{"id":"tas:sr-2020-018","name":"Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) (North East Corridor from Turners Marsh to Lilydale) Notice 2020","slug":"strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-north-east-corridor-from-turners-m","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"18 of 2020","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":182587,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2020-018-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 Turners Marsh to Lilydale) Notice 2020](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2020-018) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This notice takes effect on 27 March 2020.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Declaration of strategic infrastructure corridor","content":"### 3 Declaration of strategic infrastructure corridor\n\n> The area of land designated on Plan 10745 in the Central Plan Register to be land within a corridor is –\n> \n> > > (a) declared to be a strategic infrastructure corridor; and\n> > \n> > > (b) assigned the name “North East Corridor from Turners Marsh to Lilydale”.\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 March 2020\n\nThis notice is administered in the Department of State Growth.","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The notice appears straightforward and consistent with its stated purpose — designating a specific geographic corridor for strategic and recreational use. There is no evidence of scope creep or departure from the original intent based on the available text."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow and geographically specific scope — applies only to one defined corridor between two named locations","Limited substantive content in the text provided — primarily a designation notice rather than detailed regulatory scheme","Operates under a parent Act (Strategic Infrastructure Corridors Act or equivalent) whose complexity is not assessed here","Dual-purpose designation (strategic and recreational) could create minor interpretive questions about priority of uses"],"plain_english_summary":"The notice formally designates the land corridor from Turners Marsh to Lilydale in north‑east Tasmania as a Strategic Infrastructure Corridor — a protected strip reserved for future infrastructure (roads, rail, pipelines, utilities) while also allowing recreational use like walking and cycling.\n\nIt affects nearby residents, landowners and future infrastructure planners by preventing development across the corridor, preserving the route for long‑term planning and community use."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This notice performs exactly the limited function suggested by its title: declaring a specific geographic corridor. There is no evidence of scope creep; it is a standard, narrow administrative instrument under the Strategic Infrastructure Corridors Act 2016 (Tas)."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (only 3 substantive sections)","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the Rules Publication Act 1953 in the footer)","Simple declarative structure: identifies land on a plan, declares it a corridor, assigns a name","Single operative provision with straightforward (a) and (b) subparagraphs","No conditional logic, exceptions, or temporal limitations beyond the commencement date"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a Tasmanian government notice that officially designates a specific strip of land as a 'strategic infrastructure corridor' for both strategic and recreational purposes. The corridor runs from Turners Marsh to Lilydale in north-east Tasmania and is identified on official planning documents as 'Plan 10745'. \n\n**What this means:**\n- The government has marked out a specific pathway or route that is reserved for important infrastructure projects (like roads, rail, pipelines, or power lines) and recreational activities\n- The land is now formally recognised under planning laws, which affects how it can be used and developed\n- This designation helps protect the corridor from being built over by other developments, ensuring it remains available for future infrastructure needs\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Landowners whose property falls within this corridor\n- Developers and planners working in the Turners Marsh to Lilydale area\n- Anyone proposing infrastructure or recreational projects in this region\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this formal declaration, the corridor could be fragmented by private development, making future infrastructure projects more expensive or impossible. This notice preserves the route for future public benefit while allowing compatible recreational use."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The notice itself only designates a mapped area as a strategic infrastructure corridor and assigns it a name (s3). The text contains no indication that it alters an earlier designation or broadens/narrows scope relative to prior instruments; any change in scope would need to be shown by comparison with other instruments or plans not included in this notice."},"complexity_factors":["Reference to an external map/plan (Plan 10745 in the Central Plan Register), requiring users to locate and interpret that plan to see precise boundaries (s3).","Minimal substantive content: the notice only declares and names the corridor without specifying rights, restrictions, approval processes or compensation, creating interpretative uncertainty about practical effects (s3).","Administrative allocation: the notice identifies the Department of State Growth as administrator but leaves decision-making detail and implementation to that agency, concentrating discretion outside the instrument (administration line).","Formal publication and commencement mechanics are succinct but essential (short title s1; commencement s2; displayed under the Rules Publication Act), meaning legal effect depends on cross-referenced publication steps.","Potential stakeholder impact is not described in the instrument, so affected parties must undertake further steps to determine obligations and compliance pathways (s3)."],"plain_english_summary":"This notice (ss 1–3) takes effect 27 March 2020 (s2) and declares the land shown on Plan 10745 in the Central Plan Register to be a ‘strategic infrastructure corridor’ named North East Corridor from Turners Marsh to Lilydale (s3). The Department of State Growth administers the declaration. The instrument changes the legal status of the mapped land but does not set out specific rights, restrictions or compensation, so landholders and planners must consult Plan 10745 and the administering agency to learn the practical consequences (s2–s3)."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Title/Long Title","severity":"high","reasoning":"Without any operative provisions, definitions, or conditions attached to the designated uses, persons within or seeking to use the corridor have no legal basis on which to comply with or invoke the Notice. The instrument exists in name only, creating a legal designation without legal substance.","confidence":0.7,"description":"The Notice purports to designate a corridor 'from Turners Marsh to Lilydale' for both 'Strategic and Recreational Use', but no substantive provisions defining what constitutes permissible strategic or recreational use within the corridor appear in the document as provided. The title promises regulatory content that is entirely absent from the body of the instrument."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information / Authorisation","severity":"medium","reasoning":"An instrument cannot logically be last modified before it came into force unless no amendments have been made since commencement, yet that itself contradicts the existence of a Table of Amending Instruments referenced in the document. If amendments exist, the file modification date should post-date commencement.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The file is stated to have been 'last modified 18 March 2020', yet the Notice is dated and in force from '27 March 2020'. This means the authorising file predates the instrument's commencement by 9 days, raising the question of whether the version available is the version actually in force."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Table of Amending Instruments (reference)","severity":"low","reasoning":"A version described as current 'from 27 March 2020 to date' with no intervening amendment dates, while simultaneously referencing a table of amending instruments, creates an internal tension. Either there are no amendments (making the table reference superfluous and potentially misleading) or there are amendments (making the single commencement date inaccurate).","confidence":0.6,"description":"The document references a 'Table of Amending Instruments' via a hyperlink, implying the Notice has been amended, yet the Status Information states the version is 'current from 27 March 2020 to date' with no amendment dates identified. If amendments exist, the currency statement as presented is potentially misleading or incomplete."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information","severity":"low","reasoning":"Publishing a 'current version' with a precise access timestamp (5 April 2026 at 16:21) while simultaneously disclaiming that the site may lag up to 3 working days behind actual legislative changes is internally contradictory. The precision of the timestamp implies currency that the disclaimer explicitly undermines.","confidence":0.75,"description":"The statement that 'legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation' creates a legally absurd situation: during those up-to-3 working days, the version accessible to the public may not reflect the law actually in force, yet the site presents a definitive 'current version' with a specific access timestamp implying accuracy."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Authorisation — 'File last modified 18 March 2020'","section_b":"Currency of version — 'Version current from 27 March 2020'","confidence":0.65,"description":"The file modification date (18 March 2020) precedes the instrument's commencement date (27 March 2020) by 9 days. If the instrument only came into force on 27 March 2020, the file cannot have been in its final, operative form on 18 March 2020, unless the modification date reflects drafting rather than commencement, which is not clarified and creates ambiguity about which version is authoritative."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments (hyperlink reference implying amendments exist)","section_b":"Currency of version — 'Version current from 27 March 2020 to date'","confidence":0.55,"description":"The presence of a dedicated Table of Amending Instruments implies at least the possibility of amendments to the Notice, while the currency statement presents a single unbroken period of currency from commencement with no amendment dates noted. These two elements are in tension: if amendments exist, the simple 'from 27 March 2020' currency statement is incomplete or misleading."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-north-east-corridor-from-turners-m","history":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-north-east-corridor-from-turners-m/history","analysis":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-north-east-corridor-from-turners-m/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-north-east-corridor-from-turners-m/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-north-east-corridor-from-turners-m/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-north-east-corridor-from-turners-m/documents"}}