{"id":"tas:sr-2017-082","name":"Proclamation under the Corrections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016","slug":"proclamation-under-the-corrections-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2016","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"82 of 2017","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":185070,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2017-082-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Corrections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016","content":"> Proclamation under the Corrections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016\n\nI, the Lieutenant-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 [Corrections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2016-052) fix 1 December 2017 as the day on which Part 3 of that Act commences.\n\n20 November 2017\n\nA. M. BLOW\n\nLieutenant-Governor\n\nBy His 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 29 November 2017","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A proclamation is a narrow, procedural instrument with a fixed and limited purpose: to commence legislation already passed by Parliament. There is no scope for the proclamation itself to alter or expand the intent of the parent Act. The scope remains exactly as defined by the Corrections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself contains very little substantive legal content — it is purely procedural (a commencement instrument)","No operative clauses or detailed legal provisions are included in the extracted text","The underlying Act (Corrections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016) is not reproduced, so the true legal complexity of the reforms it enacts cannot be assessed from this document alone","Standard proclamation format with minimal interpretive ambiguity"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation formally brings into effect provisions of the Corrections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016 in Tasmania, making those parliamentary reforms legally binding from 29 November 2017. \n\nIt primarily affects prisoners, people on parole, corrections staff and the Department of Corrections by activating changes to rights, conditions, powers and responsibilities — though the Proclamation itself does not set out the detailed amendments."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the scope or content of the Corrections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016; it only fixes the commencement date for Part 3 (1 December 2017) under the authority of section 2 of that Act and records formal notification."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: fixes a single commencement date (1 December 2017) for Part 3 of the Act.","Formal legal procedure required: signed by the Lieutenant‑Governor on Executive Council advice and notified in the Gazette.","Reliance on external text: effect depends on the content of Part 3 of the Corrections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016 and on section 2 of that Act for authority.","No substantive or operational detail included: no transitional arrangements or implementation guidance provided, which may require reference to the parent Act for practical effect.","Low administrative discretion: proclamation is a binary commencement act rather than a regulatory or policy instrument."],"plain_english_summary":"Mechanically, this proclamation brings Part 3 of the Corrections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016 into effect on 1 December 2017. It was made by the Lieutenant‑Governor acting with the advice of the Executive Council and was notified in the Gazette. It therefore starts the legal operation of Part 3 for any persons or agencies to whom that Part applies."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"circular_definition","section":"Title/Header","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The title 'Proclamation under the Correct Proclamation under the Corrections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016' purports to be a proclamation made under another proclamation (itself truncated to 'Correct Proclamation'), rather than under the Act directly. A proclamation cannot derive its authority from a proclamation; it must derive authority from enabling legislation. This creates a circular or legally groundless authority chain.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The proclamation's title is recursively self-referential, naming itself 'Proclamation under the Correct Proclamation under the Corrections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016', embedding a truncated and corrupted version of its own title within itself."},{"type":"other","section":"Currency of version / Authorisation","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the file was last modified on 28 November 2017, the version currency logically should commence no earlier than that date. Commencing currency on 29 November 2017 implies some act or event occurred on that date to bring it into force, but no commencement provision is visible in the text to explain the one-day discrepancy. While this could reflect a standard commencement-after-gazettal practice, the document provides no provision articulating this, leaving an unexplained gap.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The file is stated to have been last modified 28 November 2017, yet the version is described as current from 29 November 2017. A version cannot be current from a date after its last modification without an intervening event, creating a temporal gap with no explanation."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"An instrument that contains within its own body a caveat that it may be out of date by up to 3 working days is self-undermining. While this is a common website disclaimer, its structural embedding within the instrument's text (repeated multiple times) conflates editorial metadata with legislative content, creating ambiguity about what is legally operative text.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The statement that legislation 'is usually updated within 3 working days after a change' is embedded as substantive content within the instrument itself rather than being purely a website disclaimer, creating an implied representation that the instrument may not reflect current law at any given access point, which undermines the reliability of the document as an authoritative legal source."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Title: 'Proclamation under the Corrections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016'","section_b":"Title: 'Proclamation under the Correct Proclamation under the Corrections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016'","confidence":0.78,"description":"The document uses two mutually inconsistent titles simultaneously. One title states the proclamation is made under the Act directly; the other states it is made under a 'Correct Proclamation' which is itself under the Act. These cannot both be correct: the enabling authority is either the Act or a prior proclamation, not both."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 28 November 2017'","section_b":"Currency of version: 'Version current from 29 November 2017 to date'","confidence":0.52,"description":"The instrument asserts it was last modified on 28 November 2017 but simultaneously asserts its currency commenced 29 November 2017. If no modification occurred on or after 29 November 2017, the version cannot logically have commenced on that date based on the file's own modification history."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a procedural commencement instrument performing exactly the function intended — bringing a specific Part of an amending Act into force on a fixed date. There is no substantive expansion beyond the original purpose of the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: fixes one commencement date for one Part of an Act","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 document","Total length: 4 short paragraphs plus signature block"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings part of a law into force.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Activates **Part 3** of the *Corrections (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016* (Tasmania)\n- Sets the start date as **1 December 2017**\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone involved in Tasmania's corrections system (prisons, community corrections, parole)\n- The specific changes in Part 3 would affect prisoners, corrections staff, and possibly victims of crime depending on what those amendments covered\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't always start immediately. This proclamation is the \"on switch\" that makes Part 3 legally active.\n- Without this document, Part 3 would remain dormant even though Parliament had already passed the Act in 2016.\n\n**Key point:** This is **not** the actual law itself — it's the administrative trigger that turns on one section of an existing law."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2016","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2016/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2016/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2016/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2016/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-corrections-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2016/documents"}}