{"id":"tas:act-2025-015","name":"Supply Act (No. 2) 2025","slug":"supply-act-no-2-2025","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"15 of 2025","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":31409,"registerId":"tas-act-2025-015-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"### 1 Short title\n\n> This Act may be cited as the [Supply Act (No. 2) 2025](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2025-015) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This Act commences on 1 July 2025.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interpretation","content":"### 3 Interpretation\n\n> For the purposes of this Act –\n> \n> > ***Capital Services*** means –\n> > \n> > > > (a) public works or property required for public purposes; or\n> > > \n> > > > (b) a loan authorised by law;\n> \n> > ***Operating Services*** means the ordinary annual services of the Government.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Issue, application and appropriation of $29 598 000","content":"### 4 Issue, application and appropriation of $29 598 000\n\n> > (1)  In respect of the financial year ending on 30 June 2026, the Treasurer may –\n> > \n> > > > (a) issue the sum of $29 598 000 out of the Public Account; and\n> > > \n> > > > (b) apply that sum for the services of the Government.\n> \n> > (2)  The sum specified in [subsection (1)(a)](#GS4@Gs1@Hpa@EN) is appropriated.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Purposes of appropriation","content":"### 5 Purposes of appropriation\n\n> The sum specified in [section 4(1)(a)](#GS4@Gs1@Hpa@EN) is to be applied for the purposes specified in [Schedule 1](#JS1@EN) .","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Inclusion of expenditure in ordinary Appropriation Act","content":"### 6 Inclusion of expenditure in ordinary Appropriation Act\n\n> The Treasurer must incorporate in the estimates of expenditure from the Public Account, set out in the Bill for the ordinary Appropriation Act for the financial year ending on 30 June 2026, all money issued and applied, or to be issued and applied, under this Act as if that issue and application were to be appropriated afresh by that Act.","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Expiry of Act","content":"### 7 Expiry of Act\n\n> This Act expires on 30 June 2027.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 1 - Purposes of Appro","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 1 - Purposes of Appropriation 2025-26","content":"# SCHEDULE 1 - Purposes of Appro SCHEDULE 1 - Purposes of Appropriation 2025-26\n\n[![graphic image](/image/supply2-25p1.gif)](/image/supply2-25p1.gif)\n\n[![graphic image](/image/supply2-p2.gif)](/image/supply2-p2.gif)","sortOrder":7}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act operates as a standard, time-limited supply appropriation: it authorises a specified payment from the Public Account for 2025–26 and requires that expenditure be included in the ordinary Appropriation Act (s.4, s.5, s.6). Nothing in the text indicates an expansion or narrowing of scope beyond that standard purpose. The Schedule determines detailed allocation but the supplied document presents Schedule 1 as images rather than transcribed line items, so no textual evidence here shows a substantive change to scope."},"complexity_factors":["Straightforward single-purpose supply: fixed dollar appropriation specified (s.4(1)(a)).","Clear temporal boundaries: commencement and expiry dates set (s.2, s.7).","Limited definitions only for Capital Services and Operating Services; low definitional complexity (s.3).","Treasurer’s administrative role is narrow: power to issue and apply the specified sum rather than broad discretionary spending (s.4(1)).","Requirement to incorporate the issue/application into the ordinary Appropriation Act creates an administrative compliance step for budgeting and estimates (s.6).","Allocation detail is delegated to Schedule 1, but Schedule 1 in the supplied text is presented as images without transcribed line items, producing practical ambiguity about precise departmental allocations (s.5, Schedule 1).","Appropriation is temporary and specific to 2025–26, reducing cross-year legal complexity (s.4, s.7)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Treasurer to issue and appropriate $29,598,000 from the Public Account for the 2025–26 financial year, to be applied for the purposes listed in Schedule 1. It starts on 1 July 2025 and expires on 30 June 2027. The money funds government services and is to be reflected in the ordinary Appropriation Act’s estimates, so departments that receive the money can spend it pending that Act."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard supply bill with a tightly constrained purpose: interim funding pending the main appropriation. The scope matches exactly what supply bills have done for decades — temporary, limited, specific-dollar appropriations with automatic expiry. No scope creep detected."},"complexity_factors":["Only 7 operative sections plus a schedule","Just 2 defined terms ('Capital Services' and 'Operating Services')","Single, fixed-dollar appropriation with no conditional triggers or formulas","No cross-references to other Acts except the implied incorporation into the ordinary Appropriation Act","Straightforward sunset clause (automatic expiry)","Mechanical administrative provisions (section 6) with no discretionary decision-making"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does**\n\nThis is a **supply bill** — a short-term budget measure that lets the government spend money while the full annual budget is being prepared.\n\nSpecifically, this Act:\n\n- **Allows the Treasurer to spend $29,598,000** from the government's main bank account (the \"Public Account\") during the 2025-26 financial year\n- **Covers two types of spending**: day-to-day running costs (\"Operating Services\") and longer-term investments like buildings or loans (\"Capital Services\")\n- **Requires the Treasurer to fold this spending into the main budget** later, so it gets properly accounted for in the ordinary Appropriation Act\n- **Automatically expires** on 30 June 2027, so it doesn't hang around indefinitely\n\n**Who it affects**\n\n- **Government departments and agencies** who need early funding before the full budget passes\n- **The Treasurer**, who controls the purse strings under this Act\n- **Taxpayers**, ultimately, since this commits public money\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nSupply bills are essential constitutional machinery. The government can't legally spend a cent without parliamentary approval. When the main budget is delayed or when early-year spending is needed, supply bills act as a \"bridging loan\" from Parliament. Without them, public servants wouldn't get paid and services would stop.\n\nThe Schedule 1 images (which aren't readable here) would normally show exactly which departments get what slice of the $29.6 million."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act appears to serve exactly its stated purpose — providing temporary supply (spending authority) to the Tasmanian government pending passage of a full budget. There is no indication of scope creep or departure from its original interim funding intent."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely narrow and well-established legislative purpose — routine interim government funding","No novel legal concepts or interpretive challenges","Short-term operation with defined commencement date (1 July 2025)","Standard template legislation used repeatedly across Australian jurisdictions","Limited substantive content — primarily appropriation authority with few if any operative provisions beyond authorising expenditure"],"plain_english_summary":"This temporary Supply Act authorises short‑term government spending so Tasmania can keep operating until the full annual budget is passed. It preserves funding for public services, pays staff and contractors, and prevents a funding gap or shutdown.\n\nIt is routine, does not create new policies or taxes, and simply bridges the period between expiry of prior authority and enactment of the full budget."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-2-2025","history":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-2-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-2-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-2-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-2-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/supply-act-no-2-2025/documents"}}