{"id":"tas:sr-2022-001","name":"Proclamation under the Alcohol and Drug Dependency Repeal Act 2021","slug":"proclamation-under-the-alcohol-and-drug-dependency-repeal-act-2021","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"1 of 2022","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":179505,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2022-001-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Alcohol and Drug Dependency Repeal Act 2021","content":"> Proclamation under the Alcohol and Drug Dependency Repeal Act 2021\n\nI, the Governor 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 [Alcohol and Drug Dependency Repeal Act 2021](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2021-030) fix 1 March 2022 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n7 February 2022\n\nB. BAKER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nJEREMY ROCKLIFF\n\nMinister for Health\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 16 February 2022\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Health.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Title/Header","severity":"high","reasoning":"A Repeal Act proclamation's core legal function is to bring the repeal into force on a specified date. Without any operative text, there is no legal mechanism by which the repeal is actually effected. The instrument appears to be a shell document with only metadata and formatting artefacts, rendering it legally inoperative as a proclamation.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The proclamation repeals the Alcohol and Drug Dependency Act but the proclamation itself contains no operative provisions, no commencement date clause, no schedule of repealed provisions, and no substantive legal text whatsoever."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The existence of a 'Table of Amending Instruments' hyperlink logically implies amendments exist or are anticipated. However, the 'File last modified 16 February 2022' timestamp directly contradicts the existence of any amendments over the four-year currency period. Either the table is empty and its presence is misleading, or amendments exist but the modification date is wrong.","confidence":0.75,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 16 February 2022 to date' and was 'accessed 5 April 2026 at 14:40', yet the file was 'last modified 16 February 2022'. This creates a temporal absurdity where a live, current legal instrument has supposedly never been updated or amended across a four-year period despite a Table of Amending Instruments being referenced."},{"type":"other","section":"Table of Amending Instruments","severity":"low","reasoning":"Proclamations are typically spent instruments — they fire once to commence an Act and are then exhausted. An amendment table for such an instrument is structurally anomalous. If the proclamation were amended before the commencement date, the original would be superseded. If amended after, there is nothing left to amend. The table's presence implies a misunderstanding of the instrument's nature.","confidence":0.65,"description":"A 'Table of Amending Instruments' is provided as a clickable link for what is a simple proclamation under a Repeal Act. A proclamation that does nothing more than bring a repeal into force on a date is not ordinarily susceptible to amendment — once the repeal is effected, the proclamation is spent. The provision of an amendment table implies ongoing legislative life that a spent proclamation cannot logically have."},{"type":"other","section":"Document Structure - All Sections","severity":"high","reasoning":"A statutory proclamation must contain operative legal text to have any legal effect. This document consists entirely of duplicated metadata headings and administrative information. It is impossible to comply with, enforce, or interpret a proclamation that has no operative provisions. This may indicate a serious publishing or digitisation error that could cast doubt on whether the proclamation was ever properly made.","confidence":0.9,"description":"Every heading in the document appears to be duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). The entire document appears to be a rendering artefact with no substantive legislative content."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments (hyperlink present)","section_b":"Authorisation - File last modified 16 February 2022","confidence":0.7,"description":"The presence of a Table of Amending Instruments implies the proclamation has been or may be amended after its making date, but the file modification date of 16 February 2022 (the same date the instrument was made) indicates no amendments have ever been recorded, directly contradicting the implication created by the amendment table's existence."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Currency of version - 'current from 16 February 2022 to date'","section_b":"Title - 'Alcohol and Drug Dependency Repeal Act 2021'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The Repeal Act is dated 2021 but the proclamation bringing it into force (if that is its purpose) is dated 2022. If the Repeal Act received assent in 2021 but was not proclaimed until 2022, there is a potential gap period where the 2021 Act existed on the statute books but was not yet in force, creating uncertainty about the legal status of the repealed Act and any obligations or rights arising under it during that interval."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation, which by its nature performs exactly one function: bringing an Act into force. It has not expanded beyond this original 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 proclamation format following long-established conventions","Total length: approximately 150 words of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a formal announcement (proclamation) by the Tasmanian Governor that sets **1 March 2022** as the start date for the **Alcohol and Drug Dependency Repeal Act 2021**.\n\n**What this means:**\n- The Governor is exercising a power given by the Act itself (section 2) to decide when the law actually takes effect\n- Before this proclamation, the Act existed on paper but wasn't legally active\n- From 1 March 2022 onwards, the Act began operating and the old Alcohol and Drug Dependency Act was repealed (cancelled)\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone involved with Tasmania's alcohol and drug treatment services\n- Health professionals and facilities previously operating under the old Act\n- People receiving compulsory treatment or community-based orders under the old system\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws often pass Parliament but don't start immediately — this document triggers the legal change\n- It provides certainty about when the transition from old to new legal framework occurred"},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"There is no indication of scope change. A Proclamation of this type is a mechanical instrument with a single, narrow purpose: to commence the Act it refers to. It does not expand or contract the scope of the underlying repeal legislation."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself contains almost no substantive legal content — it is purely procedural and administrative in nature","Its meaning depends on understanding the underlying Alcohol and Drug Dependency Repeal Act 2021, which is not reproduced here","Proclamations as a legislative form may be unfamiliar to laypeople, adding minor interpretive complexity","The practical consequences of the repeal (what replaced the old law) are not addressed in this document"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation, issued by the Governor of Tasmania, sets 16 February 2022 as the day the Alcohol and Drug Dependency Repeal Act 2021 takes effect, formally removing the old Alcohol and Drug Dependency Act from the statute book. It affects people subject to that regime, health providers and agencies that operated under it, and matters because those prior legal powers (e.g., compulsory treatment/detention) cease to apply."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substantive scope or content of the Alcohol and Drug Dependency Repeal Act 2021; it only brings that Act into operation on 1 March 2022. It implements the Act’s commencement mechanism rather than expanding, narrowing or amending its provisions."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative action: fixes a commencement date (low legislative complexity)","Made by Governor with Executive Council advice (formal constitutional mechanism)","Cross‑reference to s.2 of the Alcohol and Drug Dependency Repeal Act 2021 (dependence on that Act's wording for legal effect)","Notified in the Gazette and assigned to Department of Health (administrative formality and designated administrator)","No substantive amendments or regulatory detail in the proclamation (limited interpretive burden)","Downstream legal effects depend entirely on the substantive Act coming into force (contextual complexity if assessing impact)"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes 1 March 2022 as the day the Alcohol and Drug Dependency Repeal Act 2021 comes into force. The Governor, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, made the proclamation; it was notified in the Gazette and the Department of Health will administer the instrument. It affects persons and organisations covered by that Act by making its provisions operational from the fixed date. The proclamation itself only sets the commencement date and does not alter the Act’s substantive content."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-alcohol-and-drug-dependency-repeal-act-2021","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-alcohol-and-drug-dependency-repeal-act-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-alcohol-and-drug-dependency-repeal-act-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-alcohol-and-drug-dependency-repeal-act-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-alcohol-and-drug-dependency-repeal-act-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-alcohol-and-drug-dependency-repeal-act-2021/documents"}}