{"id":"tas:sr-1999-065","name":"Proclamation under the Water Act 1957","slug":"tas-sr-1999-065","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"65 of 1999","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318988,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-1999-065-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 1 - Penna Irrigation ","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 1 - Penna Irrigation Water District","content":"# SCHEDULE 1 - Penna Irrigation  SCHEDULE 1 - Penna Irrigation Water District\n\n[Schedule 2](#JS2@EN)","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 2 - Plan","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 2 - Plan","content":"# SCHEDULE 2 - Plan SCHEDULE 2 - Plan\n\n[![graphic image](/image/waterpr.gif)](/image/waterpr.gif)\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 June 1999\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A proclamation under the Water Act 1957 that has been 'current from 23 June 1999 to date' but was file-modified in 2025 raises a question of whether the instrument is genuinely unamended (in which case a 2025 modification is unexplained) or has been substantively changed (in which case the 1999 currency date is misleading). This is a metadata inconsistency rather than a substantive legal flaw, but it undermines the reliability of the currency statement.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The legislation states it is 'current from 23 June 1999 to date' while simultaneously claiming the file was 'last modified 25 February 2025', creating an ambiguity about whether the instrument has actually been amended or remains truly unchanged since 1999."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The update-within-3-working-days assurance is a systemic promise about responsiveness to legislative changes. Applied to an instrument allegedly unchanged for 27 years, the promise is vacuous in context — it neither confirms nor denies accuracy of the current version, and users have no practical way to verify whether the absence of updates reflects genuine legislative stability or administrative oversight.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The document states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change' yet the version has purportedly remained current and unchanged since 23 June 1999 — a span of approximately 27 years — making the update guarantee effectively meaningless and untestable for this instrument."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version ('Version current from 23 June 1999 to date')","section_b":"Authorisation ('File last modified 25 February 2025')","confidence":0.6,"description":"The version currency statement implies the legislative instrument has not changed since 23 June 1999, yet the file modification date of 25 February 2025 indicates the document was altered nearly 26 years later, contradicting the assertion of an unbroken currency period without amendment."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The supplied text is a proclamation establishing the Penna Irrigation Water District and publishing its plan. It does not indicate any change to the scope of an existing instrument or modify prior legislation; no language of amendment or repeal is present in the text provided."},"complexity_factors":["Short, formal instrument with no detailed regulatory rules or operational provisions in the supplied text","Contains named schedules: Schedule 1 (Penna Irrigation Water District) and Schedule 2 (Plan/map), indicating reliance on an external graphic for substantive boundary detail","Administrative assignment explicitly stated: administered by the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (final line)","Notified in the Gazette (date provided) — formal publication but no amendment, transitional, or compliance procedures included","Absence of clauses about fees, obligations, appeals, enforcement or timelines reduces legal complexity but shifts substantive effect to the referenced plan"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation made under the Water Act 1957 declares the Penna Irrigation Water District and publishes an accompanying plan (map). It was notified in the Gazette on 23 June 1999 and is administered by the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.\n\nMechanically, it defines the district area and assigns its administration. That identifies which properties and users fall within the district and which government body is responsible for managing it; the text supplied does not set out fees, operational rules, or enforcement details."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient information is available to assess whether the scope has changed from the original intent. The proclamation text itself is not visible in the provided material, and while amendments are noted as existing, their nature and effect cannot be determined from the metadata alone."},"complexity_factors":["The document as provided contains only metadata and status information — the substantive legal content of the proclamation is absent, making meaningful analysis impossible","Proclamations are generally short, single-purpose instruments with limited complexity on their own","The parent Act (Water Act 1957) may add contextual complexity, but the proclamation itself is likely a narrow administrative instrument","Existence of amendments adds a minor layer of complexity as current effect may differ from original text"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a proclamation made under Tasmania’s Water Act 1957. It has been in force since 23 June 1999, has been amended, and was last updated in the system in February 2025.\n\nThe actual proclamation text isn’t provided here, so its specific effects aren’t known — but it could affect water users, licence holders, irrigators and infrastructure operators in Tasmania depending on its subject."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"rejected","complexity_score":2,"rejection_reason":"This is a navigation page/stub that contains only metadata about the proclamation (notification date, administering department, schedule headings) but lacks the actual substantive content of the legislation. The schedules containing the actual legal provisions (the boundaries of the water district and the management plan) are not included in this fragment. Without the actual operative provisions, meaningful legal analysis is impossible.","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This appears to be a straightforward proclamation establishing a water district as originally intended under the Water Act 1957. There is no evidence of scope creep; it serves its original purpose of creating a specific irrigation district with an associated management plan."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document — essentially a cover page and structural outline","Only 2 schedules referenced but not reproduced in this extract (Penna Irrigation Water District and Plan)","No defined terms, conditional logic, or substantive operative provisions visible in this fragment","Simple administrative proclamation format — primarily declaratory rather than regulatory","Heavy reliance on external documents (the actual Plan in Schedule 2, the Water Act 1957 itself)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **proclamation** (an official government announcement with legal force) made under the **Water Act 1957** — a Tasmanian law that governs how water is managed and distributed.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Establishes the Penna Irrigation Water District** — a specific geographic area in Tasmania where water for farming and irrigation is managed as a single system.\n- **Sets out a Plan** (Schedule 2) that likely details how water will be allocated, distributed, and managed within this district.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Farmers and landowners within the Penna Irrigation area who rely on this water supply.\n- The government body responsible for water management in Tasmania (now part of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania).\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWater districts are important because they allow coordinated management of water resources rather than leaving individual farmers to compete for limited water. This proclamation gives legal effect to the rules and boundaries of this particular irrigation scheme, ensuring everyone in the district knows their rights and obligations regarding water use."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1999-065","history":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1999-065/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1999-065/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1999-065/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1999-065/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1999-065/documents"}}