{"id":"tas:sr-2000-237","name":"Proclamation under the Forensic Procedures Act 2000","slug":"proclamation-under-the-forensic-procedures-act-2000","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"237 of 2000","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318856,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2000-237-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Forensic Procedures Act 2000","content":"> Proclamation under the Forensic Procedures Act 2000\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-2000-999#) [Forensic Procedures Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2000-999) fix 1 January 2001 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n21 December 2000\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nP. PATMORE\n\nMinister for Justice and Industrial Relations\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 2000\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the instrument has been in continuous unamended force since 27 December 2000, there is no obvious legal basis for a file modification in December 2024. Either the Table of Amending Instruments conceals amendments not reflected in the currency date, or the modification is purely administrative. The practical legal effect is low but creates interpretive uncertainty about whether the version accessed is truly the operative version.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The proclamation states it is 'current from 27 December 2000 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:17)' while also stating 'File last modified 3 December 2024'. A proclamation that has never been amended yet has a file modification date 24 years after commencement creates a metadata contradiction suggesting undisclosed amendments or administrative changes."},{"type":"other","section":"Document Structure - Title and Header Duplication","severity":"medium","reasoning":"While likely a rendering/publishing artefact, a proclamation as published on the official consolidated legislation database is the authoritative version citizens and courts rely upon. Systematic duplication of structural elements makes it impossible to determine whether there are two distinct provisions or one, creating genuine interpretive difficulty. Under the Acts Interpretation Act 1931 (Tas), the published version carries legal weight.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The proclamation's title and section headings are duplicated verbatim multiple times throughout the document (e.g., 'Proclamation under the Forensic Procedures Act 2000' appears at least four times; 'Status Information' appears four times; 'Currency of version' appears four times). A legislative instrument that cannot coherently identify its own operative provisions from its structural metadata is internally incoherent as a legal document."},{"type":"circular_definition","section":"Status Information - Update Currency Statement","severity":"low","reasoning":"The currency disclaimer is meant to inform users about the reliability of the version they are reading. If the page itself may not be current within 3 working days, the disclaimer about 3-working-day currency may itself be out of date, creating a self-referential reliability problem that cannot be resolved from within the document.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The statement that 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation' appears twice in the same instrument. A legislative instrument that contains duplicate administrative representations about its own currency creates an absurd situation where the reliability disclaimer is itself subject to the same currency uncertainty it purports to address."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version ('Version current from 27 December 2000 to date')","section_b":"Authorisation - ('File last modified 3 December 2024')","confidence":0.65,"description":"The instrument claims to be in continuous force and current from 27 December 2000 without amendment, yet the file was last modified on 3 December 2024 — nearly 24 years later. If no amendments have been made, there is no lawful basis for a substantive modification to the file. If modifications were made, the currency statement is misleading as to the instrument's amendment history."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments (hyperlink present implying amendments exist)","section_b":"Status Information - Currency of version ('Version current from 27 December 2000 to date')","confidence":0.6,"description":"The presence of a dedicated 'Table of Amending Instruments' with an active hyperlink implies that amending instruments exist to be tabulated. However, the currency statement suggests the instrument has been in force unchanged since 27 December 2000. If no amendments exist, the Table of Amending Instruments hyperlink is misleading; if amendments do exist, the currency date is incomplete as a representation of the instrument's legislative history."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A commencement proclamation has an inherently narrow and fixed purpose: to bring legislation into force on a specified date. There is no indication that the scope of this proclamation shifted from its original intent. It has remained unchanged since 27 December 2000."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself is extremely brief — it is a procedural proclamation, not substantive legislation","Its sole legal function is to fix a commencement date, requiring minimal interpretation","The underlying Act (Forensic Procedures Act 2000) is significantly more complex, but that complexity is not present in this document","No amending instruments appear to have altered the proclamation's substance","Minimal text is available for analysis — much of the document is repeated metadata and formatting artefacts"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, signed by the Governor of Tasmania, brings the Forensic Procedures Act 2000 into force from 27 December 2000. The Act governs how police may collect biological and physical evidence (e.g. DNA, fingerprints) from suspects, convicted persons and some volunteers, and sets rules for handling that material. It affects individuals subject to testing, police who must follow the procedures, and courts that oversee them."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not amend, expand or narrow the Act’s substantive provisions; it only sets the date the Act begins to operate (see proclamation text referencing s2 and the fixed commencement date). Therefore the legal scope of the Act itself is unchanged by this instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: fixes a commencement date only (proclamation text: 'fix 1 January 2001 as the day on which that Act commences').","No substantive regulatory content or operational detail in the instrument itself.","References enabling authority (made under section 2 of the Forensic Procedures Act 2000), requiring basic statutory formalities.","Formal executive steps recorded (Governor acting with Executive Council advice; Gazette notification; administrative agency named).","Low interpretive complexity: limited room for discretionary application or multiple legal readings."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation brings the Forensic Procedures Act 2000 into force by fixing 1 January 2001 as its commencement date under section 2 of that Act. It makes the Act’s legal rules operative from that day, affecting persons and bodies to whom the Act applies; the instrument was made by the Governor on advice of the Executive Council, notified in the Gazette, and is administered by the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a purely procedural commencement instrument. It has no substantive scope beyond activating the parent Act on the specified date. The scope remains exactly as intended — to bring the Forensic Procedures Act 2000 into operation."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references to substantive legal tests","Standard ceremonial/formulaic language only"],"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 January 2001** as the date when Tasmania's *Forensic Procedures Act 2000* officially starts operating.\n- Without this proclamation, the Act would remain inactive — passed by Parliament but not yet legally effective.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Tasmanian police, courts, and forensic laboratories — who gain new powers to collect and use DNA and other forensic evidence from suspects and offenders.\n- Anyone in Tasmania who becomes subject to a forensic procedure (such as providing a DNA sample) from 1 January 2001 onwards.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- This single page transforms a \"shelf law\" into active legislation. It triggers the entire regulatory framework for forensic sampling in Tasmania, including rules about when police can take samples, how they must be stored, and how they can be used in criminal investigations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forensic-procedures-act-2000","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forensic-procedures-act-2000/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forensic-procedures-act-2000/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forensic-procedures-act-2000/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forensic-procedures-act-2000/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forensic-procedures-act-2000/documents"}}