{"id":"tas:sr-2019-019","name":"Proclamation under the Corrections Amendment Act 2018","slug":"proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-act-2018","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"19 of 2019","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":184202,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2019-019-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Corrections Amendment Act 2018","content":"> Proclamation under the Corrections 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 [section 2 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2018-027#GS2@EN) [Corrections Amendment Act 2018](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2018-027) , fix 1 July 2019 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n8 April 2019\n\nC. WARNER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nELISE ARCHER\n\nMinister for Corrections\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 17 April 2019\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A commencement proclamation by its nature does not change the scope of the parent legislation. It simply activates what Parliament already passed. There is no evidence in this document of any scope change from the original intent of the Corrections Amendment Act 2018."},"complexity_factors":["The document is a proclamation (a purely administrative instrument) with minimal substantive legal content","The actual operative provisions of the underlying Corrections Amendment Act 2018 are not included, limiting full analysis","The document itself is largely metadata and formatting — there is very little legal text to interpret","Proclamations as a legal instrument are straightforward in function: they set a commencement date"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation officially brought parts of the Corrections Amendment Act 2018 (Tasmania) into effect from 17 April 2019. It is the legal trigger that made the Act’s changes operative.\n\nThe change affects people held in Tasmanian prisons, corrections staff, and the managing department. The provided text is administrative and does not include the Act’s substantive amendments, so the precise operational details are not shown here."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"circular_definition","section":"Title/Header","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The title 'Proclamation under the Correct Proclamation under the Corrections Amendment Act 2018' implies the proclamation derives its authority from another proclamation ('the Correct Proclamation'), which is itself described as being under the Corrections Amendment Act 2018. No such intermediate proclamation is identified, defined, or referenced elsewhere in the instrument. If the authority chain depends on an unidentified antecedent proclamation, the legal foundation of this instrument is indeterminate.","confidence":0.82,"description":"The proclamation title is recursively self-referential, reading 'Proclamation under the Correct Proclamation under the Corrections Amendment Act 2018', embedding a truncated version of itself within its own title."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A version described as 'current to date' with ongoing legislative update obligations ('usually updated within 3 working days after a change') is paradoxically also described as unmodified since its creation date of 17 April 2019. While not strictly impossible, this implies either no amendments have occurred over approximately seven years — which may be accurate but warrants scrutiny — or the currency metadata is not being maintained as required by the stated 3-working-day update standard.","confidence":0.61,"description":"The currency statement asserts the version is 'current from 17 April 2019 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 17:01)' while simultaneously stating 'File last modified 17 April 2019', creating a logical tension between claimed currency and demonstrated stasis."},{"type":"other","section":"Document Structure - All Headings","severity":"high","reasoning":"A legislative instrument must be capable of precise, unambiguous citation and interpretation. The wholesale duplication of every heading — including the title itself — means no section can be cited without ambiguity as to which instance is intended. While likely a publishing/rendering defect, the instrument as it stands on the official consolidated legislation platform is the authoritative version, and its structural incoherence undermines its legal clarity and enforceability.","confidence":0.91,"description":"Every substantive heading and section title is duplicated verbatim throughout the instrument (e.g., 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'), producing a document that is structurally incoherent and potentially unfit for authoritative legal reliance."},{"type":"other","section":"Responsible Minister and Department","severity":"low","reasoning":"A proclamation that fails to identify its responsible minister within the instrument itself, instead deferring entirely to an external and variable document (Administrative Arrangement Orders change frequently), means the responsible authority under this instrument is perpetually indeterminate from the face of the instrument alone. This creates accountability ambiguity.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The section instructs the reader to 'See the latest Administrative Arrangement Order' but provides no operative content of its own, meaning the proclamation contains no self-contained identification of the responsible minister or department."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version ('usually updated within 3 working days after a change')","section_b":"Authorisation ('File last modified 17 April 2019')","confidence":0.58,"description":"The instrument asserts an ongoing obligation to update the legislation within 3 working days of any change, yet the file has not been modified since 17 April 2019 despite being accessed in April 2026. These two statements are irreconcilable unless no changes whatsoever have occurred in approximately seven years, which for a Corrections-related instrument would be extraordinary."},{"severity":"high","section_a":"Title: 'Proclamation under the Corrections Amendment Act 2018'","section_b":"Title (embedded): 'Proclamation under the Correct Proclamation under the Corrections Amendment Act 2018'","confidence":0.79,"description":"The instrument simultaneously identifies its authorising statute as the Corrections Amendment Act 2018 directly, and as an intermediate unnamed 'Correct Proclamation' made under that Act. These two claimed authority chains are mutually inconsistent — the instrument either derives authority directly from the Act or indirectly through an anterior proclamation, not both."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the substance or legal scope of the Corrections Amendment Act 2018; it merely fixes the day the Act commences (under section 2), creating implementation and compliance timing effects rather than altering substantive coverage."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete action: establishes a commencement date rather than amending substantive law (referencing section 2).","Formal executive decision-making: Governor acting with Executive Council advice — limited discretion once date fixed.","Administrative implementation burden: Department of Justice and correctional agencies must prepare for operational changes from the commencement date.","Low legal interaction: does not itself alter duties or rights in the Amendment Act, so limited cross-referencing or transitional complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes 1 July 2019 as the commencement date for the Corrections Amendment Act 2018 (pursuant to section 2). The Governor, acting on Executive Council advice, made the proclamation; the Department of Justice must administer implementation and corrections agencies and people covered by the Amendment Act have its legal and administrative requirements take effect from that date."},"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 function intended: bringing an Act into force on a specified date."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to substantive law (only citation of the empowering section)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard ceremonial/formulaic language only"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that sets the date when a law starts operating.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The *Corrections Amendment Act 2018* was passed by Parliament, but laws often don't take effect immediately.\n- This proclamation, signed by the Tasmanian Governor on 8 April 2019, officially declares that the Act will **start on 1 July 2019**.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone involved in Tasmania's prison and corrections system — prisoners, staff, and administrators — because the underlying Act changes how prisons operate.\n- The general public, as the new rules become enforceable from the commencement date.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Without this proclamation, the *Corrections Amendment Act 2018* would remain a \"dead letter\" — passed but not legally active.\n- It gives everyone affected (government agencies, legal practitioners, the public) certainty about when the new rules apply.\n\n**Key point:** This document doesn't change any rules itself; it's simply the \"on switch\" for a separate piece of legislation."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-act-2018","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-act-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-act-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-act-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-act-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-act-2018/documents"}}