{"id":"tas:sr-1999-029","name":"State Policies and Projects (Project of State Significance) Revocation Order 1999","slug":"state-policies-and-projects-project-of-state-significance-revocation-order-1999","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"29 of 1999","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318966,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-1999-029-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 may be cited as the [State Policies and Projects (Project of State Significance) Revocation Order 1999](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-9999-999) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the *Gazette*.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"State Policies and Projects (Project of State Significance) Order 1997  revoked","content":"### 3 State Policies and Projects (Project of State Significance) Order 1997  revoked\n\n> The [State Policies and Projects (Project of State Significance) Order 1997](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1997-149) is revoked.\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 19 April 1999\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument appears to perform exactly the function its title describes — revoking a Project of State Significance declaration. There is no indication of scope creep or departure from its original intent. It is a narrow, administrative revocation order."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument with a narrow, administrative function — simply revoking a prior declaration","Requires background knowledge of the State Policies and Projects Act framework to fully understand the consequences","The actual operative content (which project is named) is absent from the provided text, creating ambiguity","No substantive legal rights or obligations are created — it removes an existing status"],"plain_english_summary":"## State Policies and Projects (Project of State Significance) Revocation Order 1999\n\nThis is a **Tasmanian government instrument** that **cancels (revokes) a previous declaration** that a specific project had been classified as a 'Project of State Significance' under Tasmania's *State Policies and Projects Act*.\n\n**What does that mean in plain English?**\n- In Tasmania, major developments (like large mines, infrastructure, or industrial projects) can be declared 'Projects of State Significance,' which triggers a special fast-track assessment and approval process overseen by the state government.\n- This Order simply **undoes one of those declarations** — meaning whatever project was previously given that special status no longer has it.\n- The project would then revert to normal planning and development approval processes.\n\n**Who does this affect?**\n- Primarily the **project proponent** (the company or entity trying to develop the project).\n- Potentially affected **local communities, landowners, or environmental groups** who may have had interests in how the project was assessed.\n\n**Why does it matter?**\n- Removing 'Project of State Significance' status can significantly change how (and how quickly) a project gets assessed and approved.\n- Unfortunately, the actual text of the Order — including *which specific project* is being revoked — is not reproduced in the provided document, so the full practical impact cannot be determined from this text alone."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"circular_definition","section":"Title/Instrument as a whole","severity":"high","reasoning":"The instrument purports to be a 'Revocation Order' but contains no operative provision identifying what is being revoked. A revocation order without a revocation clause is logically self-defeating — it is an instrument whose sole purpose is to extinguish something, yet it extinguishes nothing discernible from its face.","confidence":0.85,"description":"A Revocation Order that revokes nothing identifiable within its own text"},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information – Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A revocation order, once operative, exhausts its legal effect at the moment of revocation. It cannot logically remain 'current' in any meaningful sense for 27 years — its only operative effect was instantaneous. Describing a spent revocation instrument as continuously 'current' confuses administrative currency with legal operative force.","confidence":0.75,"description":"The instrument claims to be 'current from 19 April 1999 to date' despite having no substantive operative content that could meaningfully remain 'current'"},{"type":"other","section":"Authorisation – File last modified 5 July 2017","severity":"low","reasoning":"The metadata indicates the file was modified on 5 July 2017, nearly 18 years after commencement, yet the Table of Amending Instruments apparently records no amendments. This creates a factual tension: either an amendment occurred and is not recorded (undermining the integrity of the amendment table) or the modification was purely administrative, in which case describing it as a file modification alongside legal currency information is misleading.","confidence":0.65,"description":"An instrument that has been unmodified in legal effect since 1999 was nonetheless 'modified' in 2017 without any Table of Amendments reflecting a substantive change"},{"type":"other","section":"Title (duplicated throughout)","severity":"low","reasoning":"The title appears as both 'State Policies and Projects (Project of State Significance) Revocation Order 1999' and truncated as 'State Policies and Projects (P ...' in multiple headings. While likely a formatting artefact, the truncation could technically create ambiguity about whether separate instruments are being referenced, particularly where title accuracy matters for cross-referencing.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The title of the instrument is reproduced in at least four distinct locations with minor variations, creating interpretive ambiguity as to the instrument's full name"}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information – Currency of version ('current from 19 April 1999 to date')","section_b":"Authorisation – 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The instrument claims continuous currency from 1999 with no amendment, yet the file was modified in 2017 — which either constitutes an unrecorded amendment or contradicts the premise of an unaltered version"},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments (implying a complete amendment history is available)","section_b":"Authorisation – 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.55,"description":"The Table of Amending Instruments purports to capture all changes to the instrument, but the 2017 file modification is not reconciled with that table, creating a contradiction between the claimed completeness of the amendment record and the evidence of a post-commencement file change"}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function its title suggests — revoking a specific 1997 Order. There is no scope creep; it is a precise, limited administrative action."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the revoked instrument)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Single, straightforward legal effect (revocation of one named instrument)","Total length: approximately 100 words of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does**\n\nThis is a short, technical piece of legislation that **cancels (revokes) an earlier order** made in 1997. Specifically, it removes the \"State Policies and Projects (Project of State Significance) Order 1997\" from the law books.\n\n**Who it affects**\n\nThis primarily affects:\n- **Government officials** who were working under the 1997 Order\n- **Developers or businesses** whose projects may have been classified as \"Projects of State Significance\" under the old rules\n- **Tasmanian state government departments**, particularly those involved in major infrastructure or development approvals\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nThe 1997 Order had established special processes for identifying and managing major projects deemed important to Tasmania. By revoking it, the government is either:\n- Replacing those processes with new ones (likely through a different legal instrument)\n- Ending a particular policy approach to major projects\n\nThis is a **housekeeping** measure — it cleans up old law rather than creating new rules. Anyone relying on the 1997 Order for their project status or approvals would need to check what (if anything) has replaced it.\n\n**Key takeaway**: Old rules gone, effective date is when it was published in the government Gazette (19 April 1999)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/state-policies-and-projects-project-of-state-significance-revocation-order-1999","history":"/api/acts/state-policies-and-projects-project-of-state-significance-revocation-order-1999/history","analysis":"/api/acts/state-policies-and-projects-project-of-state-significance-revocation-order-1999/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/state-policies-and-projects-project-of-state-significance-revocation-order-1999/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/state-policies-and-projects-project-of-state-significance-revocation-order-1999/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/state-policies-and-projects-project-of-state-significance-revocation-order-1999/documents"}}