{"id":"tas:sr-2002-042","name":"Proclamation under the Fishing (Licence Ownership and Interest) Registration Act 2001","slug":"proclamation-under-the-fishing-licence-ownership-and-interest-registration-act-2001","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"42 of 2002","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318532,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2002-042-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Fishing (Licence Ownership and Interest) Registration Act 2001","content":"> Proclamation under the Fishing (Licence Ownership and Interest) Registration Act 2001\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-2001-096#GS2@EN) [Fishing (Licence Ownership and Interest) Registration Act 2001](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2001-096)  fix 1 July 2002 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n4 June 2002\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nD. E. LLEWELLYN\n\nMinister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment\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 12 June 2002\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward commencement instrument performing exactly the function intended: bringing the parent Act into force on a specified date. No scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: fixes one commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the parent Act and Rules Publication Act 1953 for procedural purposes)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format — essentially a template with blanks filled in"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a law into force.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **1 July 2002** as the date when the *Fishing (Licence Ownership and Interest) Registration Act 2001* (Tasmania) officially starts operating.\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 G. S. M. Green and Minister D. E. Llewellyn.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't always start immediately. This document tells everyone — fishers, government officials, and the public — exactly when the new fishing licence registration rules take effect.\n- Without this proclamation, the Act would remain inactive \"on the shelf\" even after being passed.\n\n**Key detail:**\n- The proclamation was made on 4 June 2002 and published in the *Tasmanian Government Gazette* on 12 June 2002, giving about three weeks' notice before the law began on 1 July 2002."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substantive scope or content of the Fishing (Licence Ownership and Interest) Registration Act 2001. It simply fixes the Act's commencement date under section 2, records notification in the Gazette, and names the administering department; it does not add, remove or modify regulatory duties or affected persons."},"complexity_factors":["Instrument performs a single administrative function: fixing a commencement date.","References section 2 of the principal Act as the source of power to proclaim commencement.","No substantive regulatory rules, penalties or fee schedules are contained in the proclamation.","Includes routine publication and administrative details (Gazette notification, administering department).","Triggers compliance obligations under the principal Act from the specified date, without detailing those obligations."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 1 July 2002 as the day the Fishing (Licence Ownership and Interest) Registration Act 2001 begins to operate. It was made by the Governor with the Executive Council, notes publication in the Gazette, and identifies the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment as the administering agency; it does not itself create regulatory duties or fees but makes the Act’s obligations effective from the fixed date."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Document Structure - Title and Headings","severity":"low","reasoning":"Structural duplication of titles and headings throughout the document suggests either severe drafting error or rendering artefact. While not a logical flaw in legal substance, it undermines document integrity and creates ambiguity about which heading represents the authoritative title of the instrument.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The proclamation title 'Proclamation under the Fishing (Licence Ownership and Interest) Registration Act 2001' is repeated at least four times as a heading within the same document, including as both an H1 and H2 heading, serving no distinct legislative purpose."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency and File Modification","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A file modification date of 5 July 2017 implies substantive or administrative change occurred, yet the currency date remains anchored to 12 June 2002. Either the modification was non-substantive (making the modification date misleading) or it was substantive (making the currency date misleading). These two metadata fields cannot both be fully accurate simultaneously.","confidence":0.7,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 12 June 2002 to date' yet the file was 'last modified 5 July 2017', despite no amendments being reflected in the body of the proclamation. If the file was modified in 2017, the currency date should arguably reflect that modification."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Update Undertaking","severity":"low","reasoning":"The 3 working day update commitment is rendered meaningless if a file modification occurring 15 years after the original commencement date does not trigger a corresponding update to the currency date or amendment table. The assurance of currency is undermined by the internal timeline of the document itself.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The metadata states legislation 'is usually updated within 3 working days after a change', yet the document currency date has remained 12 June 2002 notwithstanding a file modification on 5 July 2017, a gap of approximately 15 years with no reflected substantive update."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Headings (repeated)","severity":"low","reasoning":"The truncation of 'Department' to 'Depar' in one heading but not its duplicate suggests a systematic rendering failure. In a legal instrument, heading integrity matters because headings can be used as interpretive aids under statutory interpretation principles. A truncated heading could theoretically create ambiguity about which minister or department is responsible.","confidence":0.9,"description":"Section headings such as 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Table of Amending Instruments Table of Amending Instruments', 'Authorisation Authorisation' and 'Responsible Minister and Depar Responsible Minister and Department' are all duplicated verbatim, with one instance appearing to be a truncated rendering of 'Department'."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Proclamation Body","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation with no operative text cannot be complied with, interpreted, or applied. It is legally void of content. Any obligation or right purportedly created or activated by this proclamation cannot be identified, making compliance objectively impossible. This is either a catastrophic drafting omission or the substantive content has been lost in transcription.","confidence":0.95,"description":"The proclamation contains no operative provisions whatsoever. A proclamation under enabling legislation would normally specify what is being proclaimed — a commencement date, a declared area, an appointed body, or similar. The entire substantive content of this instrument is absent."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information - 'Version current from 12 June 2002 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation - 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.72,"description":"The document asserts continuous currency from 12 June 2002 with no amendment reflected, while simultaneously disclosing a file modification on 5 July 2017. These two claims are in tension: if no amendments have occurred, why was the file modified; and if the file was modified, why does the amendment table appear empty or unlisted?"},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments - '(click to view Table of Amendments)'","section_b":"Status Information - 'Version current from 12 June 2002 to date'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The existence of a dedicated 'Table of Amendments' hyperlink implies that amendments exist or may exist, yet the currency date has not moved from 12 June 2002, implying no amendments have been made. If the table is empty, the hyperlink is misleading; if the table contains entries, the unchanged currency date is inaccurate."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on available content, this Proclamation appears to serve its intended narrow administrative purpose — activating or operationalising part of the parent Act — with no evidence of scope change from original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Document is largely administrative metadata with minimal substantive legal content visible","The Proclamation itself is a short, procedural instrument rather than complex legislation","The underlying Act (Fishing (Licence Ownership and Interest) Registration Act 2001) involves a registration regime, but the Proclamation's role is narrow — likely just commencing the Act or a provision of it","Limited ambiguity in purpose once context is understood"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation brings the Fishing (Licence Ownership and Interest) Registration Act 2001 into force in Tasmania, enabling a legal register of who owns or holds financial interests in commercial fishing licences. It affects commercial fishers, lenders/investors, and regulators by giving the registration system legal effect.\n\nThe supplied file is mostly metadata; the Proclamation’s operative details (such as the commencement date) are not visible."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-fishing-licence-ownership-and-interest-registration-act-2001","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-fishing-licence-ownership-and-interest-registration-act-2001/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-fishing-licence-ownership-and-interest-registration-act-2001/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-fishing-licence-ownership-and-interest-registration-act-2001/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-fishing-licence-ownership-and-interest-registration-act-2001/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-fishing-licence-ownership-and-interest-registration-act-2001/documents"}}