{"id":"tas:sr-2001-011","name":"Proclamation under the Crimes at Sea Act 1999","slug":"proclamation-under-the-crimes-at-sea-act-1999","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"11 of 2001","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318625,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2001-011-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Crimes at Sea Act 1999","content":"> Proclamation under the Crimes at Sea Act 1999\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-1999-011#GS2@EN) [Crimes at Sea Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1999-011) fix 31 March 2001 as the day on which the provisions of that Act commence.\n\n26 February 2001\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nP. PATMORE\n\nMinister for Justice and Industrial Relations\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 7 March 2001\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A file modification date of 31 August 2018 is inconsistent with a claim of no substantive change since 7 March 2001. While administrative re-formatting could explain the discrepancy, the instrument provides no explanation, leaving the currency claim ambiguous and potentially unreliable for practitioners relying on it.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The instrument states it has been current 'from 7 March 2001 to date' yet the file is recorded as last modified on 31 August 2018, creating an internal inconsistency: if no amendments have been made since 2001, why was the file modified in 2018, and if it was modified in 2018, the 'current from 2001' dating is potentially misleading as to the instrument's actual content history."},{"type":"other","section":"Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"An administrative note embedded in a statutory instrument that qualifies its own currency with 'usually' creates a situation where a reader cannot legally rely on the published version as definitively current. This is an epistemic absurdity — the instrument simultaneously presents itself as authoritative while disclaiming reliability.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The statement that legislation 'is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation' is self-referentially meaningless in the context of this instrument: it provides no guarantee, uses 'usually' as a hedge that drains the assurance of any legal force, and cannot itself be relied upon as a legally binding commitment about publication timelines."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document structure — entire instrument","severity":"high","reasoning":"A Proclamation with no operative text cannot perform its legal function. Persons seeking to understand their legal obligations under the Crimes at Sea Act 1999 by reference to this instrument are given no substantive information. If this represents the complete instrument as published, it is legally vacuous — a Proclamation that proclaims nothing.","confidence":0.75,"description":"The substantive operative provisions of the Proclamation under the Crimes at Sea Act 1999 are entirely absent from the document as presented. A Proclamation is a legally operative instrument that must contain actual proclamatory text (e.g., specifying the relevant sea area, applying particular laws, or making prescribed declarations). The document contains only metadata, status information, and navigation elements, making it impossible to determine what, if anything, is actually proclaimed."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency of version: 'Version current from 7 March 2001 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 31 August 2018'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The instrument asserts continuous currency from 7 March 2001 without amendment, yet records a file modification date of 31 August 2018 — approximately 17 years after commencement. These two statements are in tension: either the instrument was changed in 2018 (contradicting the unbroken currency claim) or the file was modified for non-substantive reasons (which is not disclosed, leaving readers unable to assess whether the legal content changed)."},{"severity":"high","section_a":"Document title: 'Proclamation under the Crimes at Sea Act 1999' (implying operative legal content)","section_b":"Document body: contains exclusively metadata, status notices, and navigation links with no operative proclamatory provisions","confidence":0.7,"description":"The title and legal character of the instrument (a Proclamation) necessarily implies the existence of operative legal text making a declaration or applying a law. The body of the document as presented contains no such text, directly contradicting the instrument's own characterisation of itself as a legally operative Proclamation."}]},"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 the parent Act into force on a specified date. No scope creep."},"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 ceremonial/formulaic language only"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a law into force.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The Governor of Tasmania (acting on ministerial advice) has officially declared that the *Crimes at Sea Act 1999* will start operating on **31 March 2001**.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't automatically take effect immediately. They often need a proclamation like this to \"switch them on.\"\n- This document fixes the exact date when Tasmania's criminal laws will apply to crimes committed on ships and aircraft outside Australia's territorial waters (the *Crimes at Sea Act* extends state criminal jurisdiction to these areas).\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone on Tasmanian-registered vessels or aircraft, or crimes involving Tasmanian residents at sea, from 31 March 2001 onwards."},"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"There is insufficient operative text in the provided document to assess whether scope changed from the original intent. The proclamation appears to have remained unchanged since commencement in March 2001, suggesting it serves a narrow, stable administrative function within the Crimes at Sea cooperative scheme."},"complexity_factors":["Operates as part of a multi-jurisdictional national cooperative legislative scheme involving Commonwealth, state, and territory laws, which adds background complexity","The document itself is a proclamation (a procedural instrument) rather than substantive legislation, making its standalone meaning limited without reference to the parent Act","The operative content of the proclamation is not included in the provided text, requiring knowledge of the broader Crimes at Sea scheme to interpret its purpose","Jurisdictional boundaries at sea (territorial waters, contiguous zones, etc.) are inherently technical concepts"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation under Tasmania’s Crimes at Sea Act 1999 brings that scheme into operation for waters off Tasmania, extending criminal law coverage to conduct at sea so offences on vessels aren’t left outside state law. It affects people on boats, maritime law enforcement, and anyone involved in incidents offshore. The provided document lacks the operative text; it has been in force since 7 March 2001 and remains unrepealed."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substantive scope or content of the Crimes at Sea Act 1999; it only activates the Act by fixing its commencement date for Tasmania (administrative commencement under s.2)."},"complexity_factors":["Single, narrow operation: fixes a commencement date for an existing Act","Reliance on statutory power: made under section 2 of the Crimes at Sea Act 1999","Formal executive process: issued by Governor on advice of Executive Council","Administrative notices: includes Gazette notification and identifies administering department","No conditional provisions, exceptions or transitional mechanisms in the text"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation brings the Crimes at Sea Act 1999 into force in Tasmania on 31 March 2001 (under s.2). It is made by the Governor on the advice of the Executive Council and is administered by the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations. Mechanically it makes the Act’s legal obligations and enforcement operative from that date, affecting investigators, prosecutors, vessel operators and seafarers in Tasmanian jurisdiction and imposing related compliance and enforcement costs from that date."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-crimes-at-sea-act-1999","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-crimes-at-sea-act-1999/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-crimes-at-sea-act-1999/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-crimes-at-sea-act-1999/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-crimes-at-sea-act-1999/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-crimes-at-sea-act-1999/documents"}}