{"id":"state-development-coordination-and-facilitation-regulations-2025","name":"State Development Coordination and Facilitation Regulations 2025","slug":"state-development-coordination-and-facilitation-regulations-2025","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":237377,"registerId":"sa-state-development-coordination-and-facilitation-regulations-2025-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-06","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"State Development Coordination and Facilitation Regulations 2025","content":"South Australia\nState Development Coordination and Facilitation Regulations 2025\nunder the State Development Coordination and Facilitation Act 2025\n\nContents\n1\tShort title\n3\tInterpretation\n4\tRelevant interests\nLegislative history\n\n1—Short title\nThese regulations may be cited as the State Development Coordination and Facilitation Regulations 2025.\n3—Interpretation\nIn these regulations—\nAct means the State Development Coordination and Facilitation Act 2025.\n4—Relevant interests\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of the definition of relevant interest in Schedule 2 clause 1(1) of the Act, a direct or indirect personal or pecuniary interest is prescribed.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of subregulation (1), a personal interest includes a role or membership with an entity where that role or membership is not remunerated.\nLegislative history\nNotes\n\t•\tFor further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.\nPrincipal regulations and variations\nNew entries appear in bold.\nYear\nNo\nReference\nCommencement\n2025\n101\nGazette 4.9.2025 p3780 \n7.10.2025: r 2\n2025\n141\nGazette 11.12.2025 p4835\n11.12.2025: r 2\nProvisions varied\nNew entries appear in bold.\nEntries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.\nProvision\nHow varied\nCommencement\nr 2\nomitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\n11.12.2025\nr 4\nsubstituted by 141/2025 r 3\n11.12.2025\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a new regulation made in 2025 under a new Act. There is no evidence of scope creep as the regulations perform the narrow, expected function of defining 'relevant interest' for disclosure purposes under the parent Act. The legislative history shows only minor amendments (substitution of regulation 4) within the same year of commencement, suggesting refinement rather than expansion."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 4 regulations total, with regulation 2 already omitted","Single substantive provision (regulation 4) containing only 2 subsections","Minimal defined terms — only 'Act' defined in interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward declaratory language ('is prescribed', 'includes')"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does:**\n\nThese regulations support South Australia's *State Development Coordination and Facilitation Act 2025* by defining what counts as a \"relevant interest\" for people involved in state development decisions.\n\n**Key points:**\n\n- **Relevant interest** means any direct or indirect personal or financial (pecuniary) interest that could affect someone's judgment in development matters\n- **Personal interests** include unpaid roles or memberships in organisations — even if you don't get paid, your involvement with a group counts as an interest you must disclose\n- This matters because people making decisions about major state developments must declare these interests to avoid conflicts of interest (situations where personal loyalties or benefits could influence official decisions)\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n- Members of the State Development Coordination and Facilitation Board\n- Anyone else covered by the parent Act who makes decisions about state development projects\n- Organisations and individuals with unpaid roles that might intersect with development decisions\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nTransparency. These rules ensure decision-makers can't secretly benefit from development approvals, whether through money or through unpaid affiliations with affected groups. It closes a potential loophole where someone might claim \"I wasn't paid, so I don't have an interest.\""},"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"},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed — the full text of the regulations was not accessible. No comparison between original intent and final form is possible from the content provided."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative content was retrievable — the source URL returned a 404 error","The title alone provides insufficient detail to assess structural or legal complexity","Regulatory instruments (as opposed to Acts) can vary significantly in complexity depending on their enabling legislation and subject matter, but none of that can be assessed here"],"plain_english_summary":"The regulations themselves are unavailable (404 error), so no definitive analysis can be done. From the title alone, they appear to govern coordination and facilitation of major state development projects in South Australia and would likely matter to developers, investors, local councils and nearby communities — but that implication cannot be confirmed without the actual text."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Regulation 4, which defines what counts as a relevant interest, was substituted by regulation 141/2025 r 3 on 11 December 2025. The current text prescribes that direct or indirect personal or pecuniary interests are included and that unpaid roles or memberships constitute a personal interest (r 4(1)–(2)); thus the definitional scope governing who must recognise and disclose interests under Schedule 2, cl 1(1) of the Act was altered by that substitution."},"complexity_factors":["Very short, single-topic instrument focused on one definitional change (r 4).","Relies on a cross-reference to the Act (Schedule 2, cl 1(1)), requiring users to read both instruments to understand scope (r 4(1)).","Uses broad phrases — “direct or indirect personal or pecuniary interest” — that require factual interpretation by officials or advisers (r 4(1)).","Explicitly expands coverage to unpaid roles or memberships, creating potential compliance questions about which non‑remunerated positions must be declared (r 4(2)).","Legislative history shows r 4 was substituted by a later regulation (141/2025 r 3), so users must note temporal changes when applying the rule."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations prescribe what counts as a “relevant interest” for the State Development Coordination and Facilitation Act. They say a direct or indirect personal or pecuniary interest is included, and that unpaid roles or memberships count as a personal interest (r 4(1)–(2)).\n\nThey apply to anyone who must identify a relevant interest under Schedule 2, cl 1(1) of the Act. There is no new fee; the change expands what people must recognise and disclose and may alter behaviour about unpaid roles (r 4(1)–(2))."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/state-development-coordination-and-facilitation-regulations-2025","history":"/api/acts/state-development-coordination-and-facilitation-regulations-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/state-development-coordination-and-facilitation-regulations-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/state-development-coordination-and-facilitation-regulations-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/state-development-coordination-and-facilitation-regulations-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/state-development-coordination-and-facilitation-regulations-2025/documents"}}