{"id":"tas:sr-2023-092","name":"Proclamation under the Fee Units Amendment Act 2023","slug":"proclamation-under-the-fee-units-amendment-act-2023","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"92 of 2023","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":179463,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2023-092-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Fee Units Amendment Act 2023","content":"> Proclamation under the Fee Units Amendment Act 2023\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 the [Fee Units Amendment Act 2023](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2023-034) fix 1 January 2024 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n19 December 2023\n\nB.BAKER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nMICHAEL DARREL JOSEPH FERGUSON\n\nTreasurer\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 December 2023\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Treasury and Finance.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation, which by its nature has a single, narrow purpose: to bring an Act into force on a specified date. It has not expanded beyond this original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to substantive law (only citation of the Act being proclaimed)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format following long-established constitutional conventions"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a formal government notice (called a **proclamation**) that sets the start date for a Tasmanian law called the **Fee Units Amendment Act 2023**.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Fixes **1 January 2024** as the day the Fee Units Amendment Act 2023 comes into force (meaning it becomes law and people must follow it from that date).\n\n**Who made it:**\n- The **Governor of Tasmania** (B. Baker), acting on advice from the **Executive Council** (the Premier and senior ministers).\n- Signed off by the **Treasurer** (Michael Darrel Joseph Ferguson).\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Most laws don't start automatically when passed by Parliament. This proclamation is the official \"go button\" that tells everyone exactly when the new fee unit rules take effect.\n- **Fee units** are a standard way Tasmanian laws set government charges (like licence fees or fines). Instead of listing dollar amounts in every law, they use \"fee units\" that get multiplied by a set dollar value. This makes it easier to adjust fees across many laws at once by changing just the fee unit value.\n\n**In short:** This one-page document is simply the official announcement that the new fee unit system starts on New Year's Day 2024."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A proclamation is purely a commencement instrument — its sole purpose is to activate existing legislation on a specified date. There is no indication of any scope change from the original intent of the Fee Units Amendment Act 2023. It does exactly what a proclamation of this type is designed to do."},"complexity_factors":["Very short and procedural — it is simply a commencement notice, not substantive legislation","Requires understanding of the 'fee units' indexing mechanism to grasp its practical effect","The actual content of the document is minimal; most of what is visible is metadata and formatting artefacts from the legislative website","Cross-references the parent Act (Fee Units Amendment Act 2023) for substantive detail, which is not reproduced here"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation brings the Fee Units Amendment Act 2023 into effect in Tasmania, commencing on 27 December 2023.\n\nBecause many government charges are expressed in \"fee units,\" the Act alters how the dollar value of a wide range of fees is calculated — affecting individuals, businesses and government agencies that pay or administer those fees and potentially changing amounts payable."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A proclamation that has never been amended but still maintains an active 'Table of Amending Instruments' link implies ongoing amendment activity where none exists. This creates a false impression of legislative complexity for what is a simple commencement instrument.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 27 December 2023 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 14:39)' but the file was last modified on 27 December 2023. If no amendments have been made since commencement, the Table of Amending Instruments link is superfluous and potentially misleading."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document structure - entire instrument","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation under an Act must, at minimum, declare what it is proclaiming — typically a commencement date or a specific declaration required by the parent Act. An instrument that contains no operative clause cannot legally achieve the purpose for which it was made. Any person or body required to rely on this instrument for a commencement date or fee unit value would find it impossible to do so.","confidence":0.82,"description":"The proclamation purports to be a substantive legal instrument under the Fee Units Amendment Act 2023, yet its entire operative content appears to consist solely of metadata, status information, and formatting artefacts. No actual proclamation text, commencement date determination, or operative provision is discernible."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Update policy","severity":"low","reasoning":"Proclamations are fixed-point instruments. They do not undergo ongoing amendment in the way principal Acts do. Representing a proclamation as subject to a currency maintenance regime implies a form of legislative dynamism that cannot apply to this class of instrument.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The instrument states legislation 'is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation,' yet this is a proclamation — a one-time instrument that by its nature does not change. Applying a rolling update policy to an immutable instrument is logically incoherent."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Title: 'Proclamation under the Fee Units Amendment Act 2023'","section_b":"Status Information: 'File last modified 27 December 2023' / 'Table of Amending Instruments (click to view)'","confidence":0.7,"description":"The instrument is titled as a proclamation — a class of delegated legislation that is typically a one-time, non-amendable commencement or declaration instrument — yet the metadata explicitly references a Table of Amending Instruments, implying it has been or may be amended. These two positions are structurally contradictory."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Header: 'Version current from 27 December 2023 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 27 December 2023'","confidence":0.6,"description":"Describing a document as having a 'current version' with version-control language implies the existence of prior or subsequent versions. However, the file modification date being identical to the commencement date, combined with the absence of any operative amendment content, contradicts the implication that versioning is meaningful or that any version other than the original exists."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the content, reach or legal effect of the Fee Units Amendment Act 2023; it solely fixes the Act’s commencement date as 1 January 2024, leaving beneficiaries, payers and obligations defined by the Amendment Act unchanged."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose commencement proclamation with a single fixed date (low legal complexity).","Direct cross-reference to the Fee Units Amendment Act 2023; substantive detail is in that Act, not the proclamation.","Administrative implementation required: government agencies must update fee schedules, billing and IT systems before the commencement date.","Downstream impact potential: many separate statutes and instruments that use fee units may change in monetary terms once commenced.","No new regulatory discretion or obligations created by the proclamation itself.","Minimal interpretive burden for courts or practitioners — effect is temporal, not substantive."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 1 January 2024 as the day the Fee Units Amendment Act 2023 comes into force. Mechanically, it brings that Act’s changes into effect on that date, so any Tasmanian charges, licences or penalties calculated by \"fee units\" will be adjusted as the Amendment Act prescribes. It affects people and businesses who pay fee-unit-based charges and the agencies that administer them. The Governor made the decision on the Executive Council’s advice (Proclamation, 19 Dec 2023), requiring agencies to update fee schedules and billing systems."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-fee-units-amendment-act-2023","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-fee-units-amendment-act-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-fee-units-amendment-act-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-fee-units-amendment-act-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-fee-units-amendment-act-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-fee-units-amendment-act-2023/documents"}}