{"id":"tas:sr-2020-069","name":"Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) (Transfer of Rail Infrastructure - Western Corridor from Wynyard to Burnie Port) Notice 2020","slug":"strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-transfer-of-rail-infrastructure-we","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"69 of 2020","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":182690,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2020-069-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) (Transfer of Rail Infrastructure - Western Corridor from Wynyard to Burnie Port) Notice 2020](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2020-069) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This notice takes effect on 20 November 2020.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Transfer of rail infrastructure","content":"### 3 Transfer of rail infrastructure\n\n> All rail infrastructure that is situated on the corridor named the Western Corridor from Wynyard to Burnie Port is transferred to the Crown.\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 13 November 2020\n\nThis notice is administered in the Department of State Growth.","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The notice appears to operate within its intended scope — it is a specific administrative instrument doing exactly what the parent legislation enables: formally transferring rail infrastructure within a designated corridor. There is no evidence of scope creep beyond the transfer of this defined section of rail infrastructure."},"complexity_factors":["Requires knowledge of the parent Act (Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) Act) to fully understand the legal effect","The dual 'strategic and recreational' classification creates some ambiguity about the corridor's future use","Property/infrastructure transfer notices can involve complex underlying ownership and liability arrangements not visible in the notice itself","Short instrument with minimal explanatory text — meaning much of the legal context is implied rather than stated"],"plain_english_summary":"## What This Law Does\n\nThis is a Tasmanian government notice (a type of subordinate legislation — rules made under the authority of a broader Act) that **transfers ownership or management of rail infrastructure** along a specific stretch of track on Tasmania's north-west coast, running from **Wynyard to Burnie Port** (known as part of the Western Corridor).\n\n## Who Is Affected?\n\n- **State government agencies** responsible for managing Tasmanian rail and infrastructure assets\n- **Burnie Port** operators and users who rely on rail connections\n- Potentially **recreational users** — the parent legislation covers both strategic (industrial/freight) and recreational use of infrastructure corridors, so trail users, cyclists, or walkers may be affected\n- **Local communities** in the Wynyard–Burnie region\n\n## What Does It Actually Change?\n\nThe notice formally hands over (transfers) responsibility for a section of rail infrastructure from one entity to another. The **Western Corridor** rail line through this area appears to have been identified as suitable for dual use — both ongoing strategic freight/port purposes AND potential recreational use (like rail trails).\n\n## Why Does It Matter?\n\nTasmania has been progressively converting or repurposing disused rail lines. This notice is a legal housekeeping step — it formally records who now owns or controls this specific piece of rail infrastructure, which determines who is responsible for maintenance, liability, and deciding how it is used in future.\n\n## Bottom Line\n\nA short administrative notice that shifts control of a specific rail corridor near Burnie in Tasmania's north-west. It has real-world consequences for freight access to Burnie Port and for whether this corridor might be developed for recreational use."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Title/Header","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Every heading in the document is repeated twice (e.g., 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). While likely a rendering/formatting error, as a legal instrument this creates genuine ambiguity about whether the duplication is intentional and whether it affects the legal integrity of the instrument.","confidence":0.95,"description":"The document title and all section headings are duplicated verbatim throughout the document, creating a structural absurdity where every heading appears twice consecutively with identical text."},{"type":"retroactive_impossibility","section":"Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A file cannot logically be last modified on 13 November 2020 if the instrument only came into force on 20 November 2020, unless the modification date refers to the source file rather than the gazetted instrument. This creates an ambiguity about the authoritative version of the instrument and when it was finalised. If the file was modified after the commencement date, the modification date should post-date commencement, not pre-date it.","confidence":0.75,"description":"The document states it was 'accessed 5 April 2026 at 16:23' but the version is current from '20 November 2020 to date', while the file was last modified '13 November 2020' — seven days before it purportedly came into force."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Title","severity":"high","reasoning":"A legislative instrument with no operative provisions is legally vacuous. Without substantive clauses defining what is being transferred, to whom, on what terms, or what recreational or strategic uses are authorised, the instrument cannot achieve its stated purposes. Any person or body seeking to rely on or comply with this Notice would find it impossible to do so.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The Notice purports to deal with both 'Strategic and Recreational Use' and 'Transfer of Rail Infrastructure' in a single instrument, yet the body of the document as reproduced contains no operative provisions whatsoever addressing either purpose."},{"type":"other","section":"Title","severity":"low","reasoning":"Strategic infrastructure use and recreational use are potentially conflicting purposes for rail corridor land. A single instrument purporting to authorise both without any operative provisions reconciling potential conflicts or establishing priority between uses creates interpretive uncertainty.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The parenthetical structure of the title contains two distinct sets of brackets — '(Strategic and Recreational Use)' and '(Transfer of Rail Infrastructure - Western Corridor from Wynyard to Burnie Port)' — creating ambiguity as to whether these are separate notices consolidated into one, or one notice with two simultaneous purposes that may be legally incompatible."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Authorisation — File last modified 13 November 2020","section_b":"Currency of version — Version current from 20 November 2020","confidence":0.72,"description":"The file modification date (13 November 2020) predates the instrument's commencement date (20 November 2020), contradicting the ordinary expectation that an instrument is finalised before or at the point it comes into force, not seven days prior."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information — 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation'","section_b":"Currency of version — 'Version current from 20 November 2020 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 16:23)'","confidence":0.55,"description":"The site claims updates occur within 3 working days, yet the document header metadata reflects an access date of 5 April 2026 while showing no amendments in the Table of Amending Instruments. This is not necessarily contradictory in itself, but the claim of currency combined with a five-year-plus lifespan without any recorded amendments for a transfer instrument of this specificity is implausible, raising questions about whether the 'current' status is accurate."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This notice appears to serve its original narrow purpose: transferring a specific piece of rail infrastructure to Crown ownership. There is no evidence of scope creep as the instrument is tightly focused on a single corridor transfer."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 substantive sections","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation (except procedural citation of Rules Publication Act 1953)","Single, unconditional operative provision with no exceptions or conditions","Extremely narrow scope: one specific rail corridor in Tasmania"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, technical notice that transfers ownership of railway tracks and related equipment from whoever currently owns them to the Tasmanian government (the Crown). Specifically, it covers the rail line running from Wynyard to Burnie Port in Tasmania's north-west — a route known as the 'Western Corridor'. Once transferred, this infrastructure can be used for both strategic (commercial/freight) and recreational purposes. The notice took effect on 20 November 2020."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-transfer-of-rail-infrastructure-we","history":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-transfer-of-rail-infrastructure-we/history","analysis":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-transfer-of-rail-infrastructure-we/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-transfer-of-rail-infrastructure-we/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-transfer-of-rail-infrastructure-we/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/strategic-infrastructure-corridors-strategic-and-recreational-use-transfer-of-rail-infrastructure-we/documents"}}