{"id":"tas:sr-2014-015","name":"Proclamation under the Civil Liability Amendment Act 2013","slug":"proclamation-under-the-civil-liability-amendment-act-2013","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"15 of 2014","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":187432,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2014-015-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Civil Liability Amendment Act 2013","content":"> Proclamation under the Civil Liability 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 [section 2 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2013-047#GS2@EN) [Civil Liability Amendment Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2013-047) fix 1 March 2014 as the day on which all the provisions of that Act commence.\n\n3 February 2014\n\nPETER G. UNDERWOOD\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nBRIAN WIGHTMAN\n\nMinister for Justice\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 12 February 2014\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a procedural commencement instrument with no substantive scope — it performs exactly the single function it was designed for (bringing the parent Act into force)."},"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 ceremonial/formulaic language only"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The Tasmanian Governor (acting on ministerial advice) has officially declared that **all provisions of the Civil Liability Amendment Act 2013** will start operating on **1 March 2014**.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't always take effect immediately. This document fixes the exact date when the amendments become legally binding.\n- Until this proclamation was made, the 2013 amendments existed on paper but couldn't be enforced.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone involved in civil liability claims in Tasmania (personal injury, negligence, and similar disputes) — the amendments now apply to them from 1 March 2014 onwards."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A document described as unmodified since its original currency date of 12 February 2014 should not also reflect a file modification date of 13 August 2018. Either the currency descriptor is inaccurate or the modification date reflects non-substantive changes, but the legislation provides no clarification, creating ambiguity about what constitutes the authoritative version.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The proclamation states it is 'current from 12 February 2014 to date' while simultaneously stating 'File last modified 13 August 2018'. If the file was modified in 2018, the currency date of 2014 is potentially misleading or incomplete as a description of the current version."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A commencement proclamation fixes a date and has no ongoing operative provisions capable of amendment. Representing an updating guarantee creates a false impression of potential future variability in a document that is by nature immutable once made.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The statement that legislation 'is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation' appears in a proclamation that is itself a single-instrument commencement order with no operative substantive content beyond bringing an Act into force. The update guarantee is functionally meaningless in this context as a proclamation of this type is unlikely to ever be amended."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency of version: 'Version current from 12 February 2014 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 13 August 2018'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The version currency date asserts the instrument has been in its current form since 12 February 2014, yet the authorisation block records a file modification on 13 August 2018 — over four years later. These two statements cannot both be accurate without qualification as to what changed in 2018."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the substantive scope or content of the Civil Liability Amendment Act 2013; it only sets the commencement date (1 March 2014) for all provisions, as exercised under section 2 of the Act and recorded in the Gazette."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: it only sets a commencement date for the Act.","Legal authority referenced: made under section 2 of the Civil Liability Amendment Act 2013 (explicit legal basis).","Executive involvement: Governor acts on advice of the Executive Council (decision-maker identified in the text).","Formal publication step: notified in the Gazette (administrative circulation requirement).","Administrative responsibility: administered by the Department of Justice (implementing agency listed).","Temporal effect applies to 'all the provisions' of the Act (broad temporal reach but no substantive amendments)."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes 1 March 2014 as the commencement day for all provisions of the Civil Liability Amendment Act 2013. The Governor of Tasmania, acting with the advice of the Executive Council under section 2 of that Act, made the proclamation and published it in the Gazette, so anyone subject to that Act must comply with its provisions from that date."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A commencement proclamation by definition has a fixed, narrow purpose: to bring another Act into force on a specified date. There is no indication of any scope change from that original intent. The document does exactly what a proclamation of this type is designed to do."},"complexity_factors":["The document is purely procedural — it contains no substantive legal rules or obligations of its own","Its only legal function is to declare a commencement date for another piece of legislation","Very limited text is available, with no operative clauses beyond the commencement trigger","No complex definitions, exceptions, or cross-references to parse"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation, issued by the Tasmanian Governor, declares that the Civil Liability Amendment Act 2013 comes into force on 12 February 2014. It doesn’t itself change rights but marks when the Act’s changes to personal injury, negligence and compensation law in Tasmania became legally effective—so it determines which version of the law applies to relevant disputes."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-civil-liability-amendment-act-2013","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-civil-liability-amendment-act-2013/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-civil-liability-amendment-act-2013/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-civil-liability-amendment-act-2013/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-civil-liability-amendment-act-2013/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-civil-liability-amendment-act-2013/documents"}}