{"id":"tas:sr-2017-052","name":"Proclamation under the Gaming Control Amendment (Community Interest) Act 2016","slug":"proclamation-under-the-gaming-control-amendment-community-interest-act-2016","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"52 of 2017","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":186074,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2017-052-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Gaming Control Amendment (Community Interest) Act 2016","content":"> Proclamation under the Gaming Control Amendment (Community Interest) Act 2016\n\nI, the Lieutenant-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 [Gaming Control Amendment (Community Interest) Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2016-057) fix 1 September 2017 as the day on which Part 3 of that Act commences.\n\n7 August 2017\n\nA. M. BLOW\n\nLieutenant-Governor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nPETER GUTWEIN\n\nTreasurer\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 16 August 2017\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Treasury and Finance.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a procedural commencement instrument that performs exactly the function intended — bringing a specific Part of an Act into force on a fixed date. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with 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 one-sentence legal instrument","Length: approximately 150 words of formal preamble and one substantive clause"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings part of a law into force.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania (acting on advice from the Executive Council) has officially declared that **Part 3 of the Gaming Control Amendment (Community Interest) Act 2016** will start operating on **1 September 2017**.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament often don't take effect immediately. This proclamation is the legal trigger that \"switches on\" Part 3 of the Act.\n- Without this proclamation, Part 3 would remain dormant — passed but not enforceable.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone involved in gaming (gambling) operations in Tasmania, as Part 3 likely contains substantive rules about community interest obligations for gaming operators.\n- Government regulators who must now enforce these provisions from 1 September 2017 onwards.\n\n**Key context:**\n- The proclamation was made on 7 August 2017 and published in the official government Gazette on 16 August 2017, giving affected parties advance notice of the commencement date."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the substance or scope of the Gaming Control Amendment (Community Interest) Act 2016; it only brings Part 3 into force on 1 September 2017 pursuant to section 2 of the Act, altering timing but not content."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete operative action: fixes a commencement date only.","Formal constitutional/administrative procedure: issued by Lieutenant‑Governor with Executive Council advice and Gazette notification.","Dependence on external text: practical effects hinge on the substantive content of Part 3 (not reproduced here).","Low regulatory drafting complexity: no amendment, qualification, or transitional rules included in the proclamation.","Statutory authority cited (section 2), limiting discretion in the instrument's scope."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made under section 2 of the Gaming Control Amendment (Community Interest) Act 2016, sets 1 September 2017 as the day Part 3 of that Act begins. It was issued by the Lieutenant‑Governor on the advice of the Executive Council and notified in the Gazette. Mechanically, the legal effects, duties and powers created by Part 3 take effect from that date; administrative responsibility is assigned to the Department of Treasury and Finance."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A proclamation of this type has a fixed, narrow purpose: to bring a specific Act into force on a specified date. There is no indication of scope change from that original intent — it performs exactly the mechanical function it was designed to perform."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely narrow in scope — the document is purely a commencement instrument with no substantive legal content of its own","Requires cross-referencing the parent Act (Gaming Control Amendment (Community Interest) Act 2016) to understand what rules are actually being activated","Minimal text available in the provided extract, with most content being administrative metadata rather than operative legal provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation, issued by the Governor of Tasmania, sets the commencement date for the Gaming Control Amendment (Community Interest) Act 2016, bringing that Act’s community-interest gambling reforms into legal effect on 16 August 2017.\n\nIt affects gaming venue operators, the Gaming Control Board, community organisations benefiting from gambling obligations, and Tasmanian communities by activating the amended regulatory framework."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A file modification date of 24 April 2024 is inconsistent with a claim that the version has been continuously current since 16 August 2017 without amendment. Either the modification was substantive (requiring a new version date) or the modification date is misleading metadata. The document provides no explanation for this discrepancy.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states the version is 'current from 16 August 2017 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 17:39)' while simultaneously stating 'File last modified 24 April 2024'. If the file was modified in April 2024, the version currency start date of August 2017 is misleading, as it implies no substantive change occurred across nearly 7 years despite a recorded modification."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"Legislation records should reflect objective historical facts. Embedding a specific future access timestamp as though it is a fixed legislative fact is internally incoherent — it conflates dynamic retrieval metadata with static legal status information.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The access timestamp of '5 April 2026 at 17:39' embedded in a static legislative document creates a logical impossibility: a static version record cannot dynamically reflect a future access time as a fixed datum. This suggests the metadata is either fabricated, auto-generated at time of export, or erroneously hardcoded into the legislation record itself."},{"type":"other","section":"Document Structure - All headings","severity":"medium","reasoning":"While likely a rendering or formatting error, under strict legal interpretation, duplicated operative headings with no differentiation could create genuine ambiguity. If headings form part of the legislative text for interpretation purposes under the Acts Interpretation Act 1931 (Tas), the duplication is a structural defect.","confidence":0.72,"description":"Every section heading in this instrument is duplicated verbatim (e.g. 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). A proclamation that cannot distinguish its own headings from their repetitions raises a question as to which instance constitutes the operative text, creating potential ambiguity about the authoritative structure of the instrument."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire Instrument","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation with no operative clause cannot fulfil its statutory function. It is impossible to comply with, rely upon, or give effect to an instrument that states nothing. If this instrument was intended to commence provisions of the parent Act, the absence of any commencement declaration renders the parent Act's provisions of uncertain commencement status.","confidence":0.85,"description":"This proclamation, purportedly made under the Gaming Control Amendment (Community Interest) Act 2016, contains no operative provisions whatsoever. A proclamation is a legislative instrument used to bring an Act or provisions into force on a specified date, or to make declarations of legal effect. The complete absence of any operative text means this instrument has no discernible legal content or effect."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version ('current from 16 August 2017 to date')","section_b":"Status Information - Authorisation ('File last modified 24 April 2024')","confidence":0.6,"description":"The instrument simultaneously claims an unbroken version currency since 16 August 2017 and discloses a file modification on 24 April 2024. These two statements are in tension: if the file was modified in 2024, the version should reflect a new currency start date unless the modification was purely administrative and non-substantive, which the document does not clarify."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments (hyperlink to amendments table provided)","section_b":"Status Information - Currency of version ('current from 16 August 2017 to date')","confidence":0.5,"description":"The document provides a hyperlink to a 'Table of Amendments', implying that amendments exist or may exist, while the version currency notation implies the current text has been unchanged since August 2017. The existence of an amendments table infrastructure contradicts the implicit claim of continuous, unamended currency, creating uncertainty about whether the displayed text reflects all amendments."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gaming-control-amendment-community-interest-act-2016","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gaming-control-amendment-community-interest-act-2016/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gaming-control-amendment-community-interest-act-2016/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gaming-control-amendment-community-interest-act-2016/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gaming-control-amendment-community-interest-act-2016/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gaming-control-amendment-community-interest-act-2016/documents"}}