{"id":"tas:sr-1998-011","name":"Proclamation under the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 1997","slug":"proclamation-under-the-electricity-industry-safety-and-administration-consequential-and-transitional","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"11 of 1998","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":319012,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-1998-011-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 (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 1997","content":"> Proclamation under the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) 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-1997-073#) [Electricity Industry Safety and Administration (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-073) 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":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the scope or content of the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 1997. It solely fixes the date (25 February 1998) on which the Act comes into effect, thereby commencing the Act’s existing provisions and obligations."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose commencement proclamation with no substantive amendments","Clear legal authority cited (Governor acting under section 2 of the Act)","Effect is binary and time-bound (fixes a commencement date)","No new regulatory duties or enforcement mechanisms introduced","Low compliance burden at proclamation stage, though it activates obligations in the underlying Act","Administrative responsibility assigned to Office of Energy Planning and Conservation"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 25 February 1998 as the commencement date for the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 1997. It means the Act’s legal requirements start on that date for anyone subject to the Act; the Governor, acting with the advice of the Executive Council under section 2, made the proclamation. The proclamation does not change the Act’s substance — it only triggers the Act’s operation and hands administrative responsibility to the Office of Energy Planning and Conservation."},"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 appears to have served its defined procedural purpose of activating or commencing provisions of the parent Act as originally designed, with no apparent amendments altering its reach."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself contains very limited substantive content — it is a procedural instrument rather than a detailed legislative text","The underlying Act (Electricity Industry Safety and Administration (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 1997) involves industry restructuring concepts, but the proclamation simply activates provisions rather than creating new rules","No visible operative text is included in the provided excerpt, making full analysis impossible","Transitional provisions law can be conceptually tricky, but the proclamation form is straightforward in function"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation by the Governor of Tasmania set the commencement date and triggered transitional arrangements under the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 1997, enabling reforms to the State’s electricity sector. It chiefly affected industry participants, regulators and indirectly consumers, and matters because it gave legal effect to reform measures; it has been in force since 25 February 1998 and is now largely of historical significance."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward commencement instrument exercising the specific power conferred by section 2 of the parent Act. It performs exactly the function intended — fixing the date on which the Act commences — with no expansion beyond this original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation beyond citation of the empowering Act","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format following established conventions"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a specific law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The Governor of Tasmania (acting on ministerial advice) officially declares that the *Electricity Industry Safety and Administration (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 1997* will start operating on **25 February 1998**.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone involved in Tasmania's electricity industry, as the underlying Act sets up safety standards and administrative rules for that sector.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws don't automatically take effect when Parliament passes them. This proclamation is the legal \"switch\" that turns the Act on, making its rules enforceable from the specified date. Without this step, the law would remain dormant."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document Structure - General","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation that proclaims nothing is legally void on its face. It is impossible for any person or body to comply with, rely upon, or give effect to an instrument that contains no operative text. The document identifies itself as a proclamation but functions purely as metadata and formatting.","confidence":0.95,"description":"The proclamation document contains no substantive operative provisions whatsoever. A proclamation is a legal instrument designed to bring legislation or provisions into force on a specified date, yet this document contains no commencement date, no provisions being proclaimed, and no operative legal content."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Version Currency Statement","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the instrument is genuinely 'current to date' and subject to amendment (a Table of Amending Instruments is referenced), the last modification date of 2021 is inconsistent with any amendments having been made after that date. Either amendments exist that are not reflected in the file, or the Table of Amending Instruments reference is meaningless.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The document states it has been 'current from 25 February 1998 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:25)' yet the 'File last modified 16 April 2021' statement means the supposedly live, current instrument has not been touched in five years despite being described as continuously current."},{"type":"other","section":"Document Structure - Headings","severity":"medium","reasoning":"While likely a rendering or publication error, duplicated headings in a consolidated legislative instrument undermine the principle of legal certainty. A person seeking to ascertain the law cannot determine which heading is operative. Under Australian statutory interpretation principles, courts look to the text of the instrument, and duplicated contradictory or redundant structure creates genuine ambiguity.","confidence":0.98,"description":"Every heading and section title in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Proclamation under the Electri Proclamation under the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration...', 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version'). This renders the document internally incoherent as a legal instrument."},{"type":"circular_definition","section":"Table of Amending Instruments","severity":"medium","reasoning":"If the proclamation has no operative provisions, there is nothing capable of being amended. The existence of a Table of Amending Instruments implies subsequent instruments have purported to amend this proclamation, which would themselves be amending a legal nullity. Any such amendments would be of no legal effect.","confidence":0.82,"description":"The document references a Table of Amending Instruments for an instrument that contains no substantive provisions. It is logically impossible to amend content that does not exist."},{"type":"other","section":"Title Truncation - 'Proclamation under the Electri'","severity":"low","reasoning":"Legal instruments must be capable of certain identification. A title that is cut off mid-word ('Electri' rather than 'Electricity') means the instrument cannot be definitively distinguished from any other proclamation under any other Act beginning with 'Electri'. While the full title appears elsewhere in the same document, the truncated form appearing in the official title fields creates identification ambiguity.","confidence":0.9,"description":"The document repeatedly truncates its own title to 'Proclamation under the Electri' — an incomplete word — creating an instrument that cannot be unambiguously identified by its own title."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency Statement: 'Version current from 25 February 1998 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 16 April 2021'","confidence":0.7,"description":"The document simultaneously claims to be current as of the access date (8 April 2026) while also stating the file was last modified in April 2021. If the instrument is truly current and has been subject to amendment, the file modification date should reflect the most recent change. If no changes have occurred since 2021, the Table of Amending Instruments reference implies amendments that are not reflected in the file."},{"severity":"high","section_a":"Document identity as a 'Proclamation' (operative legal instrument)","section_b":"Absence of any operative content","confidence":0.93,"description":"The instrument holds itself out as a proclamation — an executive instrument with legal force used to commence legislation — while containing exclusively administrative metadata. 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