{"id":"tas:sr-2015-042","name":"Proclamation under the Corrections Amendment (Parole Board) Act 2015","slug":"proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-parole-board-act-2015","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"42 of 2015","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":186398,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2015-042-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Corrections Amendment (Parole Board) Act 2015","content":"> Proclamation under the Corrections Amendment (Parole Board) Act 2015\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-2015-017#GS2@EN) [Corrections Amendment (Parole Board) Act 2015](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2015-017) fix 1 August 2015 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n22 June 2015\n\nC. WARNER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nDR. VANESSA GOODWIN\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 1 July 2015\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substance or scope of the Corrections Amendment (Parole Board) Act 2015; it merely sets the date the Act comes into force and assigns administrative responsibility to the Department of Justice."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: only fixes commencement date for an existing Act","Legal authority invoked (commencement power) is straightforward and limited","Administrative steps required (Gazette notification, departmental administration)","Temporal effect only — no creation of new regulatory duties or substantive changes","Low stakeholder complexity — affects corrections/parole administrators and persons subject to parole"],"plain_english_summary":"Fixes 1 August 2015 as the day the Corrections Amendment (Parole Board) Act 2015 begins to operate. The proclamation was made by the Governor with Executive Council, was notified in the Gazette on 1 July 2015, and is administered by the Department of Justice.\n\nThis makes the Act’s amended parole-board rules effective from that date. Those directly affected are persons governed by parole law and the agencies that administer parole; the proclamation itself creates no new legal obligations beyond putting the Act into force."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement instrument with a single, narrow purpose: to activate the parent Act. It has not expanded beyond its original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (fixing a commencement date)","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation beyond citation of the parent Act","Standard ceremonial/formulaic language only","No conditional logic or exceptions"],"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 **1 August 2015** as the date when the *Corrections Amendment (Parole Board) Act 2015* officially starts operating.\n\n**Who made it:**\n- The **Governor of Tasmania** (the Queen's representative in the state), acting on advice from the **Executive Council** (the Premier and senior ministers).\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't always take effect immediately. This document formally \"switches on\" the Parole Board reforms, allowing the new parole system to begin functioning from that date.\n- Without this proclamation, the Act would remain dormant — passed but not legally active.\n\n**Key point:** This is not the substantive law itself; it's the **trigger mechanism** that activates it."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The scope has not changed. This Proclamation does exactly what it was designed to do — activate the Corrections Amendment (Parole Board) Act 2015 on a specified date. It introduces no additional or unexpected coverage beyond that single administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["This is a purely procedural instrument with a single operative purpose: setting a commencement date","No substantive legal rights or obligations are created by the Proclamation itself","The document as provided contains very little actual legal content — most text is repeated metadata and website navigation information","The complexity, if any, lies in the underlying Act (Corrections Amendment (Parole Board) Act 2015), not this instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation is a formal notice from the Governor of Tasmania that brought the Corrections Amendment (Parole Board) Act 2015 into force on 1 July 2015. \n\nIt doesn’t make new law itself but legally activates the Act’s reforms to how the Parole Board operates, affecting prisoners seeking parole, Parole Board members, corrections staff and victims."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A proclamation fixing a commencement date is spent upon operation. Describing it as continuously 'current' implies ongoing legal effect where none exists beyond the single act of commencement. This is a metadata/classification absurdity rather than a substantive legal flaw, but it could mislead readers into thinking the instrument has ongoing operative force.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 1 July 2015 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 17:48)' while also stating the file was last modified 3 September 2018. A proclamation bringing an Act into force on a fixed date cannot logically remain 'current to date' in a meaningful ongoing sense — a commencement proclamation is a one-time legal event, not a living instrument."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Authorisation / Table of Amending Instruments","severity":"low","reasoning":"Commencement proclamations declare a single operative fact (the date an Act commences). They contain no substantive law capable of being amended. Providing an amendment table implies the instrument has amendable content, which is a structural absurdity, albeit a common administrative one in automated legislation databases.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The instrument simultaneously invites users to 'click to view Table of Amendments' while also stating the file was last modified 3 September 2018. A commencement proclamation has no substantive provisions capable of amendment — it merely fixes a date. The existence of a Table of Amendments for such an instrument is logically superfluous and potentially misleading."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version ('current from 1 July 2015 to date')","section_b":"Status Information - Authorisation ('File last modified 3 September 2018')","confidence":0.55,"description":"The version is described as current through the access date of 5 April 2026, yet the file was last modified on 3 September 2018. If the instrument truly remained current and potentially subject to change through 2026, one would expect modifications more recent than 2018. Conversely, if unmodified since 2018, describing it as 'current to date' in 2026 adds no meaningful legal information and may falsely imply ongoing review or relevance."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-parole-board-act-2015","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-parole-board-act-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-parole-board-act-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-parole-board-act-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-parole-board-act-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-amendment-parole-board-act-2015/documents"}}