{"id":"tas:sr-2012-079","name":"Proclamation under the Corrections Act 1997","slug":"proclamation-under-the-corrections-act-1997","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"79 of 2012","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":314382,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2012-079-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 1 - Hayes Prison Farm","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 1 - Hayes Prison Farm","content":"# SCHEDULE 1 - Hayes Prison Farm SCHEDULE 1 - Hayes Prison Farm\n\n[Schedule 3](#JS3@EN)","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 2 - Land part of form","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 2 - Land part of former Kilderry Farm Gaol","content":"# SCHEDULE 2 - Land part of form SCHEDULE 2 - Land part of former Kilderry Farm Gaol\n\n[Schedule 4](#JS4@EN)","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 3 - Plan for Hayes Pr","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 3 - Plan for Hayes Prison Farm","content":"# SCHEDULE 3 - Plan for Hayes Pr SCHEDULE 3 - Plan for Hayes Prison Farm\n\n[![graphic image](/image/cpr8896.gif)](/image/cpr8896.gif)","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 4 - Plan for part of ","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 4 - Plan for part of former Kilderry Farm Gaol","content":"# SCHEDULE 4 - Plan for part of  SCHEDULE 4 - Plan for part of former Kilderry Farm Gaol\n\n[![graphic image](/image/cpr9450.gif)](/image/cpr9450.gif)\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 September 2012\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the version is current 'to date' (8 April 2026) but the file was last modified in 2018, either the currency claim is misleading or the modification date is inaccurate. A file that has not been modified since 2018 cannot meaningfully claim currency to 2026 without qualification.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The legislation claims to be 'current from 26 September 2012 to date' but the file was last modified on 31 August 2018, creating an internal inconsistency about when the instrument was last updated."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document structure - entire instrument","severity":"high","reasoning":"A Proclamation is a formal legal instrument that must contain operative content to have legal effect. An instrument composed solely of status information and duplicated navigation headers has no discernible legal operation. It is impossible for any person or body to comply with, or rely upon, an instrument that contains no substantive provisions.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The proclaimed instrument contains no substantive operative provisions whatsoever. A Proclamation under the Corrections Act 1997 should contain at least a commencement date, operative clause, or proclamation of specific provisions. The document consists entirely of metadata and repeated navigational headers."},{"type":"other","section":"Document structure - headings","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Duplicated headings throughout a legislative instrument suggest a fundamental drafting or publication failure. While this may be a rendering artefact, as published this document is incoherent and cannot be treated as a reliable statement of law.","confidence":0.9,"description":"Every heading in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g. 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). This structural absurdity suggests the document as presented is either corrupted or was never properly finalised."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Authorisation","severity":"low","reasoning":"The standing currency assurance ('updated within 3 working days') is circular when applied to an instrument that apparently has not changed since 2018. The assurance has no practical content if the instrument has no operative provisions to update.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The instrument identifies 31 August 2018 as the date the file was last modified, yet claims currency up to 8 April 2026. If no amendments have been made in nearly eight years, the promise that 'legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change' is rendered meaningless in context — there is no evidence any change has ever been captured."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version (top block): 'Version current from 26 September 2012 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 1:29)'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 31 August 2018'","confidence":0.7,"description":"The instrument simultaneously asserts it is current up to 8 April 2026 and that the underlying file was last modified on 31 August 2018. These two statements are in direct tension: a file unmodified since 2018 cannot reflect changes occurring between 2018 and 2026, yet the currency statement implies it does."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments: reference to a table of amendments exists implying the instrument has been amended","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 31 August 2018'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The existence of a linked Table of Amendments implies the instrument has been subject to amendment. However, the file modification date of 31 August 2018 suggests no changes have been incorporated since that date. If amendments exist post-2018, they are not reflected in the file, contradicting the stated currency."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation does not expand or narrow the substantive powers of the Corrections Act 1997. Instead it fixes administrative particulars—legal land descriptions and plans for Hayes Prison Farm and part of the former Kilderry Farm Gaol (SCHEDULES 1–4), notified in the Gazette on 26 September 2012—so the change is to record and identify property for administration rather than to alter the Act's scope."},"complexity_factors":["Document is chiefly administrative: records land descriptions and plans (SCHEDULES 1–4) rather than creating new regulatory rules.","Relies on graphical plans/images embedded as schedules, requiring spatial/cadastral reference to interpret (Schedules 3–4).","Cross-references the Corrections Act 1997 for legal force, so understanding requires checking the parent Act.","Low procedural complexity: Gazette notification date (26 September 2012) and Department of Justice administration are the main operative facts."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation under the *Corrections Act 1997* records and publishes the land descriptions and graphic plans for Hayes Prison Farm and part of the former Kilderry Farm Gaol (SCHEDULES 1–4). It was notified in the Gazette on 26 September 2012 and is administered by the Department of Justice.\n\nMechanically, it supplies the legal descriptions and maps that identify these correctional properties for administration and official record-keeping. That primarily affects the Department of Justice’s property management and any parties whose rights turn on those cadastral descriptions."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"There is insufficient operative content in the provided document to determine whether the scope changed from any original intent. The document as presented is a status/metadata page only, and the actual proclamation text has not been included."},"complexity_factors":["The document as provided contains only administrative metadata — no substantive legal provisions are visible","Proclamations are inherently brief instruments with limited standalone complexity","The underlying Corrections Act 1997 may be complex, but this proclamation itself appears narrow in scope","Without the operative text of the proclamation, full legal effect cannot be assessed"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation under the Corrections Act 1997 is a formal gubernatorial instrument (SR-2012-079) that brought parts of the Act into effect from 26 September 2012. It pertains to the administration of Tasmanian correctional law and therefore affects prisoners, corrections staff, and the department that runs prisons.\n\nThe provided text contains only administrative/status metadata, so the specific operative changes or scope of this proclamation cannot be determined from it."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation serves its original narrow purpose: formally declaring specific land as a prison under the authorising Act. There is no evidence of scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (approximately 150 words)","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","No conditional logic or exceptions","Simple declaratory structure: 'This land is a prison'","Administrative machinery only—no substantive rights or obligations created beyond the designation itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **Tasmanian proclamation** made under the *Corrections Act 1997* that formally declares two parcels of land to be prisons.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Schedule 1** designates **Hayes Prison Farm** as a prison\n- **Schedule 2** designates a portion of the **former Kilderry Farm Gaol** land as a prison\n- **Schedules 3 and 4** contain maps/plans showing the exact boundaries of these areas\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Prisoners who will be housed at these facilities\n- Corrections staff working at these locations\n- The Tasmanian Department of Justice (which administers the proclamation)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nUnder the *Corrections Act 1997*, land must be formally proclaimed as a \"prison\" before it can legally be used to detain prisoners. This proclamation provides the legal foundation for operating these two correctional facilities. Without this formal declaration, keeping people at these locations would not be lawful imprisonment."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-act-1997","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-act-1997/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-act-1997/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-act-1997/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-act-1997/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-act-1997/documents"}}