{"id":"tas:sr-2015-081","name":"Proclamation under the Food Amendment Act 2015","slug":"proclamation-under-the-food-amendment-act-2015","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"81 of 2015","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":187256,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2015-081-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Food Amendment Act 2015","content":"> Proclamation under the Food Amendment Act 2015\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 [Food Amendment Act 2015](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2015-044) fix 9 December 2015 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n27 November 2015\n\nC. WARNER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nMICHAEL DARREL JOSEPH FERGUSON\n\nMinister for Health\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 9 December 2015\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A commencement proclamation has a single, fixed purpose — to bring an Act into force on a specified date. There is no scope to expand or change. It performs exactly that narrow function and nothing more."},"complexity_factors":["This is a purely procedural instrument with no substantive legal content of its own","Its only legal effect is to set a commencement date","No operative provisions, definitions, exceptions, or conditions are present","The document as provided contains significant formatting duplication, making it harder to read, but the legal content itself is minimal"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation by the Tasmanian Governor declared that the Food Amendment Act 2015 came into force on 9 December 2015. It does not change law itself but activates the amendments made by that Act.\n\nIt therefore affected anyone subject to Tasmania’s food laws — food businesses, producers, retailers and regulators — by making the Act enforceable from that date."},"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 an Act into force on a specified date. No scope creep."},"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 1953 in administrative notes)","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 a law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **9 December 2015** as the date when the *Food Amendment Act 2015* (Tasmania) officially starts operating.\n\n**Who is involved:**\n- The **Governor of Tasmania** (C. Warner) issued the proclamation on 27 November 2015, acting on advice from the **Executive Council** (the Governor's formal advisory body).\n- The **Minister for Health** (Michael Darrel Joseph Ferguson) authorised it.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't automatically take effect immediately. This document is the legal trigger that \"switches on\" the Food Amendment Act.\n- Without this proclamation, the Act would remain dormant (unenforceable) even after passing Parliament.\n\n**Key detail:**\n- The proclamation was made under **section 2** of the Food Amendment Act 2015, which likely gave the Governor the power to choose the commencement date."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substantive content or scope of the Food Amendment Act 2015; it solely fixes the day (9 December 2015) on which the Act comes into force under section 2, thereby triggering the Act’s existing obligations, powers and administrative arrangements."},"complexity_factors":["Single, narrowly framed legal effect: sets only the commencement date for the Act.","Depends on an enabling provision (section 2 of the Food Amendment Act 2015) for authority to proclaim.","Requires formal executive acts (Governor with advice of Executive Council, Minister sign-off).","Statutory publication formalities (Gazette notification, Rules Publication Act display).","Operational impact limited to timing of compliance and administration rather than substantive law change.","Administrative implementation work for Department of Health and Human Services to give effect to commencement."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes *9 December 2015* as the commencement date for the *Food Amendment Act 2015*, bringing that Act into force on that day. It applies to businesses, regulators and others subject to the Food Act by making the Amendment’s obligations, powers and standards operative. The Governor, acting with the Executive Council, set the date under section 2; the Department of Health and Human Services is named as the administering agency."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-food-amendment-act-2015","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-food-amendment-act-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-food-amendment-act-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-food-amendment-act-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-food-amendment-act-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-food-amendment-act-2015/documents"}}