that says \"the fix has been applied to the main program\" rather than listing every line of code that changed.\n\n**Who it affects:** People dealing with sentencing procedures in courts (lawyers, judges, court staff), though the practical impact depends on what specific changes were made to the main regulations.\n\n**Why it matters:** It ensures the sentencing rules stay up to date, but this particular document is just the formal mechanism for making those updates official."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not expand or narrow the substantive scope of sentencing regulation; it effects a technical amendment and records that the amendment has been incorporated into the authorised version (see regs 2–4). Who pays: no new regulated-party costs are imposed by this instrument itself beyond routine administrative updates. Who decides: commencement is triggered by Gazette notification (reg 2) and the Department of Justice administers the instrument. Behavioural impact: officials must update the authorised text and practitioners should follow the updated Sentencing Regulations 2018."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (title, commencement, reference to principal regulations, incorporation note).","No substantive policy or sentencing rules are created or altered within this instrument itself; it amends the Principal Regulations but does not set operative sentencing standards.","Commencement is administrative — tied to Gazette notification (reg 2) — which reduces legal complexity but requires an administrative act to trigger effect.","The instrument’s legal effect depends on the content of the Sentencing Regulations 2018 (it references the Principal Regulations at reg 3), so interpretive work is deferred to that instrument.","Low compliance and enforcement burden: primary tasks are administrative updates to the authorised version and informing users of the updated regulations (incorporation recorded at reg 4)."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations make a minor amendment to the Sentencing Regulations 2018 and take effect when their making is notified in the Gazette. The amendment has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Sentencing Regulations 2018. They primarily affect officials maintaining the authorised regulations and legal practitioners who rely on them; the Department of Justice administers the instrument."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient content is present in the provided document to assess whether the scope of the amendments changed from the original regulatory intent. The document contains only status and metadata information, with no amendment clauses or explanatory material visible."},"complexity_factors":["The document as provided contains only administrative metadata — no substantive legal content is present to analyse","Sentencing regulations can be complex in practice, but without the actual amendment text, complexity cannot be properly assessed","The instrument is a subordinate regulation (lower-tier law), which are typically narrower and more straightforward than primary Acts","Tasmanian-only jurisdiction limits geographic scope, reducing interpretive complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This Tasmanian regulation amends the Sentencing Regulations, coming into force on 18 December 2018 and applying only within Tasmania. It potentially affects people convicted of offences, lawyers and judges, and justice/corrections administrators because sentencing rules shape penalties and their administration.  \n\nNote: the provided document contains only administrative metadata; the substantive amendment text is not included, so specific changes cannot be described here."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/sentencing-amendment-regulations-2018","history":"/api/acts/sentencing-amendment-regulations-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/sentencing-amendment-regulations-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/sentencing-amendment-regulations-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/sentencing-amendment-regulations-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/sentencing-amendment-regulations-2018/documents"}}