{"id":"tas:sr-2019-015","name":"Proclamation under the Brand Tasmania Act 2018","slug":"proclamation-under-the-brand-tasmania-act-2018","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"15 of 2019","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":184395,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2019-015-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Brand Tasmania Act 2018","content":"> Proclamation under the Brand Tasmania Act 2018\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 [Brand Tasmania Act 2018](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2018-037) fix 29 March 2019 as the day on which the provisions of that Act commence.\n\n18 March 2019\n\nC. WARNER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nWILLIAM E. F. HODGMAN\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 29 March 2019\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 commencement proclamation, which by definition has a single, narrow purpose: to activate legislation. It has not expanded beyond this original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: only sets one date (29 March 2019)","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the parent Act)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format — essentially a template document","Total length: approximately 150 words of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this is:** This is a formal proclamation (an official government announcement) that sets the start date for the Brand Tasmania Act 2018.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Fixes the commencement date:** The Act officially comes into force on **29 March 2019**\n- **Who made it:** The Governor of Tasmania (acting on advice from the Executive Council — essentially the Premier and senior ministers)\n- **Legal basis:** Made under **section 2** of the Brand Tasmania Act 2018, which allows the Governor to decide when the Act starts operating\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Most Acts don't start automatically when passed by Parliament. Someone needs to officially \"switch them on.\"\n- This proclamation flips that switch, making the Brand Tasmania Act legally active from 29 March 2019\n- Without this document, the Act would just sit on the shelf unused\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Tasmanian government agencies responsible for promoting Tasmania's brand and identity\n- Businesses and organisations that interact with Brand Tasmania (the government body established by the Act)\n- Anyone interested in how Tasmania markets itself nationally and internationally"},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available content, there is no indication that the scope of this proclamation changed from its original intent. It appears to function as a standard commencement instrument for the Brand Tasmania Act 2018, with no evidence of scope creep or substantive amendment since it came into force on 29 March 2019."},"complexity_factors":["Minimal substantive legislative content provided — document is largely administrative metadata","Proclamations are by nature short instruments with limited operative text","The underlying Brand Tasmania Act 2018 adds minor contextual complexity, but the proclamation itself is straightforward","No amending instruments appear to have significantly altered its scope"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation under the Brand Tasmania Act 2018 formally brings the Act into legal effect, activating the Brand Tasmania program that governs use of the Tasmanian origin/quality mark. It matters to Tasmanian businesses and producers, government agencies that administer the scheme, and anyone concerned with Tasmanian trade and regional identity — effective 29 March 2019."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the substantive scope or content of the Brand Tasmania Act 2018; it simply fixes the Act's commencement date under section 2 and records publication and administration arrangements. Any costs, obligations or compliance burdens arise from the Act once in force, not from this proclamation."},"complexity_factors":["Single, narrow legal effect: fixes commencement date only","Relies on external instrument for substantive rules (Brand Tasmania Act 2018)","Formal executive action required (Governor with Executive Council) — procedural, not substantive (s.2)","Official publication and display formalities (Gazette notification; Rules Publication Act 1953)","Administrative assignment identified (Department of Premier and Cabinet)","No new regulatory or enforcement mechanisms introduced in the proclamation itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation brings the Brand Tasmania Act 2018 into force by fixing 29 March 2019 as the commencement day (under s.2 of the Act). The Governor, acting with Executive Council advice, made and published the proclamation; the Department of Premier and Cabinet is listed as the administering agency. The proclamation itself does not change rights or duties, but it makes whatever obligations, costs or regulatory requirements set out in the Act legally effective from that date."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the version is definitively 'current to date' (5 April 2026), the 3-working-day update lag caveat is either superfluous or undermines the currency claim. You cannot simultaneously guarantee currency and disclaim a potential 3-day staleness gap.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The legislation states it is 'current from 29 March 2019 to date' while simultaneously stating 'legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation.' This creates a self-referential paradox: the currency claim implies no amendments have occurred, yet the update policy implicitly acknowledges amendments may exist but not yet be reflected."},{"type":"other","section":"Document structure - repeated headings throughout","severity":"low","reasoning":"A proclamation is a legal instrument. Duplicated operative headings create ambiguity about which instance constitutes the authoritative provision and could technically be read as separate provisions in conflict with each other, even if the duplication is unintentional.","confidence":0.75,"description":"Every heading in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Proclamation under the Brand Tasmania Act 2018' appears four times as a heading; 'Status Information' appears four times; 'Currency of version' appears four times; 'Authorisation' appears four times). While likely a rendering/scraping artefact, as presented this is a formal document with internal structural incoherence."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Authorisation","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation is a formal executive instrument that must proclaim something — typically bringing an Act or provision into force, or making a declaration of legal effect. This document as reproduced contains only metadata and status information. Any entity seeking to rely on or comply with this proclamation cannot identify what legal obligation or right it creates, making compliance literally impossible.","confidence":0.82,"description":"The document identifies itself as a Proclamation under the Brand Tasmania Act 2018 but contains no substantive proclamation text whatsoever — no operative clause, no declared commencement date, no specification of what is being proclaimed. A proclamation with no operative content is a legal nullity."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"File last modified 29 March 2019 / accessed 5 April 2026","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The Table of Amending Instruments section exists precisely to record amendments. Its inclusion in a document that simultaneously claims zero modifications since 2019 creates a logical tension: either there are amendments (in which case 'file last modified 29 March 2019' is false) or there are none (in which case the amending instruments table is an empty gesture). The document cannot resolve which is true.","confidence":0.7,"description":"The document asserts the file was last modified 29 March 2019, yet simultaneously claims the version is 'current to date' as of 5 April 2026 — a span of over 7 years with no modification. This is internally consistent only if the legislation has never been amended, but the presence of a 'Table of Amending Instruments' link strongly implies amendments exist."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Currency of version: 'Version current from 29 March 2019 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 29 March 2019'","confidence":0.7,"description":"The document claims to be current as of 5 April 2026 but also states the file was last modified on 29 March 2019. These two claims are mutually contradictory if any amendments have been made in the intervening 7 years, which the existence of the Table of Amending Instruments implies."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information: 'legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change'","section_b":"Table of Amending Instruments: existence of a clickable amendments table","confidence":0.65,"description":"The disclaimer that updates may lag by 3 working days sits in direct tension with the currency guarantee. If amendments to this proclamation exist and are catalogued in the amending instruments table, the 3-day lag means the 'current version' label may be false at the very moment of access. 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