{"id":"tas:sr-2023-062","name":"Proclamation under the Corrections Amendment Act 2023","slug":"proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-act-2023","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"62 of 2023","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":179377,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2023-062-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 2023","content":"> Proclamation under the Corrections Amendment Act 2023\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-2023-010#GS2@EN) [Corrections Amendment Act 2023](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2023-010) fix 30 September 2023 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n11 September 2023\n\nB. BAKER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nELISE ARCHER\n\nMinister for Corrections and Rehabilitation\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 20 September 2023\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substantive scope of the Corrections Amendment Act 2023; it only fixes the Act's commencement date (30 September 2023). Any change to legal rights, duties or obligations must be assessed in the Amendment Act itself."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow legal effect: purely a commencement proclamation (no substantive amendments in instrument itself).","Dependency on the Corrections Amendment Act 2023 (s.2) for substantive content—requires reading the parent Act to know actual legal changes.","Formal procedural steps involved: Governor acting on Executive Council advice, Minister's sign-off, Gazette notification.","Operational timing: fixed calendar date (30 Sept 2023) creates discrete implementation and compliance deadlines for affected agencies.","Low compliance burden in the proclamation itself, but potential administrative work for agencies to implement the parent Act from the commencement date."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets the day the Corrections Amendment Act 2023 takes effect: the Governor, acting on Executive Council advice, declares the Act commences on 30 September 2023 (made under s.2). It was signed 11 September 2023 and notified in the Gazette. \n\nThe change affects agencies, officials and persons subject to the Corrections Act amendments: from 30 September they must comply with the new rules. Who decides the start date is the Governor/Executive Council; the Department of Justice administers implementation and notification."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A Proclamation of this type is entirely consistent with its original and narrow intent: to formally commence the Corrections Amendment Act 2023. There is no expansion or contraction of scope — it performs exactly the administrative function it was designed to perform."},"complexity_factors":["The document is purely procedural — it contains almost no substantive legal content","Its sole function is to declare a commencement date, which is a standard and simple legal mechanism","The actual legal complexity sits in the underlying Corrections Amendment Act 2023, not this Proclamation","The document as presented is heavily formatted with repeated headings, making it visually confusing despite minimal legal substance"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation by the Governor of Tasmania sets the commencement date for the Corrections Amendment Act 2023, bringing that amending law into force on 20 September 2023.  \n\nIt matters because it activates changes affecting anyone in the Tasmanian corrections system — prisoners and detainees, corrective services staff, legal practitioners and related government agencies — though the Proclamation itself does not detail the substantive amendments."},"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 another Act into force on a specified date."},"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 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 effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **30 September 2023** as the date when the *Corrections Amendment Act 2023* (Tasmania) officially starts operating.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone involved in Tasmania's prison and corrections system — prisoners, corrections staff, and legal practitioners — because the underlying Act changes how prisons are run.\n- The general public, since the amendments only have legal force once this date passes.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't automatically take effect immediately. This proclamation is the \"green light\" that makes the *Corrections Amendment Act 2023* legally active.\n- Without this document, the amendments would sit unused on the statute books."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-act-2023","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-act-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-act-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-act-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-act-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-act-2023/documents"}}