{"id":"tas:sr-2021-004","name":"Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) (South Corridor from Elwick Road to Mentmore Street) Notice 2021","slug":"strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-south-corridor-from-elwick-road-to","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"4 of 2021","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":182222,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2021-004-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) (South Corridor from Elwick Road to Mentmore Street) Notice 2021](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2021-004) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This notice takes effect on 5 February 2021.","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 10597 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 \"South Corridor from Elwick Road to Mentmore Street\".\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 28 January 2021\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 to straightforwardly implement its stated purpose — designating a specific geographic corridor for strategic and recreational use. There is no evidence of scope expansion or drift from the original intent. The title, subject matter, and application all align consistently."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow geographic scope — applies only to a single defined corridor between two streets","Limited substantive content visible in the document — primarily an administrative designation notice","Relies on understanding of parent legislation (Strategic Infrastructure Corridors Act) which is not reproduced here, adding a small layer of interpretive dependency","Dual-purpose designation (strategic and recreational) requires understanding how those two uses interact, though this is relatively straightforward in practice"],"plain_english_summary":"## What is this law?\n\nThis is a Tasmanian government notice that officially designates a specific strip of land — running from **Elwick Road to Mentmore Street** in southern Tasmania — as a **Strategic Infrastructure Corridor**.\n\n## What does that mean in plain English?\n\nA Strategic Infrastructure Corridor is a reserved strip of land that the government sets aside for two purposes:\n\n1. **Strategic use** — future infrastructure like roads, rail, utilities, or other public works that may be needed down the track\n2. **Recreational use** — in the meantime, the land can be used by the public for activities like walking or cycling paths\n\nThis notice essentially \"locks in\" this corridor so it can't be built over or developed in ways that would block future infrastructure plans.\n\n## Who does this affect?\n\n- **Property owners and developers** near or along this corridor — their development options may be restricted\n- **Local residents** who may gain access to recreational facilities along the corridor\n- **Government and utilities** who may eventually use the corridor for infrastructure projects\n- **Businesses** considering investment in the area who need to know about land use restrictions\n\n## Why does it matter?\n\nBy formally gazetted this corridor, the Tasmanian government is protecting land for long-term public infrastructure needs. This prevents \"urban creep\" from making future infrastructure projects impossibly expensive or impractical. It has been in force since **5 February 2021**."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information / Authorisation","severity":"medium","reasoning":"If the file was last modified on 28 January 2021, it should either have commenced on that date or the modification date should align with the commencement date. An eight-day gap between the last recorded modification and the version start date suggests either an undisclosed intervening amendment or an error in the metadata, neither of which inspires confidence in legislative integrity.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The instrument is stated to have been 'last modified 28 January 2021' but its version currency begins '5 February 2021'. This creates an internal temporal inconsistency where the authorised file predates the operative version date by eight days, raising questions about what changes occurred between those dates and whether the authorised version is actually the operative version."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Title / Scope","severity":"high","reasoning":"A Notice purporting to regulate or designate use of infrastructure for two distinct and potentially competing purposes (strategic vs recreational) must, at minimum, define those purposes and establish some operative regime. Without any operative clauses, the instrument cannot be complied with, enforced, or given legal effect. Parties affected by the corridor designation have no guidance on what conduct is required, permitted, or forbidden.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The Notice is titled as relating to both 'Strategic and Recreational Use' of a corridor described only by two street endpoints (Elwick Road to Mentmore Street), yet the instrument as published contains no operative provisions whatsoever defining what constitutes 'strategic use', what constitutes 'recreational use', which uses are permitted or prohibited, or how the corridor is to be managed for either purpose. The title implies substantive regulatory content that is entirely absent from the published text."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Title","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The juxtaposition of 'strategic' (implying controlled, limited, purpose-specific access) and 'recreational' (implying open, public, amenity-driven access) in the same corridor designation, without any operative framework resolving the conflict, is logically incoherent. One use category will inevitably constrain the other, yet the instrument provides no hierarchy, conditions, or reconciliation mechanism.","confidence":0.7,"description":"The dual-purpose title combining 'Strategic' and 'Recreational' use in a single instrument without any definitional or operative provisions distinguishing these potentially competing uses creates an inherent absurdity. Strategic infrastructure corridors typically involve exclusion of public access for safety or security reasons, which is fundamentally incompatible with recreational use implying public access. No mechanism for resolving this tension is provided anywhere in the published text."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Status Information (entire document as published)","severity":"high","reasoning":"Legislation must contain operative provisions to have legal effect. An instrument consisting solely of status metadata cannot confer rights, impose obligations, designate land, or establish any legal regime. Either the operative content is missing from the published version (a serious publication failure) or the instrument was made without substantive content (a serious drafting failure). Either way, compliance is impossible because there is nothing to comply with.","confidence":0.8,"description":"The entirety of the published instrument consists only of metadata, status information, and navigational headers — repeated multiple times in what appears to be a rendering artefact — with no operative provisions, definitions, schedules, maps, or substantive legal content. A legislative instrument with no operative content is logically incapable of achieving any legal purpose."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Authorisation — 'File last modified 28 January 2021'","section_b":"Currency of version — 'Version current from 5 February 2021'","confidence":0.65,"description":"The authorisation metadata states the file was last modified on 28 January 2021, while the version currency statement says the instrument has been current from 5 February 2021. These two dates are irreconcilable on their face: if the file was last modified in January, it cannot have first come into currency in February without an undisclosed intervening event."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Title — 'Strategic Use'","section_b":"Title — 'Recreational Use'","confidence":0.68,"description":"The instrument's own title simultaneously designates the corridor for 'Strategic' and 'Recreational' use. In the context of infrastructure corridor legislation, strategic use typically involves controlled or exclusive access for infrastructure purposes, while recreational use implies open public access. These designations are in direct tension and the instrument contains no operative provisions to resolve the contradiction."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This notice serves its original narrow purpose of declaring a specific infrastructure corridor. There is no indication of scope creep; it does exactly what its title suggests and nothing more."},"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 for procedural purposes)","Simple declarative structure with no conditional logic or exceptions","Single purpose: name and declare a specific land corridor","No operative provisions beyond the basic declaration"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a Tasmanian government notice that officially designates a specific strip of land as a 'strategic infrastructure corridor' with the name 'South Corridor from Elwick Road to Mentmore Street'. \n\n**What it does:**\n- Declares a particular area of land (shown on official Plan 10597) as a strategic infrastructure corridor\n- Gives this corridor its official name\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Landowners and users in the area between Elwick Road and Mentmore Street in Tasmania\n- The Department of State Growth (which administers this notice)\n- Anyone planning infrastructure projects in this corridor\n\n**Why it matters:**\nStrategic infrastructure corridors are typically reserved for future transport or utility infrastructure (like roads, rail, or pipelines). This designation helps protect the land from development that would interfere with these future plans, ensuring the corridor remains available for its intended strategic and recreational uses."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-south-corridor-from-elwick-road-to","history":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-south-corridor-from-elwick-road-to/history","analysis":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-south-corridor-from-elwick-road-to/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-south-corridor-from-elwick-road-to/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-south-corridor-from-elwick-road-to/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-south-corridor-from-elwick-road-to/documents"}}