{"id":"tas:sr-2009-111","name":"Supreme Court Amendment (Fees and Costs) Rules 2009","slug":"supreme-court-amendment-fees-and-costs-rules-2009","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"111 of 2009","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":315502,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2009-111-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"### 1 Short title\n\n> These Rules of Court may be cited as the [Supreme Court Amendment (Fees and Costs) Rules 2009](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2009-111) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> These Rules of Court take effect on the seventh day after the day on which their making is notified in the *Gazette*.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Principal Rules","content":"### 3 Principal Rules\n\n> In these Rules of Court, the [Supreme Court Rules 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008) are referred to as the Principal Rules.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 4.\n\n> The amendments effected by this rule have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Supreme Court Rules 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008) .","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 5.\n\n> The amendment effected by this rule has been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Supreme Court Rules 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2000-008) .\n\nE. C. CRAWFORD\n\nChief Justice\n\nP. W. SLICER\n\nPuisne Judge\n\nA. M. BLOW\n\nPuisne Judge\n\nS. E. TENNENT\n\nPuisne Judge\n\nD. J. PORTER\n\nPuisne Judge\n\nCountersigned,\n\nE. A. KNIGHT\n\nRegistrar\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 23 September 2009\n\nThese Rules of Court are administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":4}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument appears to remain consistent with its original intent — a targeted administrative update to court fee and costs provisions within the Tasmanian Supreme Court Rules. No evidence of scope expansion beyond fees and costs matters."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, technical subject matter limited to fees and costs rules","Amendment instrument only — depends on the principal Rules for full context","Actual amended provisions are not reproduced in the available text, limiting analysis","Jurisdiction-specific (Tasmania only), reducing cross-jurisdictional complexity","Procedural/administrative in nature rather than substantive law"],"plain_english_summary":"This Tasmanian procedural amendment updates the Supreme Court’s rules on court fees and legal costs, changing how fees are charged and how costs are calculated and recovered. It applies to anyone involved in Supreme Court proceedings in Tasmania—litigants, lawyers, firms, businesses and individuals.\n\nThat matters because such changes alter the cost of bringing or defending cases and the extent to which legal expenses can be recovered. The instrument’s text here does not show the specific fee amounts or exact financial impact."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument amends the scope of the Principal Rules by updating the Rules governing fees and costs in the Supreme Court and then incorporates those amendments into the authorised version of the Supreme Court Rules 2000 (s3; rr4–5). It does not, on its face, change court jurisdiction or other substantive law; it only updates procedural/fee-cost provisions and sets a short commencement delay after Gazette notification (s2)."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with only commencement and reference provisions (s1–s3)","No substantive fee or cost figures or procedures set out in this instrument (amendments are recorded as incorporated) (rr4–5)","Relies on the Principal Rules (Supreme Court Rules 2000) for operational detail (s3)","Simple commencement clause tied to Gazette notification (s2)","Administrative formalities (signatures, registration and department administration) rather than new regulatory mechanisms"],"plain_english_summary":"Mechanically, these Rules amend the Supreme Court Rules 2000 to change how fees and costs are handled in Supreme Court proceedings and take effect seven days after Gazette notification (s2–s3; rr4–5). They affect litigants, lawyers and court administrators because they change who pays or recovers court fees and how costs are administered; the amendments are incorporated into the authorised version of the Principal Rules (rr4–5)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose: amending court fees and costs. It has not expanded beyond this narrow administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 rules total, with 2 being purely mechanical (incorporation notices)","No substantive legal provisions — merely references to external amendments","No defined terms, no conditional logic, no cross-referencing complexity","Document functions as a notification instrument rather than operative law"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short set of court rules that amends the Supreme Court Rules 2000 (Tasmania) to change fees and costs. It doesn't contain the actual fee changes itself — instead, it tells readers that the amendments have already been merged into the main Supreme Court Rules. Think of it as a 'signpost' document: it announces that changes were made, but you need to look at the updated Principal Rules to see what actually changed."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A version described as 'current from 30 September 2009 to date' that was last modified in 2022 implies amendments have been incorporated, yet the document is presented as the original 2009 amendment rules. This creates uncertainty about what version a reader is actually viewing.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The legislation states it is 'current from 30 September 2009 to date' while simultaneously stating 'File last modified 17 June 2022', creating an ambiguity about whether the version actually reflects amendments made up to 2022 or only the original 2009 instrument."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The word 'usually' sets no enforceable standard. If the site fails to update within 3 working days, there is no breach. Including this in official legislative status information implies a reliability guarantee that does not legally exist, potentially misleading practitioners who rely on currency for time-sensitive filings.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The statement that legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change' is a qualified promise that is unenforceable and creates no legal obligation, yet appears in a legally authoritative document as if it carries normative weight. A 'usually' standard in a legal instrument is meaningless as a compliance benchmark."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information: 'Version current from 30 September 2009 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 17 June 2022'","confidence":0.5,"description":"The version currency statement implies the document reflects the state of the law as enacted on 30 September 2009 and continuing unchanged, yet the file modification date of 17 June 2022 indicates the document was altered nearly 13 years later. These two statements are in tension: either the instrument has been amended (making '30 September 2009' a misleading commencement reference) or the 2022 modification was purely administrative, which is not disclosed."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-fees-and-costs-rules-2009","history":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-fees-and-costs-rules-2009/history","analysis":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-fees-and-costs-rules-2009/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-fees-and-costs-rules-2009/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-fees-and-costs-rules-2009/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-fees-and-costs-rules-2009/documents"}}