{"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":{"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":"## Supply Act (No. 2) 2025 — Tasmania\n\nThis is a **temporary government funding law** for the Tasmanian state government. Here's what it does in plain terms:\n\n**What is a Supply Act?**\nWhen the government hasn't yet passed its full annual budget, it still needs money to keep running — paying public servants, funding hospitals, running schools, etc. A Supply Act gives the government a short-term authorisation (a legal permission) to keep spending public money until the proper budget is passed.\n\n**Who does this affect?**\n- **Taxpayers and Tasmanians generally** — your state government can keep functioning without interruption\n- **Public servants and contractors** — government employees and suppliers continue to get paid\n- **Anyone relying on government services** — services won't be cut off due to a funding gap\n\n**Why does it matter?**\nWithout this law, the Tasmanian government would technically have no legal authority to spend money — which would cause a government shutdown. This Act (No. 2 of 2025) bridges the gap between the expiry of previous funding authority and the passing of a full budget.\n\n**In practical terms:** This is routine \"housekeeping\" legislation. It doesn't introduce new policies, taxes, or programs. It simply keeps the lights on in government."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"retroactive_impossibility","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A Supply Act is typically a short-term appropriation vehicle. If the file was last modified on 13 June 2025 but the Act does not commence until 1 July 2025, the authoritative published version predates its own legal operation. Any amendment or correction made between 13 June 2025 and 1 July 2025 (the commencement date) would not be reflected in the authorised file, raising questions about whether the published instrument accurately represents the law as it stood at commencement.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The version is stated as 'current from 1 July 2025 to date (accessed 1 April 2026 at 23:05)', yet the file is stated as 'last modified 13 June 2025' — before the Act's own commencement date of 1 July 2025."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A 'current version' notice that hardcodes a specific access timestamp is self-defeating: it accurately describes currency only at the precise moment it was generated. Any subsequent access renders the access date statement factually incorrect. While this is largely a publishing/metadata issue rather than a substantive legislative defect, it undermines the reliability of the currency representation.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The access timestamp of '1 April 2026 at 23:05' is embedded as a static string in what purports to be a 'current' version, meaning the stated access date is baked into the document rather than dynamically generated, rendering the currency representation potentially false for any user accessing the document at any other time."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire instrument","severity":"high","reasoning":"The entire constitutional and practical purpose of a Supply Act is to authorise the withdrawal of funds from the Consolidated Fund for government expenditure pending passage of the main Appropriation Act. Without any operative section specifying the sum authorised, the period of supply, or the relevant fund, the Act cannot discharge this function. An Act that purports to be a Supply Act but contains no supply provisions is an appropriation instrument that appropriates nothing.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The substantive operative provisions of a Supply Act (the appropriation schedule, the authorised expenditure amounts, and the period of supply) are entirely absent from the text provided. A Supply Act with no appropriation amount or expenditure schedule cannot legally authorise any spending."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information — 'Version current from 1 July 2025 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation — 'File last modified 13 June 2025'","confidence":0.75,"description":"The document simultaneously claims to be current from 1 July 2025 (its commencement date) while also stating the underlying file was last modified on 13 June 2025, a date 17 days before the Act commenced. This means the authorised published file was finalised before the Act was legally in force, creating an internal contradiction between the currency claim and the modification record."},{"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":"Authorisation — 'File last modified 13 June 2025'","confidence":0.6,"description":"If the Act commenced on 1 July 2025 (a change in legal status triggering publication obligations), the 3-working-day update promise would require the file to reflect commencement by approximately 4 July 2025. However, the file modification date of 13 June 2025 suggests no update occurred at or after commencement, directly contradicting the stated update policy."}]},"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."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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