{"id":"tas:sr-2004-079","name":"Supreme Court Amendment Rules 2004","slug":"supreme-court-amendment-rules-2004","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"79 of 2004","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318150,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2004-079-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 Rules 2004](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2004-079) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> These Rules of Court take effect on 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 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\nW. J. E. COX\n\nChief Justice\n\nP. G. UNDERWOOD\n\nPuisne Judge\n\nE. C. CRAWFORD\n\nPuisne Judge\n\nP. E. EVANS\n\nPuisne Judge\n\nCountersigned,\n\nI. G. RITCHARD\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 29 September 2004\n\nThese Rules of Court are administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient substantive content is available in the provided text to determine whether the scope changed from the original intent. The document appears to contain only status and metadata information, not the operative provisions of the amendment rules."},"complexity_factors":["Only administrative metadata is available — no substantive rule content is present in the provided text","Amendment rules (as opposed to standalone Acts) are inherently dependent on the parent instrument for context, adding a layer of interpretive complexity","Court procedural rules can be technical in practice, but cannot be assessed here due to missing content"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument amends the rules governing practice and procedure in the Tasmanian Supreme Court. It chiefly affects lawyers and parties involved in Supreme Court litigation in Tasmania because it changes how cases are managed, filed and heard.\n\nThe provided text is only the administrative wrapper (status, history, minister); the specific rule changes aren’t visible. It commenced 29 September 2004 and remains current."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard amendment rule that performs exactly its intended function: formally amending the principal Supreme Court Rules. There is no scope creep; the document is purely procedural and administrative in nature."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 rules total, with Rule 4 explicitly stating the amendment has been incorporated elsewhere","No defined terms requiring interpretation","No conditional logic or exceptions","No substantive operational provisions — purely formal machinery provisions (short title, commencement, citation of principal rules, and a note about incorporation)","Single cross-reference to the principal Rules of Court"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, technical amendment to Tasmania's Supreme Court Rules 2000. It updates the procedural rules that govern how cases are run in Tasmania's Supreme Court. The actual changes have already been merged into the main 2000 Rules, so this document itself doesn't contain any new substantive rules — it simply serves as the formal record that changes were made on 29 September 2004."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not broaden the scope of the court's powers or introduce new substantive rules. It effects a textual amendment to the existing Supreme Court Rules 2000 and records that the amendment is incorporated into the authorised version (rules 3–4). Its scope is limited to updating and publishing the rules and setting their commencement (rule 2)."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with four operative rules (rules 1–4).","No substantive procedural provisions are set out in this instrument; it only amends and incorporates into the Principal Rules (rule 4).","Commencement is tied to Gazette notification, a simple ministerial/administrative trigger (rule 2).","Cross-reference to an external instrument (Supreme Court Rules 2000) creates dependency on that text (rule 3).","Formal signature and publication formalities present but no delegated discretion or new enforcement mechanisms.","Compliance burden falls on court users who must adopt the updated text once notified (rules 2, 4)."],"plain_english_summary":"These Rules make a textual amendment to the Supreme Court Rules 2000 and declare that the change is incorporated into the authorised version of those Rules. The amendment takes effect on the day its making is notified in the Gazette (rule 2). It affects users of the Supreme Court Rules — judges, lawyers, litigants and court staff — by changing which procedural text applies; practitioners must follow the updated Rules once notified (rules 1, 3–4)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-rules-2004","history":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-rules-2004/history","analysis":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-rules-2004/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-rules-2004/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-rules-2004/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/supreme-court-amendment-rules-2004/documents"}}