{"id":"tas:sr-2025-019","name":"Proclamation under the Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding Act 2024","slug":"proclamation-under-the-disability-rights-inclusion-and-safeguarding-act-2024","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"19 of 2025","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174264,"registerId":"tas-sr-2025-019-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding Act 2024","content":"> Proclamation under the Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding Act 2024\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](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2024-021#GS2@EN) [Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding Act 2024](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2024-021) fix 1 July 2025 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n26 May 2025\n\nC. P. SHANAHAN\n\nLieutenant-Governor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nJO PALMER\n\nMinister for Disability Services\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 4 June 2025\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard commencement proclamation performing exactly its intended function: bringing an Act into force on a specified date. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, procedural purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (fixing the commencement date)","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the parent Act's commencement section)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format — essentially a template document with blanks filled in"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that sets the date when a new law starts operating.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Activates the Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding Act 2024** — a Tasmanian law about disability rights and safeguarding\n- **Sets the start date:** 1 July 2025 (the law takes effect on this day)\n\n**Who made it:**\n- The **Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania** (the Governor's representative who signs official state documents)\n- Acting on advice from the **Executive Council** (the Premier and senior ministers)\n- Signed by **C.P. Shanahan** (Lieutenant-Governor) and **Jo Palmer** (Minister for Disability Services)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this proclamation, the Act would remain \"on the shelf\" — passed by Parliament but not actually in force. This document is the legal trigger that makes the law operational and enforceable.\n\n**Key details:**\n- Made on: 26 May 2025\n- Published in the Gazette: 4 June 2025\n- Administered by: Department of Premier and Cabinet"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the Act’s scope or policy content; it only sets the commencement date and records administrative responsibility and publication. Rights, obligations and coverage in the Act remain as enacted."},"complexity_factors":["Instrument is purely a commencement proclamation with no substantive legislative amendments","Relies on section 2 of the Act to enable commencement by proclamation","Executes a single-date administrative decision (low legal complexity)","Creates operational tasks: Gazette notification, departmental administration and stakeholder preparation","Affects many duty‑holders across sectors but does not change statutory duties or definitions","Limited discretion recorded (Lieutenant‑Governor acting with Executive Council advice)"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes 1 July 2025 as the day the Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding Act 2024 commences (under s.2). Mechanically, it turns the Act’s legal obligations and rights on from that date and starts administrative responsibilities for the Department of Premier and Cabinet. That timing gives government and regulated entities time to prepare, creating preparatory costs and compliance deadlines, while not altering the Act’s substantive scope or coverage."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A Proclamation of this type does not alter legislative scope — it simply activates provisions already passed by Parliament. There is no evidence in this document of scope change from the original intent of the Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding Act 2024."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself is procedural only — it is a commencement instrument, not substantive law","Very limited legislative content is reproduced; the actual operative provisions are in the parent Act, not this document","No technical legal definitions, thresholds, or conditions are set out in this instrument","Repeated duplicate headings in the source text suggest a formatting/rendering issue, not legal complexity","The only interpretive question — which provisions are commenced and on what date — cannot be fully answered from the text provided"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation by the Tasmanian Governor brings the Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding Act 2024 into force from 4 June 2025. It activates the law’s protections, inclusion measures and safeguarding duties.\n\nIt affects people with disability in Tasmania, disability service providers, carers and government agencies — making rights and legal obligations under the Act enforceable from that date."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The access timestamp of 5 April 2026 embedded in a static legislative instrument creates a temporal anomaly: the document purports to be a snapshot captured at a specific future moment, yet the substantive content reflects no changes since June 2025. This is a metadata inconsistency rather than a substantive legal flaw, but it undermines the reliability of version currency claims.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The document states it was 'accessed 5 April 2026 at 11:37' but the 'file last modified' date is 4 June 2025. The access date of 5 April 2026 precedes no amendment listed, yet the version is described as 'current from 4 June 2025 to date', implying the document was accessed nearly 10 months after the last modification with no intervening amendments — while simultaneously referencing a future access date relative to any reasonable publication timeline."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire Document Structure","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation under an Act is a formal executive instrument that must specify at minimum: (1) the commencement date or dates being proclaimed, and (2) the provisions being commenced. This document contains only metadata, status information, and repeated headings. There is no operative proclamation clause, no specification of which sections of the Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding Act 2024 are being commenced, and no commencement date declared. Without operative text, the instrument is legally void on its face — it cannot discharge the function of a proclamation. Any person or body attempting to rely on this instrument to determine which provisions are in force faces an impossible task.","confidence":0.95,"description":"Every heading, section title, and substantive element in this proclamation is duplicated verbatim, suggesting the instrument either contains no operative provisions whatsoever or that its operative content has been entirely omitted. A proclamation with no operative text cannot legally bring any provisions into force."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Table of Amending Instruments","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Once a proclamation takes effect and commences legislative provisions, the commencement is an accomplished legal fact. Subsequent 'amendments' to the proclamation would not undo or alter the commencement already effected. The existence of a table of amending instruments suggests either: (a) the proclamation contains substantive provisions beyond mere commencement (none of which appear in this document), or (b) the amendments table is spurious or erroneous. Either way, this creates a logical inconsistency in the instrument's self-description.","confidence":0.7,"description":"The instrument references a 'Table of Amendments' via a hyperlink, implying amendments have been made to the proclamation. However, a proclamation is typically a one-time instrument that brings an Act or provisions into force on a specified date — it is conceptually impossible to 'amend' a proclamation after the fact, as the commencement it effects is a done historical fact."},{"type":"other","section":"Entire Document - Duplicated Content","severity":"high","reasoning":"Legislative instruments must be capable of being read and understood as authoritative legal texts. Wholesale duplication of all content, with no variation between duplicates, creates genuine ambiguity about which instance of each element is operative. While this is likely a technical rendering error, as a matter of law the published instrument is what it is, and an instrument that cannot be coherently read cannot be coherently applied.","confidence":0.98,"description":"Every heading appears at least twice, and in several instances three or four times, with identical wording. For example, 'Authorisation' appears as a heading four times, 'Currency of version' appears five times, and the proclamation title itself appears four times. This structural duplication renders the instrument incoherent and impossible to interpret as a single coherent legal instrument."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version (first instance): 'Version current from 4 June 2025 to date'","section_b":"Status Information - Currency of version (second instance): 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation'","confidence":0.5,"description":"The instrument simultaneously asserts it is current 'to date' (implying no subsequent changes) while also asserting the site updates within 3 working days of changes — which implies changes may have occurred but not yet been reflected, undermining the 'current to date' claim."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Proclamation title: 'Proclamation under the Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding Act 2024'","section_b":"Table of Amending Instruments reference implying subsequent amendments exist","confidence":0.65,"description":"The instrument is titled as a proclamation (a one-time commencement instrument) under a 2024 Act, but the Table of Amending Instruments implies it has been amended after initial making. This contradicts the fundamental legal nature of a proclamation, which effects a single, irrevocable commencement and is not a standing instrument capable of amendment in the ordinary sense."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-disability-rights-inclusion-and-safeguarding-act-2024","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-disability-rights-inclusion-and-safeguarding-act-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-disability-rights-inclusion-and-safeguarding-act-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-disability-rights-inclusion-and-safeguarding-act-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-disability-rights-inclusion-and-safeguarding-act-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-disability-rights-inclusion-and-safeguarding-act-2024/documents"}}