{"id":"tas:sr-2022-040","name":"Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) (North East Corridor from Lilydale Falls to Tonganah) Amendment Notice 2022","slug":"strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-north-east-corridor-from-lilydale-","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"40 of 2022","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":179636,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2022-040-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> This notice may be cited as the [Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) (North East Corridor from Lilydale Falls to Tonganah) Amendment Notice 2022](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2022-040) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This notice takes effect on the day after the day on which its making is notified in the *Gazette*.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Principal Notice","content":"### 3 Principal Notice\n\n> In this notice, the [Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) (North East Corridor from Lilydale Falls to Tonganah) Notice 2020](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2020-011) is referred to as the Principal Notice.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 4.\n\n> The amendment effected by this clause has been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) (North East Corridor from Lilydale Falls to Tonganah) Notice 2020](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2020-011) .\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 29 June 2022\n\nThis notice is administered in the Department of State Growth.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, this notice appears to remain within its original intended scope — amending the rules for a defined geographic corridor for dual strategic and recreational purposes. No evidence of scope expansion or contraction is apparent from the metadata provided."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow geographic scope — applies only to one specific corridor in north-east Tasmania","It is an amending notice rather than standalone legislation, meaning its effect depends on reading it alongside the original instrument","The full operative text was not included in the provided document, limiting full analysis","Tasmanian strategic infrastructure corridor framework requires familiarity with state-specific land management law","Otherwise, the subject matter (recreational and strategic use of a land corridor) is relatively straightforward"],"plain_english_summary":"## What This Law Does\n\nThis is a **Tasmanian government notice** that amends rules about a specific stretch of land in north-east Tasmania — a **strategic infrastructure corridor** (a reserved strip of land, often a former railway or utility easement) running from **Lilydale Falls to Tonganah**.\n\n## Who It Affects\n\n- **Recreational users** (walkers, cyclists, horse riders) who use this corridor\n- **Local communities** in north-east Tasmania near Lilydale and Tonganah\n- **Government agencies** managing infrastructure and public land in the area\n- Potentially **future infrastructure developers** who may want to use the corridor for utilities, transport, or communications\n\n## Why It Matters\n\nStrategic infrastructure corridors in Tasmania are strips of land kept free for **both future infrastructure needs** (like pipelines, power lines, or roads) **and recreational use** (like walking trails). This amendment notice updates or adjusts the rules governing how this particular corridor can be used.\n\n⚠️ **Important caveat**: The full text of this notice was not provided — only the title, status information, and metadata. This means the **specific changes made by this amendment** (e.g., boundary adjustments, new permitted uses, changed conditions) **cannot be assessed**. The summary above reflects what this *type* of legislation typically does."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"An Amendment Notice by definition modifies another instrument, but the reproduced text contains no operative clauses, schedules, or amendment provisions. The entire reproduced instrument appears to consist solely of metadata and status information, making it impossible to determine the legal effect of the notice or verify its internal consistency.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The legislation states it is 'current from 29 June 2022 to date' while simultaneously being an Amendment Notice to a parent instrument, yet no substantive operative provisions are present in the reproduced text to determine what is actually being amended."},{"type":"other","section":"Title","severity":"low","reasoning":"Amendment notices conventionally identify the instrument being amended without incorporating substantive geographic or operational descriptors into their own title. Embedding the corridor description creates a superficial implication that the amendment notice itself has geographic operative scope, which is logically confused.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The title refers to a corridor 'from Lilydale Falls to Tonganah' but the instrument is an Amendment Notice, not the principal instrument. An Amendment Notice does not itself define or establish a corridor, yet the geographic scope is embedded in the title as if it were a substantive descriptor of the notice's own content rather than a reference to the parent instrument being amended."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Authorisation","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A section labelled 'Authorisation' in subordinate legislation should identify the empowering provision or the authority under which the instrument is made. Substituting a file modification timestamp for legal authorisation renders the section meaningless and fails to establish the instrument's lawful basis on the face of the reproduced text.","confidence":0.68,"description":"The 'Authorisation' section contains no authorisation information whatsoever — it merely states 'File last modified 29 June 2022', which is a file metadata statement, not a legal authorisation."},{"type":"other","section":"Responsible Minister and Department","severity":"low","reasoning":"While it is common practice to reference Administrative Arrangement Orders for currency, an instrument whose own text cannot identify its responsible Minister creates a practical impossibility: accountability for the instrument's administration cannot be determined without reference to a potentially frequently-changing external document, undermining the instrument's legal self-sufficiency.","confidence":0.5,"description":"Rather than identifying the responsible Minister and Department, the section instructs the reader to consult an external document (the Administrative Arrangement Order), creating a situation where the instrument itself cannot be read as a standalone document and the responsible authority is indeterminate on its face."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version","section_b":"Status Information - Table of Amending Instruments","confidence":0.55,"description":"The currency statement asserts the version is current 'from 29 June 2022 to date', implying no amendments have occurred, while simultaneously providing a clickable Table of Amending Instruments, which implies amendments may exist."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Title (Amendment Notice)","section_b":"Status Information - Authorisation (File last modified 29 June 2022)","confidence":0.6,"description":"An Amendment Notice requires an empowering provision in the parent Act to be legally operative. The reproduced text contains no reference to any empowering section of the parent Act (presumably the Strategic Infrastructure Corridors Act or equivalent), while simultaneously presenting itself as a legally current and operative instrument. An instrument that cannot demonstrate its statutory basis on its face contradicts its own claim to legal currency."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This amendment notice maintains the original narrow scope of the 2020 Principal Notice. It does not expand the corridor boundaries, add new purposes, or alter the fundamental strategic/recreational use framework. It appears to be a technical or minor administrative update to the existing corridor designation."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (4 clauses, approximately 150 words)","No defined terms within the document itself (relies entirely on external references)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Single operative clause (clause 4) that merely references an incorporation into another document without detailing the substance","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Notice and the Rules Publication Act 1953"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short technical amendment to a Tasmanian planning notice about a specific road corridor in the state's north-east. It updates the **Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) (North East Corridor from Lilydale Falls to Tonganah) Notice 2020** — a document that sets aside land for future transport and recreational use between Lilydale Falls and Tonganah.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Makes a minor change to the 2020 Notice (the exact change isn't spelled out in this document — it just says the amendment has been \"incorporated\" into the main document)\n- The amendment took effect the day after it was published in the *Tasmanian Government Gazette* on 29 June 2022\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Landowners and developers in the North East Corridor area\n- Local councils and planning authorities who must follow the corridor boundaries\n- Anyone proposing infrastructure or recreational projects in this specific region\n\n**Why it matters:**\nStrategic infrastructure corridors are 'future-proofing' zones — they reserve land for roads, bike paths, or other transport links before development makes them impossible to build. This amendment tweaks the rules for one specific corridor, likely adjusting boundaries or permitted uses based on updated planning needs."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-north-east-corridor-from-lilydale-","history":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-north-east-corridor-from-lilydale-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-north-east-corridor-from-lilydale-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-north-east-corridor-from-lilydale-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-north-east-corridor-from-lilydale-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-north-east-corridor-from-lilydale-/documents"}}