{"id":"tas:sr-2007-017","name":"Proclamation under the Forest Practices Amendment (Threatened Native Vegetation Communities) Act 2006","slug":"proclamation-under-the-forest-practices-amendment-threatened-native-vegetation-communities-act-2006","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"17 of 2007","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":315933,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2007-017-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 (Threatened Native Vegetation Communities) Act 2006","content":"> Proclamation under the Forest Practices Amendment (Threatened Native Vegetation Communities) Act 2006\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-2006-035#GS2@EN) [Forest Practices Amendment (Threatened Native Vegetation Communities) Act 2006](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2006-035) fix 30 April 2007 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n23 April 2007\n\nW. J. E. COX\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nP. A. LENNON\n\nMinister for Economic Development 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 27 April 2007\n\nThis proclamation is administered by the Forest Practices Authority.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document Structure - General","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation is a formal legal instrument that must contain operative provisions to have legal effect. A document that is titled as a proclamation but contains zero substantive content cannot function as the legal instrument it purports to be. Any regulated party or court attempting to rely on or comply with this instrument would find it legally vacuous.","confidence":0.97,"description":"The proclamation document contains no substantive operative provisions whatsoever. The entire text consists exclusively of metadata, status information, and administrative notices, with no actual proclamation content specifying what is being proclaimed, when it takes effect, or what it declares."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Currency Statement vs. File Modification Date","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A file modification in 2017 on an instrument purportedly unchanged since 2007 creates an unexplained inconsistency. Either the currency statement is misleading or the modification was purely administrative, but the instrument provides no explanation. For a legal instrument, unexplained modifications raise questions about the integrity of the authoritative text.","confidence":0.75,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 27 April 2007 to date' suggesting no amendments, yet the authorisation section states the 'File last modified 5 July 2017', a full decade after the commencement date. If no amendments were made, there is no evident reason for modification. If the file was substantively modified, the amendment table should reflect this."},{"type":"other","section":"Document Structure - Repetition","severity":"medium","reasoning":"While likely a rendering or formatting error in the legislative database, a published version of subordinate legislation with duplicated text is problematic as a matter of legal certainty. If a court or practitioner is required to read the authoritative text, systematic duplication creates ambiguity about the true structure and content of the instrument.","confidence":0.92,"description":"Every heading, section title, and content block in the document is duplicated verbatim at least twice (e.g., 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). This structural duplication renders it impossible to determine which instance represents the authoritative text."},{"type":"other","section":"Title Block","severity":"low","reasoning":"Quadruple repetition of the instrument title suggests systemic structural failure in the document. While individually each repetition is harmless, combined with the absence of any operative content, it raises doubt about whether this represents one proclamation or erroneously merged records of multiple instruments.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The document title 'Proclamation under the Forest Practices Amendment (Threatened Native Vegetation Communities) Act 2006' is itself repeated four times across the document header, creating a situation where the document cannot be definitively identified as a single coherent instrument rather than multiple overlapping instruments."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Update Timeliness Guarantee vs. 2017 Modification","severity":"low","reasoning":"The 3-working-day update promise is rendered meaningless if updates are applied without corresponding entries in the Table of Amending Instruments. The administrative assurance of currency is internally inconsistent with the instrument's own amendment history.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The document asserts legislation 'is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation', yet the unexplained 2017 file modification occurred approximately 10 years after the instrument's commencement, with no corresponding amendment listed in the amendments table. If a substantive change occurred in 2017, the 3-working-day update standard was applied to a change that is wholly invisible in the instrument."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Currency of version: 'Version current from 27 April 2007 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.72,"description":"The currency statement implies the instrument has been unchanged in its legal effect since 27 April 2007, while the file modification date of 5 July 2017 indicates some change was made to the document approximately ten years later. These two statements cannot be simultaneously true if the 2017 modification was substantive."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments: implies a complete record of all changes","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.68,"description":"The Table of Amending Instruments is held out as the authoritative record of changes to the instrument. However, if the 2017 file modification represented any substantive amendment, it does not appear to be captured in the amendments table, creating a contradiction between the completeness of the amendment record and the modification history."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A Proclamation is a purely procedural instrument with a fixed, narrow purpose: to set a commencement date for legislation already passed by Parliament. There is no scope to expand or contract from the original intent. The Proclamation does exactly what it is designed to do — activate the Forest Practices Amendment (Threatened Native Vegetation Communities) Act 2006."},"complexity_factors":["This is a short procedural Proclamation, not a substantive piece of legislation — inherently low complexity","The document provided contains mostly administrative metadata rather than operative legal content, limiting analytical depth","The underlying subject matter (threatened native vegetation communities and forest practices) involves technical environmental and regulatory concepts, but those belong to the parent Act, not this Proclamation","No complex definitions, penalties, discretionary powers, or multi-layered provisions are present in this instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation is a formal notice by the Tasmanian Governor bringing parts of the Forest Practices Amendment (Threatened Native Vegetation Communities) Act 2006 into operation, activating legal protections for at‑risk native plant communities within the forest practices system.\n\nIt affects forestry operators, landowners, regulators and the broader Tasmanian community by imposing obligations and restrictions on forestry activities to protect threatened vegetation; it took effect on 27 April 2007."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the Act’s subject-matter or legal content; it only fixes the date on which the Act begins to operate (per the cited commencement power). Responsibilities, obligations and powers in the Act come into effect on the specified date; no substantive scope change is made."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative action: fixes commencement date (30 April 2007) rather than creating substantive rules","Legal formality under section 2 of the Act (proclamation power cited in source text)","Decision-maker identified: Governor acting with advice of the Executive Council (text-specified)","Implementation responsibility assigned: administered by the Forest Practices Authority (text-specified)","Effect limited to timing: activates existing obligations and enforcement rather than altering scope or substantive duties"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets the start date for the Forest Practices Amendment (Threatened Native Vegetation Communities) Act 2006: the Act commences on 30 April 2007. It is made by the Governor on advice of the Executive Council and will be administered by the Forest Practices Authority. Mechanically, it makes the Act’s legal duties, powers and any permit or prohibition provisions start to operate on that date, affecting land managers, forest operators and regulators by fixing when compliance and enforcement begin."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a procedural commencement instrument with no substantive scope. It performs exactly the function intended: bringing the parent Act into force on a specified date. There is no expansion or alteration of original purpose."},"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 for procedural purposes)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format — essentially a template document with blanks filled in","Total length: 6 short paragraphs"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a specific law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **30 April 2007** as the date when the *Forest Practices Amendment (Threatened Native Vegetation Communities) Act 2006* (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 body of senior ministers).\n- Signed by Governor W. J. E. Cox and Minister P. A. Lennon.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't always start immediately. This proclamation \"switches on\" the law, giving everyone certainty about when the new rules protecting threatened native vegetation communities actually apply.\n- Without this document, the 2006 Amendment Act would remain dormant — passed but not enforceable.\n\n**Key detail:**\n- The law being activated adds protections for **threatened native vegetation communities** to Tasmania's forest practices regime, affecting forestry operations and land management in the state."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forest-practices-amendment-threatened-native-vegetation-communities-act-2006","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forest-practices-amendment-threatened-native-vegetation-communities-act-2006/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forest-practices-amendment-threatened-native-vegetation-communities-act-2006/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forest-practices-amendment-threatened-native-vegetation-communities-act-2006/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forest-practices-amendment-threatened-native-vegetation-communities-act-2006/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-forest-practices-amendment-threatened-native-vegetation-communities-act-2006/documents"}}