{"id":"tas:sr-2005-059","name":"Proclamation under the Forest Practices Amendment (Administrative Reform) Act 2004","slug":"proclamation-under-the-forest-practices-amendment-administrative-reform-act-2004","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"59 of 2005","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":317848,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2005-059-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Forest Practices Amendment (Administrative Reform) Act 2004","content":"> Proclamation under the Forest Practices Amendment (Administrative Reform) Act 2004\n\nI, the Administator 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-2004-055#GS2@EN) [Forest Practices Amendment (Administrative Reform) Act 2004](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-055) fix 1 July 2005 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n22 June 2005\n\nE. C. CRAWFORD\n\nAdministrator\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nBRYAN GREEN\n\nMinister for Infrastructure, Energy and Resources\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 29 June 2005\n\nThis proclamation is administered by the Forest Practices Board.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement instrument with a single, narrow purpose. It has not expanded beyond its original intent of bringing the parent Act into force on a specified date."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (fixing a commencement date)","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except 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 a law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **1 July 2005** as the date when the *Forest Practices Amendment (Administrative Reform) Act 2004* (Tasmania) starts operating.\n\n**Who made it:**\n- The **Administrator of Tasmania** (acting on behalf of the Crown, as the Governor was unavailable)\n- Issued with advice from the **Executive Council** (the Premier and senior ministers)\n- Signed by **Bryan Green**, then Minister for Infrastructure, Energy and Resources\n\n**Why it matters:**\nLaws passed by Parliament don't automatically come into force immediately. This proclamation is the legal trigger that \"switches on\" the Act, telling everyone — forest managers, regulators, landowners — when the new rules apply.\n\n**Key detail:**\nThe Act being commenced made administrative changes to Tasmania's forest practices system, which governs how forestry operations are planned and conducted to protect environmental values."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation does not change the substantive scope of the Forest Practices Amendment (Administrative Reform) Act 2004; it solely fixes the date on which that Act commences (1 July 2005) under the power cited (s 2). It records who made the proclamation, the administering body (Forest Practices Board), and publication details (Gazette and Rules Publication Act 1953), but imposes no new substantive obligations beyond bringing the Act into force."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete legal action: fixes a commencement date (1 July 2005) rather than altering substantive law.","Short text with no operative subdivisions or exceptions.","Cross-reference to the parent Act’s commencement power (proclamation made under s 2 of the Act).","Formal administrative steps recorded: Administrator and Minister signatures, Gazette notification and display under the Rules Publication Act 1953.","Implementation and compliance effects depend entirely on the substantive provisions of the parent Act (not contained here).","Administering agency expressly named (Forest Practices Board), clarifying administrative responsibility."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 1 July 2005 as the day the Forest Practices Amendment (Administrative Reform) Act 2004 begins to operate, making that Act legally effective from that date. It was made by the Administrator on advice of the Executive Council and identifies the Forest Practices Board as the agency responsible for administering the Act. From 1 July 2005 the Act’s powers, duties and compliance obligations (where any exist) apply to persons and bodies covered by the Act."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A commencement proclamation has no independent scope — its sole function is to activate the Forest Practices Amendment (Administrative Reform) Act 2004 on a specified date. There is no indication of scope change from the original legislative intent."},"complexity_factors":["The document is a commencement proclamation only — it contains almost no operative legal content beyond triggering another Act","The substantive complexity lies in the underlying 2004 Act, not this instrument","Very limited text is available to analyse — the document appears to be largely metadata and status information rather than substantive provisions","Single jurisdiction (Tasmania), single purpose instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, issued by the Tasmanian Governor, brings the Forest Practices Amendment (Administrative Reform) Act 2004 into force on 29 June 2005. It activates the administrative restructuring of Tasmania’s forest practices framework, affecting forestry operators, landowners, the Forest Practices Authority and relevant government agencies by making the reallocated oversight, approval and enforcement arrangements legally operative."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Document Structure/Header","severity":"high","reasoning":"A legally operative proclamation that duplicates its own structural elements wholesale raises serious questions about which version of any provision is authoritative in the event of divergence. While likely a rendering/scraping artefact, as published this creates genuine interpretive ambiguity about the document's integrity as a legal instrument.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The proclamation title and all major headings are duplicated verbatim throughout the document, creating a document that appears to be its own mirror image. The title 'Proclamation under the Forest Practices Amendment (Administrative Reform) Act 2004' appears at least four times as a heading, and all substantive section headings are repeated twice."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Currency of Version Statement","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The 'to date' currency claim implies ongoing accuracy, but the 2017 modification date suggests no updates have been incorporated for nearly nine years. If no amendments have been made since 2017, the statement is technically defensible but misleading. If amendments have been made post-2017 but are not reflected, the currency statement is false on its face.","confidence":0.75,"description":"The document states it is 'Version current from 29 June 2005 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 2:43)' while simultaneously stating 'File last modified 5 July 2017'. If the file was last modified in 2017, the claim that it reflects the law 'to date' as at 2026 is either meaningless or unverifiable from the face of the document itself."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Currency of Version / Update Policy","severity":"low","reasoning":"The operational promise of a 3-working-day update cycle is internally inconsistent with a 9-year gap between the last file modification and the access date, unless the proclamation has been entirely static — which would itself be notable for an administrative reform instrument.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The document asserts legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation,' yet the file modification date of 5 July 2017 combined with an access date of 8 April 2026 suggests either no changes have occurred in ~9 years (implausible for an administrative reform instrument) or the 3-working-day update commitment has not been met."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Substantive Content","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation with no operative text cannot be complied with, enforced, or interpreted. It is either an incomplete instrument or the operative content has been entirely omitted from the published version. Either scenario represents a fundamental deficiency in the document as a legal instrument.","confidence":0.9,"description":"The proclamation contains no operative provisions whatsoever. A proclamation is a legal instrument that must contain a declaration or operative clause to have any legal effect. The document as presented consists entirely of metadata, status information, and repeated headings, with no actual proclamation text."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Currency Statement: 'Version current from 29 June 2005 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 2:43)'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.8,"description":"The currency statement asserts ongoing accuracy up to April 2026, while the file modification date indicates the document has not been touched since July 2017. These two claims are mutually inconsistent: either the document has been kept current (contradicting the 2017 modification date) or it has not been updated since 2017 (contradicting the 'to date' currency claim)."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Update policy: 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The stated policy of updating within 3 working days of legislative change is contradicted by the approximately 3,200-day gap between the last file modification (5 July 2017) and the access date (8 April 2026), unless no legislative changes whatsoever have been made to this instrument in that period."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forest-practices-amendment-administrative-reform-act-2004","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forest-practices-amendment-administrative-reform-act-2004/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forest-practices-amendment-administrative-reform-act-2004/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forest-practices-amendment-administrative-reform-act-2004/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forest-practices-amendment-administrative-reform-act-2004/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forest-practices-amendment-administrative-reform-act-2004/documents"}}