{"id":"tas:sr-1998-010","name":"Proclamation under the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997","slug":"proclamation-under-the-electricity-industry-safety-and-administration-act-1997","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"10 of 1998","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":319005,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-1998-010-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997","content":"> Proclamation under the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997\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-1997-072#) [Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-072) fix 25 February 1998 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n16 February 1998\n\nG.S.M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nT. JOHN CLEARY\n\nMinister for Energy\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 25 February 1998\n\nThis proclamation is administered by the Office of Energy Planning and Conservation.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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 (except citation of the parent Act and Rules Publication Act in administrative notes)","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) officially declares that the *Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997* will start operating on **25 February 1998**.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone in Tasmania involved in the electricity industry — workers, companies, and regulators — because this is the date their legal obligations under the Act began.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws don't automatically apply the moment Parliament passes them. This document is the \"start button\" that makes the safety and administration rules legally binding. Without this proclamation, the Act would just be words on paper."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the substantive scope or powers in the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997. It merely brings the Act into operation on 25 February 1998 and identifies the administering agency and notification steps; it does not amend rights, duties or regulatory content."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative action: fixes a commencement date (proclamation under s.2).","No substantive amendments to the Act's content — procedural rather than policy-making.","Clear decision-maker: Governor acting with Executive Council advice; signatures by Governor and Minister.","Administrative formalities included (Gazette notification; Rules Publication Act display).","Identifies administering agency (Office of Energy Planning and Conservation) but creates no ongoing discretionary framework.","Limited compliance implications confined to timing of existing statutory duties."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made by the Governor on the advice of the Executive Council under section 2, sets 25 February 1998 as the day the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997 comes into force. Mechanically, it activates the Act on that date, names the Office of Energy Planning and Conservation as the administering agency, and notifies regulated parties and agencies that they must comply from that day."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available content, there is no indication that the scope of this proclamation changed from its original intent. It has remained current and unamended in substance since 25 February 1998, though a table of amending instruments is referenced, suggesting minor administrative updates may have occurred."},"complexity_factors":["The document is primarily metadata and status information rather than substantive legislative content","Proclamations are generally short and formulaic instruments with limited interpretive complexity","The underlying Act (Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997) may itself be complex, but this instrument merely activates or supplements it","No substantive provisions are visible in the provided text, making detailed analysis impossible"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation under the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997 formally brought specified provisions of Tasmania’s electricity safety and regulatory framework into force, operating continuously since 25 February 1998. It primarily affects electricity businesses and regulators and, indirectly, all Tasmanian electricity consumers by underpinning safety and administration arrangements. The supplied document is mostly administrative metadata; the proclamation’s detailed operational content isn’t included here."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A document last modified in 2021 cannot reflect legislative changes occurring between 2021 and the access date of 2026, yet the currency statement implies it does. This creates a representational absurdity where users may rely on a 2021-frozen document believing it reflects the law as of 2026.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The proclamation states it is 'current from 25 February 1998 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:24)' while simultaneously stating 'File last modified 16 April 2021'. If the file was last modified in 2021 but is described as current to 2026, the currency claim is either trivially true (nothing changed) or the modification date is inconsistent with the claim of being a living current version."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Proclamation body","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation with no operative content cannot perform any legal function. Citizens, regulators, and courts cannot comply with, enforce, or interpret an instrument that has no substantive operative clauses. If this reflects the actual gazetted instrument, it is void of legal effect.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The proclamation contains no operative substantive provisions. A Proclamation under the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997 is a legal instrument that should designate commencement dates, appoint persons, or bring provisions into force. The document as reproduced contains zero operative text, rendering it legally meaningless as an instrument."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The promise of timeliness (3 working days) is undermined by a 5-year gap between the last file modification and the access date, casting doubt on whether the document truly reflects the current consolidated state of the instrument.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The site states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation' yet the file was last modified 16 April 2021 — approximately 5 years before the stated access date of 8 April 2026. This creates an internal tension: either there have been no changes for 5 years (possible but notable for utility legislation) or the 3-working-day update promise has not been honoured."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version ('current from 25 February 1998 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:24)')","section_b":"Authorisation ('File last modified 16 April 2021')","confidence":0.62,"description":"The document simultaneously claims to be current as of the 2026 access date and to have last been modified in April 2021. These two claims are logically contradictory if any legislative amendments or administrative changes occurred between April 2021 and April 2026, since the file could not have been updated to reflect those changes."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments ('click to view Table of Amendments')","section_b":"Authorisation ('File last modified 16 April 2021')","confidence":0.55,"description":"The existence of a Table of Amending Instruments implies the proclamation has been amended over time. However, if the file was last modified in 2021, any amendments after that date would not be captured in the consolidated document despite the Table of Amendments hyperlink implying a complete and current amendment history."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-electricity-industry-safety-and-administration-act-1997","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-electricity-industry-safety-and-administration-act-1997/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-electricity-industry-safety-and-administration-act-1997/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-electricity-industry-safety-and-administration-act-1997/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-electricity-industry-safety-and-administration-act-1997/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-electricity-industry-safety-and-administration-act-1997/documents"}}