{"id":"tas:sr-1999-107","name":"Proclamation under the Criminal Justice (Mental Impairment) Act 1999","slug":"proclamation-under-the-criminal-justice-mental-impairment-act-1999","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"107 of 1999","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":319001,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-1999-107-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Criminal Justice (Mental Impairment) Act 1999","content":"> Proclamation under the Criminal Justice (Mental Impairment) 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-1999-021#GS2@EN) [Criminal Justice (Mental Impairment) Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1999-021) fix 1 November 1999 as the day on which the provisions of that Act commence.\n\n18 October 1999\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nP. J. 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 27 October 1999\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation — a purely procedural instrument with a single, narrow purpose. It has not expanded beyond its original intent because it has no substantive legal content beyond activating the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: only sets a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the parent Act's section 2)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard ceremonial/formal language only","Total length: approximately 150 words of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this is:** A formal announcement (called a \"proclamation\") that sets the start date for Tasmania's Criminal Justice (Mental Impairment) Act 1999.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Fixes the commencement date** as **1 November 1999** — meaning the Act became law and started operating on that day\n- **Who made it:** The Governor of Tasmania (acting on advice from the Executive Council, which is the formal body of senior government ministers)\n- **Why it matters:** Many laws don't start automatically when passed by Parliament. They need a separate proclamation like this to \"switch them on.\" This document officially activated Tasmania's main law for dealing with accused people who have mental health conditions or intellectual disabilities.\n\n**Context:** The Criminal Justice (Mental Impairment) Act 1999 sets out special procedures for when someone charged with a crime is found **unfit to stand trial** (too mentally unwell to understand or participate in court proceedings) or is found **not guilty because of mental impairment** (committed the act but wasn't legally responsible due to mental illness). This proclamation simply started the clock on those procedures."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A proclamation of this nature is purely a commencement mechanism. There is no indication of any change in scope from the original legislative intent — it simply activates the parent Act as passed by the Tasmanian Parliament."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself is a bare proclamation with minimal substantive content — it is essentially a commencement instrument only","The complexity lies in the parent Act (Criminal Justice (Mental Impairment) Act 1999), not in this proclamation itself","Understanding the document's purpose requires some familiarity with how Australian legislative commencement works","The source document appears to have significant formatting/rendering issues (repeated headings, garbled text), making it harder to confirm full content"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation records that the Criminal Justice (Mental Impairment) Act 1999 was formally brought into force in Tasmania on 27 October 1999. \n\nThe Act governs how the criminal justice system deals with people with mental illness or cognitive impairment—affecting accused persons, their families, clinicians, lawyers and courts by providing treatment- and supervision-focused alternatives to ordinary conviction and punishment."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the substantive scope or content of the Criminal Justice (Mental Impairment) Act 1999; it solely fixes the commencement date under s 2 and records administrative notification and departmental responsibility."},"complexity_factors":["Simple legal form: single-purpose commencement proclamation fixing a start date","References a single authority provision (s 2) rather than creating new obligations","No substantive operative detail or conditions to apply — only timing","Includes routine publication/notification (Gazette) and administrative assignment to a department","No delegated discretion or complex compliance pathways set out in the instrument itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made by the Governor with the advice of the Executive Council under s 2 of the Criminal Justice (Mental Impairment) Act 1999, sets 1 November 1999 as the date when that Act’s provisions begin to operate. Mechanically it brings the Act into force on that date and records official notification (Gazette 27 October 1999). Who decides: the Governor (with Executive Council). Who implements: the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations. Who is affected: people and agencies subject to the Act must comply from the commencement date."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-criminal-justice-mental-impairment-act-1999","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-criminal-justice-mental-impairment-act-1999/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-criminal-justice-mental-impairment-act-1999/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-criminal-justice-mental-impairment-act-1999/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-criminal-justice-mental-impairment-act-1999/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-criminal-justice-mental-impairment-act-1999/documents"}}