{"id":"tas:sr-2005-079","name":"Proclamation under the Aboriginal Lands Amendment Act (No. 2) 2005","slug":"proclamation-under-the-aboriginal-lands-amendment-act-no-2-2005","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"79 of 2005","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":317917,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2005-079-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Aboriginal Lands Amendment Act (No. 2) 2005","content":"> Proclamation under the Aboriginal Lands Amendment Act (No. 2) 2005\n\nI, the Administrator in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, by this my proclamation made under [section 2 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2005-025#GS2@EN) [Aboriginal Lands Amendment Act (No. 2) 2005](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2005-025) fix 21 July 2005 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n11 July 2005\n\nE. C. CRAWFORD\n\nAdministrator\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nP. A. LENNON\n\nPremier\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 20 July 2005\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard commencement instrument performing exactly the function intended — bringing an Act into force on a specified date. The scope has not expanded beyond this procedural purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the parent Act)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard ceremonial/formulaic language only"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a specific law into force.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **21 July 2005** as the date when the *Aboriginal Lands Amendment Act (No. 2) 2005* officially starts operating.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't always take effect immediately. This document fixes the exact day the Act becomes legally binding.\n- Without this proclamation, the Act would remain inactive even after receiving Royal Assent (the formal approval that makes a bill into law).\n\n**Who is involved:**\n- The **Administrator** (acting on behalf of the Crown in Tasmania) issued the proclamation with advice from the **Executive Council** (the Governor's advisory body comprising senior ministers).\n- The **Premier** countersigned, indicating government approval.\n\n**Key point:** This is purely procedural — it activates the substantive law but doesn't create any new legal rights or obligations itself."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the substantive scope or content of the Aboriginal Lands Amendment Act (No. 2) 2005. Under s 2 it merely fixes the commencement date as 21 July 2005; it does not amend provisions, delegate new discretion, or impose fiscal obligations."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete administrative action: fixes a commencement date","No substantive legislative content or regulatory detail in the proclamation","Authority and decision-maker clearly identified (Administrator acting with Executive Council)","References a specific enabling provision (s 2) rather than creating new powers","Minimal implementation or compliance requirements stated"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation brings the Aboriginal Lands Amendment Act (No. 2) 2005 into force in Tasmania by fixing its commencement date as 21 July 2005 under s 2 of that Act. It is issued by the Administrator on the advice of the Executive Council and operates as a procedural step to make the Act effective; the proclamation itself does not change the Act’s text, create new obligations, or specify funding."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A proclamation that has not been modified since 2017 being described as 'current to date' in 2026 is not strictly an absurdity in law, but it creates a misleading impression of active currency. The gap between the last file modification and the access date is nearly nine years, which undermines confidence in the 'usually updated within 3 working days' assurance.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 20 July 2005 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 2:44)' but the file was last modified 5 July 2017. This creates a logical gap where the instrument purports to be current and unmodified as of 2026, yet the underlying file has not been touched since 2017, raising questions about whether 'current' means substantively current or merely technically unarchived."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document structure - entire instrument","severity":"high","reasoning":"Proclamations derive their legal force entirely from their operative content. A proclamation that merely reproduces its own status metadata and heading, with no operative clause, cannot bring any provision of the Aboriginal Lands Amendment Act (No. 2) 2005 into force nor achieve any other statutory object. If this reproduction is complete, the instrument is substantively void. If it is truncated, the reproduction system has rendered compliance with or reliance upon the instrument impossible from this source.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The proclamation as reproduced contains no operative provisions whatsoever. A proclamation under an amending Act that contains no substantive clauses — no commencement date proclaimed, no land described, no rights conferred or revoked — is a legally hollow instrument. It cannot fulfil any statutory purpose."},{"type":"other","section":"Document headings - entire instrument","severity":"medium","reasoning":"While likely a rendering or scraping artefact, the duplication means that no section of this document as presented has a uniquely identifiable heading. In a legal instrument, ambiguity in the identification of operative sections can have material consequences for interpretation and enforcement. The truncated heading 'Proclamation under the Aborigi' also raises questions about whether the instrument's full title is correctly reproduced.","confidence":0.9,"description":"Every heading and section title in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Proclamation under the Aborigi Proclamation under the Aboriginal Lands Amendment Act (No. 2) 2005', 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version'). This systemic duplication renders the document structurally incoherent and creates ambiguity as to which instance of each heading is authoritative."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version: 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation.'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The instrument asserts it is current as of 8 April 2026 and that updates are applied within 3 working days of any change, yet the file has not been modified since 5 July 2017 — a period of approximately 8 years and 9 months. Either the instrument has genuinely not changed since 2017 (in which case the 3-working-day assurance is irrelevant but potentially misleading), or changes have occurred and the file has not been updated in breach of that assurance."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A commencement proclamation by definition does not change scope — it simply activates provisions already settled by the parent Act. There is no indication from the available text that the proclamation does anything beyond triggering the commencement of the Aboriginal Lands Amendment Act (No. 2) 2005 on 20 July 2005."},"complexity_factors":["The proclamation itself contains almost no substantive legal content — it is purely a commencement instrument","Its meaning and impact depend entirely on understanding the parent Act (Aboriginal Lands Amendment Act (No. 2) 2005), which is not reproduced here","The document as provided appears incomplete or heavily duplicated, making it difficult to confirm whether any operative text exists beyond metadata","Minimal technical language is present, but the indirect nature of proclamations (referencing another Act) adds a layer of interpretive complexity for laypeople"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation by the Tasmanian Governor brings specific provisions of the Aboriginal Lands Amendment Act (No. 2) 2005 into force, setting the date those amendments take legal effect.  \n\nIt matters to Tasmanian Aboriginal communities, government agencies administering land, and others with interests in affected land because, from 20 July 2005, the Act’s changes to how Aboriginal land is recognised and managed apply."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-aboriginal-lands-amendment-act-no-2-2005","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-aboriginal-lands-amendment-act-no-2-2005/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-aboriginal-lands-amendment-act-no-2-2005/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-aboriginal-lands-amendment-act-no-2-2005/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-aboriginal-lands-amendment-act-no-2-2005/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-aboriginal-lands-amendment-act-no-2-2005/documents"}}