{"id":"tas:sr-2020-011","name":"Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) (North East Corridor from Lilydale Falls to Tonganah) Notice 2020","slug":"tas-sr-2020-011","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"11 of 2020","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":313853,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2020-011-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> This notice may be cited as the [Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use) (North East Corridor from Lilydale Falls to Tonganah) Notice 2020](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2020-011) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This notice takes effect on 7 February 2020.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Declaration of strategic infrastructure corridor","content":"### 3 Declaration of strategic infrastructure corridor\n\n> [*\\[Clause 3 Amended by S.R. 2022, No. 40, Applied:30 Jun 2022\\]*](/view/html/inforce/2022-06-30/sr-2022-040#GS4@EN) The area of land designated as Area 1 on Amended Plan, Revision No. 1, of Plan 10396 in the Central Plan Register, to be land within a corridor, is –\n> \n> > > (a) declared to be a strategic infrastructure corridor; and\n> > \n> > > (b) assigned the name “North East Corridor from Lilydale Falls to Tonganah”.\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 6 February 2020\n\nThis notice is administered in the Department of State Growth.","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available text, the scope appears consistent with its original intent — formally designating a specific geographic corridor for combined strategic infrastructure and recreational use. The 2022 amendment(s) noted in the table of amendments may have made minor adjustments (such as boundary clarifications), but there is no indication of a fundamental shift in purpose or coverage."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow geographic scope — applies only to one specific corridor in north-east Tasmania","Dual-purpose designation (strategic and recreational) could create tension if the two uses conflict, adding minor interpretive complexity","Limited substantive text available for analysis — the document is largely administrative/metadata in nature","Reference to amendments since 2020 means the current operative provisions may differ from the original notice, requiring cross-referencing","Relies on a parent Act (Strategic Infrastructure Corridors Act or equivalent) for its legal force, which is not reproduced here"],"plain_english_summary":"## What This Law Does\n\nThis is a Tasmanian government notice that formally designates a specific stretch of land in north-east Tasmania — running from **Lilydale Falls to Tonganah** — as a **Strategic Infrastructure Corridor**.\n\n## What Does That Mean in Practice?\n\nA 'strategic infrastructure corridor' is essentially a protected strip of land reserved for two purposes:\n- **Strategic use**: keeping the corridor available for future infrastructure needs (think power lines, pipelines, communication cables, or transport routes)\n- **Recreational use**: allowing the public to use it for activities like walking, cycling, or other outdoor pursuits\n\n## Who Does This Affect?\n\n- **Local residents and landowners** near Lilydale Falls and Tonganah in north-east Tasmania — particularly anyone whose property sits alongside or near this corridor\n- **Recreational users** (walkers, cyclists, trail users) who may gain formal access rights along this route\n- **Infrastructure developers** who may have future rights or obligations relating to the corridor\n- **Local councils and planning authorities** who must factor this designation into planning decisions\n\n## Why Does It Matter?\n\nBy formally designating this corridor, the Tasmanian government is essentially 'locking in' the land's purpose for the long term. This prevents incompatible development from blocking future infrastructure projects or cutting off public recreational access. It also provides legal certainty about what the land can and can't be used for.\n\n## Important Note\nThis notice was last updated in June 2022, meaning there have been amendments since the original 2020 notice was made."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Title/Scope","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Strategic infrastructure corridors are typically reserved for utilities, transport, or critical services. Encoding recreational use as a co-equal purpose in the title without any visible conflict-resolution mechanism creates an inherent tension: recreational users have an implicit entitlement to access that could obstruct strategic operational needs, yet the legislation provides no visible mechanism in the supplied text for resolving priority conflicts between the two uses.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The Notice title references both 'Strategic and Recreational Use' suggesting dual and potentially conflicting primary purposes for the same corridor infrastructure, with no visible priority hierarchy established in the provided text."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"While not strictly a flaw in the operative provisions, the document's own status information references a future access date (2026) relative to normal legislative drafting and publication timelines. This is an internal inconsistency in the document's metadata, though it likely reflects automated timestamp generation rather than a drafting error in the substantive law.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The legislation states it was 'accessed 8 April 2026 at 1:20' while the document metadata simultaneously declares the file was 'last modified 29 June 2022'. The access date of 2026 post-dates the analysis context, creating a temporal inconsistency in the document's own self-referential dating."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The currency assurance ('usually updated within 3 working days') is a promise about future administrative behaviour embedded in a static legal document. The document cannot itself guarantee this compliance, creating a situation where the legal instrument makes a representation about the registry's operational practices that the instrument has no power to enforce or guarantee. A reader relying on this assurance for legal certainty has no remedy if the promise is broken.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The notice states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change' yet the file was last modified 29 June 2022 and the version is described as current 'to date'. This creates an unverifiable ongoing compliance claim baked into the static document itself."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Title - 'Strategic Infrastructure Corridors (Strategic and Recreational Use)'","section_b":"Status Information - 'Responsible Minister and Department: See the latest Administrative Arrangement Order'","confidence":0.5,"description":"The dual-purpose nature of the corridor (strategic infrastructure vs recreational use) would ordinarily fall under different ministerial portfolios — infrastructure/utilities versus parks/recreation — yet the legislation defers responsibility to a single Administrative Arrangement Order without any visible joint-administration or conflict-resolution provision in the supplied text."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - 'Version current from 30 June 2022 to date'","section_b":"Status Information - 'File last modified 29 June 2022'","confidence":0.65,"description":"The version is stated to be current from 30 June 2022, but the file itself was last modified on 29 June 2022 — one day earlier. This creates a one-day gap where the stated currency commencement date does not align with the last recorded modification date, raising questions about what change occurred on 30 June 2022 that is not reflected in the file modification timestamp."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This notice performs exactly the narrow, specific function it was designed for: declaring a single named infrastructure corridor on a specific mapped area. There is no evidence of scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short—only 3 substantive clauses","Single defined reference (Plan 10396 Revision No. 1 in the Central Plan Register)","No conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references to other legislation except the standard Rules Publication Act citation","Straightforward declaratory language ('is declared', 'is assigned')","One amendment note embedded in the text (S.R. 2022, No. 40) but this doesn't add operational complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a Tasmanian government notice that officially designates a specific strip of land as a 'strategic infrastructure corridor' with the name 'North East Corridor from Lilydale Falls to Tonganah'.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Declares that a particular area of land (shown as 'Area 1' on an official map called Plan 10396, Revision No. 1) is now a strategic infrastructure corridor\n- Gives this corridor its official name\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Landowners and users in the area between Lilydale Falls and Tonganah in north-eastern Tasmania\n- Government agencies responsible for planning, roads, and infrastructure in Tasmania\n- Anyone seeking to develop or use land within this corridor\n\n**Why it matters:**\nStrategic infrastructure corridors are typically reserved for future major infrastructure projects—things like highways, rail lines, power lines, or pipelines. By declaring this land as a corridor, the government is essentially flagging it for potential future development and may restrict what can be built there in the meantime. This gives the government flexibility to plan big projects without having to negotiate land purchases later at potentially higher prices, or deal with incompatible development that has already occurred."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2020-011","history":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2020-011/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2020-011/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2020-011/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2020-011/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2020-011/documents"}}