{"id":"tas:sr-2000-051","name":"Proclamation under the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997","slug":"proclamation-under-the-children-young-persons-and-their-families-act-1997","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"51 of 2000","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318910,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2000-051-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997","content":"> Proclamation under the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997\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](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-028#GS2@EN) [Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-028) , fix 1 July 2000 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n13 June 2000\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nFRAN BLADEL\n\nfor and on behalf of the Minister for Health and Human Services\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 21 June 2000\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A document that claims currency 'to date' while having no modifications since 2018 creates a logical tension. Either the legislation has been unchanged for 8 years (plausible but notable), or the currency claim is misleading. The promise that the site is 'usually updated within 3 working days' further highlights the oddity - if updates occur within 3 working days, why was the file last modified in 2018?","confidence":0.62,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 21 June 2000 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:18)' while simultaneously stating 'File last modified 10 August 2018'. If the file was last modified in 2018, it cannot be genuinely current to 2026 in any meaningful sense, as no updates have been incorporated for approximately 8 years."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire Document","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation under an Act exists solely to declare that certain provisions commence on a specified date. This document, as reproduced, contains only metadata, status information, and navigation elements. Without operative text, it is impossible to determine what was actually proclaimed, rendering it legally meaningless as presented. Any person seeking to rely on or comply with this proclamation cannot determine its operative effect.","confidence":0.78,"description":"The proclamation document, which is presumably meant to bring specified provisions of the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997 into operation, contains no operative content whatsoever. A proclamation without any operative provisions - no commencement dates, no specified sections being proclaimed - is logically incapable of fulfilling its legal function."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Update Policy","severity":"low","reasoning":"Website operational policies have no legal standing as part of a statutory instrument. Their inclusion within the reproduced legislative text blurs the boundary between the legal instrument and its administrative housing, potentially misleading readers about what constitutes the authoritative legal text.","confidence":0.7,"description":"The statement that 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation' appears to be a standing operational disclaimer that applies universally to all legislation on the site, yet it is embedded within the legislative instrument itself as though it forms part of the legal text. This conflates administrative website policy with legislative content."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version ('current from 21 June 2000 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:18)')","section_b":"Authorisation ('File last modified 10 August 2018')","confidence":0.65,"description":"The document simultaneously claims to be current up to the access date of 8 April 2026 and to have last been modified on 10 August 2018. These claims are in tension: if 'current to date' means it reflects all changes to the instrument, the file modification date suggests no changes have been incorporated since 2018, yet the currency claim extends a further ~7.5 years beyond that."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Update Policy ('usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation')","section_b":"Authorisation ('File last modified 10 August 2018')","confidence":0.55,"description":"The promise of updates within 3 working days of any legislative change is contradicted by the file having not been modified since August 2018, spanning nearly 8 years. Either no changes have been made to the instrument in that period (which may be true of a proclamation) or the update policy has not been followed."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward commencement instrument performing exactly the function it was designed for — bringing the parent Act into force on a specified date. No scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the parent Act and Rules Publication Act 1953 in administrative notes)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format — essentially a template with blanks filled in"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a law into force.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **1 July 2000** as the date when the *Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997* (Tasmania) officially starts operating.\n\n**Who made it:**\n- The **Governor of Tasmania** (acting on advice from the Executive Council, which is the formal body of senior ministers).\n- Signed by Governor G. S. M. Green and countersigned by Fran Bladel on behalf of the Minister for Health and Human Services.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't always start immediately. This document is the \"switch\" that turns the Act on. Before this date, the law existed on paper but couldn't be enforced. After this date, it became legally binding.\n\n**Key details:**\n- Made on: 13 June 2000\n- Published in the Gazette: 21 June 2000\n- Commencement date: 1 July 2000"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation does not alter the substantive scope or content of the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997. It only sets the commencement date (1 July 2000) under section 2 and records administrative responsibility and publication details."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: a commencement proclamation fixing one date.","Legal formality: made by the Governor with Executive Council advice (explicit decision-maker).","Reference to enabling provision (section 2 of the Act) — requires cross-reference to understand legal effect.","Administrative assignment: names the Department of Health and Human Services as administrator (implementation responsibility).","Gazette notification recorded — procedural publishing requirement.","No substantive changes to the Act's provisions within the proclamation itself, limiting interpretive complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** Fixes 1 July 2000 as the day the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997 begins to operate (pursuant to section 2). The Governor, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, made the proclamation and it was notified in the Gazette. \n\nWho it affects and why it matters: the Act's legal duties and rights become enforceable from that date; the Department of Health and Human Services is named as the administering agency and will carry implementation and administrative tasks."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Unable to determine whether scope changed from original intent, as the operative content of the Proclamation was not included in the provided text. Based solely on the metadata available, there is no evidence of scope change."},"complexity_factors":["The document as provided contains almost no operative legal content — only metadata and administrative information","Proclamations are generally short, single-purpose instruments with limited complexity on their face","The underlying parent Act (Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997) is complex, but this instrument itself cannot be assessed substantively without its operative text","No amendments or cross-references to other instruments are visible in the provided text"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation, made by the Governor of Tasmania under the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997, appears to bring part(s) of that Act into effect. The provided record lacks the operative text, so the specific changes it enacts aren’t shown. Its subject matter touches child protection and family welfare, so its practical impact would fall on families, carers, service providers and agencies involved in Tasmania’s child and youth welfare system."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-children-young-persons-and-their-families-act-1997","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-children-young-persons-and-their-families-act-1997/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-children-young-persons-and-their-families-act-1997/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-children-young-persons-and-their-families-act-1997/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-children-young-persons-and-their-families-act-1997/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-children-young-persons-and-their-families-act-1997/documents"}}