{"id":"tas:sr-2001-027","name":"Proclamation under the Gas Pipelines Access (Tasmania) Act 2000","slug":"proclamation-under-the-gas-pipelines-access-tasmania-act-2000","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"27 of 2001","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318674,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2001-027-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Gas Pipelines Access (Tasmania) Act 2000","content":"> Proclamation under the Gas Pipelines Access (Tasmania) 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 the [Gas Pipelines Access (Tasmania) Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2000-061) fix 5 April 2001 as the day on which the provisions of that Act commence.\n\n26 March 2001\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nP. A. LENNON\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 4 April 2001\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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 limited function intended: bringing the parent Act into force on a specified date."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms, cross-references to substantive law, or conditional logic","Standard ceremonial/formal language only","Total length: 8 sentences"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a law into force.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The Governor of Tasmania (acting on ministerial advice) officially declares that the *Gas Pipelines Access (Tasmania) Act 2000* will **start operating on 5 April 2001**.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't automatically take effect immediately. They often need a separate \"commencement\" step.\n- This proclamation flips the switch, making the gas pipeline access rules legally binding from that date.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Gas pipeline operators in Tasmania, who must now comply with third-party access obligations (allowing competitors to use their pipelines under fair terms).\n- Energy companies wanting to transport gas through Tasmanian pipelines.\n\n**Key detail:**\n- The Act itself was passed in 2000, but didn't become operational until this proclamation fixed the start date in 2001."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substantive content or scope of the Gas Pipelines Access (Tasmania) Act 2000; it solely fixes the Act's commencement date as 5 April 2001 and therefore does not change who or what the Act covers."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete legal effect: sets a commencement date only","Text is short and formal with no substantive amendments to the underlying Act","Limited institutional discretion: Governor acts on Executive Council advice","Low compliance complexity because instrument merely activates existing statutory rules","Minimal interpretive ambiguity or cross-referencing to other provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes 5 April 2001 as the day the Gas Pipelines Access (Tasmania) Act 2000 comes into force. From that date the Act’s legal framework for access to Tasmanian gas pipelines is operational.\n\nThe Governor, acting on Executive Council advice, made the proclamation. It affects pipeline operators, their customers and regulators — these parties acquire the Act’s rights and obligations and will bear any compliance costs and be subject to regulatory decisions administered by the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The 'current from [date] to date' formulation implies no substantive change since commencement, but a file modification in 2024 suggests otherwise. This is likely a metadata/publishing artefact rather than a drafting flaw, but it creates a logical inconsistency in the document's own self-description of its currency.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 4 April 2001 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:10)' while also stating the file was last modified 9 December 2024. This creates a temporal paradox: if the file was modified in December 2024, it cannot simultaneously be 'current from 4 April 2001 to date' without amendment, yet the modification suggests substantive change inconsistent with an unbroken currency claim."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document Structure - Entire Proclamation","severity":"high","reasoning":"Any person or body required to act upon or comply with this Proclamation cannot do so because there is no operative content. There is nothing to comply with, nothing brought into force, and no declaration made. The instrument is self-defeating: it purports to be a Proclamation while containing no proclamation.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The substantive legislative instrument contains no operative provisions whatsoever. A Proclamation is a formal executive instrument that exists to bring legislation or specific provisions into force or to declare specific facts. This document, as reproduced, contains only metadata, status information, and navigational elements — but zero operative text declaring what is actually proclaimed. A Proclamation with no proclamation is logically void on its face."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Update Policy","severity":"low","reasoning":"The stated update policy (within 3 working days) is contradicted by the large gap between the last file modification and the access date, raising questions about whether the document accurately reflects current law as it claims.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The document states legislation 'is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation,' yet the file modification date is 9 December 2024, while the access date is 8 April 2026 — a gap of approximately 16 months. If changes occurred during this period and the 3-working-day update standard applied, the modification date should be more recent. This creates an internal inconsistency in the document's own reliability claims."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Title - 'Proclamation under the Gas Pipelines Access (Tasmania) Act 2000'","section_b":"Status Information - 'File last modified 9 December 2024'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The parent Act referenced in the title — the Gas Pipelines Access (Tasmania) Act 2000 — is part of a national gas access framework that was superseded by the National Gas (Tasmania) Act 2009 and related reforms. A Proclamation purporting to operate under a superseded Act, yet described as 'current to date' as of 2026, creates a contradiction between the instrument's claimed ongoing currency and the likely obsolescence or repeal of its enabling legislation."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Currency statement: 'Version current from 4 April 2001 to date'","section_b":"Table of Amending Instruments: '(click to view Table of Amendments)'","confidence":0.65,"description":"The existence of a Table of Amending Instruments directly contradicts the implication that the version has remained current and unchanged since 4 April 2001. If amendments exist (as the table hyperlink implies), the document cannot simultaneously be the original version 'current from' that date without qualification. The document fails to disclose whether the 'current' version incorporates those amendments, creating ambiguity about which version is actually being presented."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, there is no indication that the scope of this proclamation changed from its original intent. It appears to have remained in its original form since coming into force on 4 April 2001, with no substantive amendments evident from the metadata provided."},"complexity_factors":["The document is largely metadata and administrative information — the actual substantive legal content of the proclamation is not reproduced here","Proclamations are generally short, formulaic instruments with limited complexity","The underlying Gas Pipelines Access framework is itself moderately complex, but this document only sits at the periphery of it","No amendments of substance are apparent from the information provided"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made under the Gas Pipelines Access (Tasmania) Act 2000, formally brings provisions governing access to Tasmania’s gas pipeline network into operation. It affects pipeline operators, businesses or individuals seeking pipeline access, and potentially regulators and consumers, because it sets the legal framework preventing unfair control of pipeline infrastructure. The supplied document is mainly metadata, so the proclamation’s precise operational effect cannot be confirmed from the text provided."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gas-pipelines-access-tasmania-act-2000","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gas-pipelines-access-tasmania-act-2000/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gas-pipelines-access-tasmania-act-2000/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gas-pipelines-access-tasmania-act-2000/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gas-pipelines-access-tasmania-act-2000/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gas-pipelines-access-tasmania-act-2000/documents"}}