{"id":"tas:sr-2018-001","name":"Proclamation under the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Act 2013","slug":"proclamation-under-the-children-young-persons-and-their-families-amendment-act-2013","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"1 of 2018","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":184838,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2018-001-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Act 2013","content":"> Proclamation under the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Act 2013\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 [Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2013-064) fix 28 February 2018 as the day on which the following provisions of that Act commence:\n\n> > (a) sections 8, 18, 22, 23, 31 and 32;\n> \n> > (b) section 4(a), (b), (d) and (e);\n> \n> > (c) section 17(b), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and (l);\n> \n> > (d) section 19(b).\n\n23 January 2018\n\nC. WARNER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nJ. PETRUSMA\n\nMinister for 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 31 January 2018","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a procedural commencement instrument performing exactly the function intended — bringing selected provisions into force. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative clause fixing a commencement date","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple list structure referencing external Act provisions by number only","No conditional logic, exceptions, or substantive legal rules","Standard proclamation format — essentially a formal administrative notice"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings specific parts of a Tasmanian law into force on a particular date.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The Governor of Tasmania, acting on ministerial advice, has declared that **28 February 2018** is the day when certain sections of the *Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Act 2013* finally become law.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't always start immediately. Some need to wait for the government to \"switch them on\" through a proclamation like this one.\n- This proclamation activates specific provisions dealing with child protection and family services — including sections about information sharing, safety assessments, and intervention orders.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Tasmanian families, children, and young people involved with child safety services\n- Government agencies and workers who handle child protection matters\n- Courts and legal professionals dealing with family intervention orders\n\n**Key detail:**\n- Only **some** sections of the 2013 Amendment Act are being activated. Others remain dormant until a future proclamation or automatic commencement date."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A Proclamation of this type does not alter scope — it simply activates the existing provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act as originally passed by Parliament. There is no evidence of scope change from the available text."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself is purely procedural — it is a commencement instrument with minimal substantive content","Very little text is available for analysis beyond administrative metadata","The actual legal complexity sits in the parent Amendment Act (2013), not this Proclamation","Understanding the full effect requires cross-referencing the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Act 2013 and the principal Act"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation brings the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Act 2013 in Tasmania into legal effect as of 31 January 2018. \n\nIt matters to children and young people in care or at risk, their families, and the social workers, carers and government agencies who must now operate under the Act’s amended child-protection framework."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the file was last modified on 24 July 2018, the claim that it reflects the law 'to date' as accessed in 2026 is only valid if no amendments have occurred. The document simultaneously warns that updates occur within 3 working days, implying ongoing maintenance, yet no modifications have been recorded since 2018 despite an 8-year gap. This is not necessarily a legal flaw but is a logical tension in the metadata.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 31 January 2018 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 17:10)' but the file was last modified on 24 July 2018, creating a temporal inconsistency where currency is claimed beyond the last known modification."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document Structure - Entire Instrument","severity":"high","reasoning":"A Proclamation under an Amendment Act exists solely to proclaim a commencement date for provisions of the parent Act. Without any operative clause identifying what is being commenced and when, the instrument is legally void of effect. Any person or court attempting to rely on this instrument to determine whether provisions of the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Act 2013 are in force would find it impossible to do so from this document alone.","confidence":0.82,"description":"This is a Proclamation instrument — a single-purpose commencement mechanism — yet the document contains no operative provisions whatsoever. There is no proclaimed commencement date, no identified sections of the Amendment Act being brought into force, and no substantive legal content visible."},{"type":"other","section":"Title - Repetition","severity":"low","reasoning":"While likely a rendering or formatting artefact, the co-existence of truncated and complete versions of the same title heading within a single authoritative legal instrument raises questions about document integrity. An authoritative legal instrument should have a single, consistent, correctly rendered title. The truncated titles could theoretically create ambiguity about the instrument's formal name.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The document title 'Proclamation under the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Act 2013' is repeated at least four times in the header structure, and truncated variants ('Proclamation under the Childre') appear alongside full versions simultaneously."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Update Policy vs. Last Modified Date","severity":"low","reasoning":"The 3-working-day update promise is self-undermining if the instrument genuinely has not been touched in nearly 8 years. Either the instrument has required no updates (which is plausible for a simple Proclamation), or the update policy has not been followed. The document cannot simultaneously vouch for its own currency through the update-policy assurance while exhibiting an 8-year modification gap.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The instrument asserts legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change' but the file has not been modified since 24 July 2018 despite being described as current through 5 April 2026 — a period of approximately 7.7 years."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - 'Version current from 31 January 2018 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 17:10)'","section_b":"Authorisation - 'File last modified 24 July 2018'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The version currency claim extends to 5 April 2026, but the authorisation section records the last file modification as 24 July 2018. These two statements are in tension: if the document is truly current to 2026, one would expect a modification date closer to that access date, or an explicit statement that no amendments have been made."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Document Title - 'Proclamation under the Childre...' (truncated)","section_b":"Document Title - 'Proclamation under the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Act 2013' (complete)","confidence":0.4,"description":"The instrument presents both a truncated and a complete version of its own title simultaneously within the same document structure, creating a formal contradiction as to the instrument's authoritative name."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substance or scope of the Amendment Act. It only brings specified provisions of the Act into force on a fixed date (28 February 2018), so the legal reach of the Act is unchanged; only the timing of when certain sections operate is set by this instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Legal effect is purely a commencement proclamation — it sets an operative date rather than changing substantive law.","Partial commencement of selected sections and subsections increases administrative tracking (which provisions are in force and which remain inactive).","Direct cross-reference to the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Act 2013 requires readers to consult the primary Act to know substantive effects.","Fixed calendar date (28 February 2018) and formal Gazette notification minimise executive discretion at the point of commencement.","No new regulatory mechanisms, penalties or delegated decision-making are created by the proclamation itself."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes 28 February 2018 as the day that specified provisions of the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Act 2013 come into force in Tasmania. It does not change the Act itself, only when those sections start to apply.\n\nThe change affects children, young people, families and the public agencies governed by the Act by activating the rights, duties or powers created in the listed provisions; those parties will face any compliance, administrative or operational effects once the sections commence."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-children-young-persons-and-their-families-amendment-act-2013","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-children-young-persons-and-their-families-amendment-act-2013/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-children-young-persons-and-their-families-amendment-act-2013/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-children-young-persons-and-their-families-amendment-act-2013/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-children-young-persons-and-their-families-amendment-act-2013/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-children-young-persons-and-their-families-amendment-act-2013/documents"}}