{"id":"tas:sr-2020-038","name":"Water Management Amendment Regulations 2020","slug":"water-management-amendment-regulations-2020","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"38 of 2020","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":182614,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2020-038-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"### 1 Short title\n\n> These regulations may be cited as the [Water Management Amendment Regulations 2020](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2020-038) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the *Gazette*.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Principal Regulations","content":"### 3 Principal Regulations\n\n> In these regulations, the [Water Management Regulations 2019](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2019-037) are referred to as the Principal Regulations.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 4.\n\n> The amendment effected by this regulation has been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Water Management Regulations 2019](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2019-037) .\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 10 June 2020\n\nThese regulations are administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument is procedural: it amends and incorporates changes into the Water Management Regulations 2019 (reg 4) and does not itself broaden or narrow the substantive regulatory scope beyond the Principal Regulations. To see any substantive scope change, consult the authorised version of the 2019 Regulations into which the amendment has been incorporated."},"complexity_factors":["Procedural instrument: no substantive regulatory text included (reg 4).","Commencement keyed to Gazette notification rather than a fixed date (reg 2).","Relies on the Principal Regulations for operative detail (reg 3).","Amendment text has been incorporated into another document — users must consult the authorised 2019 Regulations to see effects.","Administrative responsibility is assigned to a single department, reducing cross-agency complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations amend the Water Management Regulations 2019 and take effect on the day their making is notified in the Gazette (regs 2–4). They do not themselves set out new substantive rules here; rather they alter the authorised version of the 2019 Regulations. The changes affect persons and businesses already subject to the 2019 Regulations and are administered by the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient content is available in the provided text to determine whether the scope changed from the original intent of the amendments. The document appears to be a standard amending instrument within the existing Water Management regulatory framework, suggesting scope remained consistent, but this cannot be confirmed without the full text of the amendments."},"complexity_factors":["Insufficient legislative content provided — only metadata and status information is visible, not the substantive amendment text","Amendment regulations are inherently dependent on the parent instrument (Water Management Regulations), requiring cross-referencing to understand full effect","Water law in Tasmania can involve complex licensing and resource allocation frameworks, but the specific changes here cannot be assessed without the full text"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument amends Tasmania’s existing Water Management Regulations, serving as a housekeeping update to the rules that govern access, use and protection of rivers, groundwater and dams. It affects licence holders and anyone operating under the state’s water regime—farmers, businesses, councils and water managers—because it can change licence conditions, fees, environmental duties or administrative procedures. The specific amendment text isn’t provided here, so practical impacts aren’t determinable from this summary."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard amendment regulation with no scope creep. It performs exactly the limited function of amending principal regulations and noting that incorporation has occurred."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (4 sections, ~100 words)","No substantive legal provisions — purely procedural/archival","No defined terms, cross-references to other legislation, or conditional logic","Single purpose: citation, commencement, and noting that amendment has been incorporated elsewhere"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations make a technical amendment to the Water Management Regulations 2019. However, **the actual change has already been merged into the main regulations** — this document simply notes that the amendment happened. It does not contain any new rules that stand alone.\n\n**What this means:**\n- The amendment itself is no longer visible here because it has been \"incorporated\" into the 2019 Principal Regulations\n- To see what actually changed, you need to look at the current version of the Water Management Regulations 2019\n- This document serves as a historical record that an amendment was made on 10 June 2020\n\n**Who it affects:** Anyone researching the history of water management rules in Tasmania (this appears to be Tasmanian legislation based on the Department name).\n\n**Why it matters:** It creates a paper trail showing when changes were made, but for practical purposes, the current consolidated regulations are what matter."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/water-management-amendment-regulations-2020","history":"/api/acts/water-management-amendment-regulations-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/water-management-amendment-regulations-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/water-management-amendment-regulations-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/water-management-amendment-regulations-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/water-management-amendment-regulations-2020/documents"}}