{"id":"tas:sr-2018-085","name":"Proclamation under the Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2018","slug":"proclamation-under-the-burial-and-cremation-amendment-act-2018","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"85 of 2018","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":185017,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2018-085-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2018","content":"> Proclamation under the Burial and Cremation Amendment 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 the [Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2018](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2018-040) fix 26 December 2018 as the day on which all of the provisions of that Act commence.\n\n18 December 2018\n\nC. WARNER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nELISE ARCHER\n\nActing for and on behalf of the Minister for Local Government\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 26 December 2018\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does exactly what it was designed to do — commence the Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2018 on a specified date. There is no evidence of any scope expansion or deviation from its original administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["The document is a commencement proclamation only — it contains no substantive legal provisions of its own","Its sole legal effect is to set an operative date for another piece of legislation","No discretionary powers, offences, rights, or obligations are created by this instrument itself","The underlying Amendment Act (not reproduced here) would carry any real complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation, issued by the Governor of Tasmania, simply brings the Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2018 into force on 26 December 2018. It contains no new rules — it only sets the commencement date.\n\nIt affects funeral directors, cemetery and crematorium operators and members of the public by making the Amendment Act’s changes legally effective from that date."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation, which by definition has a narrow, single-purpose scope: to specify when an Act comes into force. It has not expanded beyond this original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with no defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the parent Act)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Extremely short (under 200 words of substantive content)","Standard proclamation format following long-established template"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a formal government notice (called a 'proclamation') that sets the date when the **Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2018** comes into force. \n\n**What it does:**\n- Fixes **26 December 2018** as the day when all provisions of the Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2018 start operating.\n\n**Who is involved:**\n- The **Governor of Tasmania** (C. Warner) issued the proclamation on 18 December 2018, acting on advice from the **Executive Council** (Tasmania's top decision-making body for government administration).\n- **Elise Archer** signed on behalf of the Minister for Local Government.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't always take effect immediately. This proclamation is the legal trigger that 'switches on' the amended burial and cremation laws. Without this step, the Act would remain dormant even after passing Parliament.\n- This is a standard procedural document required under Tasmanian law to bring legislation into operation."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the substantive scope or content of the Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2018. It only sets the commencement date (\"fix 26 December 2018...\") and identifies administrative responsibility, so it alters timing and who implements the law but not who or what the law covers."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow single-purpose instrument: fixes a commencement date only (text: \"fix 26 December 2018 as the day on which all of the provisions of that Act commence\").","Dependence on an external substantive Act: the proclamation’s legal effect is entirely contingent on the Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2018.","Low interpretive ambiguity: no operative definitions or discretionary grants in the proclamation itself.","Administrative touchpoints: names the Department of Premier and Cabinet as administrator, creating clear governance and implementation responsibility.","Temporal legal effect: the date causes immediate legal consequences from that day for regulated parties (impacts compliance timing and possible transitional arrangements in the underlying Act)."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation makes the Burial and Cremation Amendment Act 2018 legally start on 26 December 2018. It affects anyone regulated by that Act by making its rules operative from that date. The Governor issued the proclamation on Executive Council advice, and the Department of Premier and Cabinet will administer it, so administrative and compliance duties fall to that department and to persons subject to the Act."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-burial-and-cremation-amendment-act-2018","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-burial-and-cremation-amendment-act-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-burial-and-cremation-amendment-act-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-burial-and-cremation-amendment-act-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-burial-and-cremation-amendment-act-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-burial-and-cremation-amendment-act-2018/documents"}}