{"id":"tas:sr-2024-065","name":"Proclamation under the Firearms Amendment (Community Safety) Act 2023 (No. 2)","slug":"proclamation-under-the-firearms-amendment-community-safety-act-2023-no-2","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"65 of 2024","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":177065,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2024-065-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Firearms Amendment (Community Safety) Act 2023 (No. 2)","content":"> Proclamation under the Firearms Amendment (Community Safety) Act 2023 (No. 2)\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-2023-039#GS2@EN) [Firearms Amendment (Community Safety) Act 2023](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2023-039) fix 1 December 2024 as the day on which the remaining provisions of that Act commence.\n\n28 October 2024\n\nB. BAKER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nFELIX ELLIS\n\nMinister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management\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 6 November 2024\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available content, this proclamation does not appear to change the scope of the parent Act — it simply activates it. No amendments or expansions to the original legislative intent are evident from the text provided."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself is purely procedural — it is a commencement proclamation with no substantive legal provisions of its own","Very limited content was provided; most of the text is repeated metadata and status information rather than legal substance","Understanding its effect requires knowledge of the parent Act (Firearms Amendment (Community Safety) Act 2023), which is not included here","Proclamations as a legal instrument are straightforward in purpose but can confuse laypeople unfamiliar with how Australian legislation is brought into force"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation formally brings parts of the Firearms Amendment (Community Safety) Act 2023 into force in Tasmania, making the Act’s firearms-safety reforms legally effective from 6 November 2024. \n\nIt affects anyone who owns, uses, sells or regulates firearms in Tasmania (licensed owners, dealers, sporting shooters, police and licensing authorities) by triggering the Act’s changes to firearm law."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the content or legal scope of the Firearms Amendment (Community Safety) Act 2023; it solely fixes the date (1 December 2024) on which the Act’s remaining provisions commence, pursuant to section 2. It therefore changes timing and triggers compliance obligations but does not change substantive obligations or powers."},"complexity_factors":["Single administrative action: fixes a commencement date rather than amending substantive law","Legal basis: made under section 2 of the Act (executive discretion to fix commencement)","Timing sensitivity: commencement date creates a hard deadline for affected parties to prepare","Administrative implementation: responsibility assigned to Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management","Publication/formality: Gazette notification (6 November 2024) required for public effect"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 1 December 2024 as the day the remaining provisions of the Firearms Amendment (Community Safety) Act 2023 come into force. The Governor made the proclamation under section 2 of that Act, and the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management will administer it. Once the provisions commence, people and organisations subject to the Act must meet its compliance requirements; the proclamation itself does not change the Act’s content."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"circular_definition","section":"Header/Title Block","severity":"low","reasoning":"The proclamation is titled as a proclamation under itself at multiple heading levels. While likely a formatting/publication error, it creates a document that purports to be its own parent instrument.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The document title is duplicated and nested recursively: 'Proclamation under the Firearms Amendment (Community Safety) Act 2023 (No. 2)' appears as both a heading and sub-heading of itself, creating a self-referential title structure."},{"type":"retroactive_impossibility","section":"Currency of version / Status Information","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A document cannot be authoritatively accessed on a date that has not yet occurred at the time of its creation. If this is a real instrument filed on 6 November 2024, an access timestamp of 5 April 2026 is either a system error or renders the currency statement meaningless as a point-in-time authenticity marker.","confidence":0.9,"description":"The document states it was 'accessed 5 April 2026 at 13:27' but the file was 'last modified 6 November 2024'. The access date of 5 April 2026 is in the future relative to any realistic drafting or publication date, suggesting the version currency metadata is either fabricated or the document contains a temporal impossibility."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information Block","severity":"low","reasoning":"While likely a rendering/publication artefact, the duplication creates ambiguity as to which instance of the Status Information is authoritative, particularly if the two instances were ever to diverge in content.","confidence":0.95,"description":"The entire 'Status Information' section is duplicated verbatim, including all sub-headings ('Currency of version', 'Table of Amending Instruments', 'Responsible Minister and Department', 'Authorisation'). Each sub-heading also appears to be duplicated within the duplicate section."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Proclamation Body","severity":"high","reasoning":"A Proclamation's sole legal function is to bring legislation or provisions into force on a specified date, or to make some other executive declaration. A Proclamation with no operative clause cannot perform any legal function and creates an impossible compliance scenario: affected persons cannot comply with an instrument that declares nothing.","confidence":0.97,"description":"The document is a Proclamation — an executive instrument with operative legal effect — yet contains no operative provisions whatsoever. There is no commencement date proclaimed, no provisions brought into force, and no substantive content beyond metadata and status information."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Title: 'Firearms Amendment (Community Safety) Act 2023 (No. 2)'","section_b":"Title variant: 'Firearm Proclamation under the Firearms Amendment (Community Safety) Act 2023 (No. 2)'","confidence":0.88,"description":"The document alternates between two distinct title formulations. One renders the parent Act as 'Firearms Amendment (Community Safety) Act 2023 (No. 2)' (correct plural 'Firearms') and another truncated variant reads 'Firearm Proclamation under the Firearms Amendment...' suggesting 'Firearm' is part of the proclamation title rather than the Act name. This creates ambiguity as to whether this is a 'Firearms Proclamation' or a 'Proclamation under the Firearms Amendment Act'."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information: 'Version current from 6 November 2024 to date'","section_b":"Status Information: 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation'","confidence":0.65,"description":"The instrument asserts currency 'to date' (accessed 5 April 2026) with a file modification date of 6 November 2024, implying no amendments have occurred in approximately 17 months. Simultaneously, the update policy statement implies the site actively tracks and reflects legislative changes within 3 working days. These two statements are not technically contradictory but create a logical tension: either no amendments have been made for 17 months (making the update policy statement irrelevant), or amendments have been made and the currency statement is false."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a procedural commencement instrument performing exactly the function intended: bringing remaining provisions of the parent Act into force. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation beyond citation of the parent Act","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format — essentially a template document"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings remaining parts of a gun law into force.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **1 December 2024** as the date when the rest of the *Firearms Amendment (Community Safety) Act 2023* (Tasmania) starts operating.\n- Some parts of that Act were already in effect; this proclamation activates the remaining provisions.\n\n**Who made it:**\n- The **Governor of Tasmania** (acting on advice from the Executive Council, which is the formal name for the state Cabinet).\n- Signed by Governor B. Baker and Minister Felix Ellis (Police, Fire and Emergency Management).\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Without this proclamation, the remaining changes to Tasmania's firearms laws would sit dormant — passed by Parliament but not legally active.\n- This triggers the final stage of the 2023 firearms reforms, which likely include stricter community safety measures around gun ownership and use.\n\n**Key legal note:** A \"proclamation\" here is simply an official public announcement with legal force, made under powers given by the original Act (section 2)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-firearms-amendment-community-safety-act-2023-no-2","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-firearms-amendment-community-safety-act-2023-no-2/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-firearms-amendment-community-safety-act-2023-no-2/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-firearms-amendment-community-safety-act-2023-no-2/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-firearms-amendment-community-safety-act-2023-no-2/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-firearms-amendment-community-safety-act-2023-no-2/documents"}}