{"id":"tas:sr-2001-012","name":"Proclamation under the Gas Pipelines Act 2000","slug":"proclamation-under-the-gas-pipelines-act-2000","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"12 of 2001","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318613,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2001-012-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Gas Pipelines Act 2000","content":"> Proclamation under the Gas Pipelines 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-2000-091#GS2@EN) [Gas Pipelines Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2000-091) fix 8 March 2001 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n26 February 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 7 March 2001\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation does not change the substantive scope of the Gas Pipelines Act 2000; it simply fixes the Act's commencement date in accordance with the Act's section 2 and records formal publication and administrative responsibility."},"complexity_factors":["Single, clear operative action: fixes a commencement date (minimal statutory drafting complexity).","Express reliance on a single enabling provision (section 2) which concentrates legal authority in one clause.","Formal execution and publication steps (Governor's signature, ministerial command, Gazette notification) create procedural but not substantive complexity.","Low compliance burden: no new obligations or regulatory mechanisms created by the proclamation itself.","Administrative allocation (named department) introduces a small operational task for record-keeping and administration."],"plain_english_summary":"Sets 8 March 2001 as the day the Gas Pipelines Act 2000 begins in Tasmania. Made by the Governor on the advice of the Executive Council under section 2, it determines when the Act's legal obligations and powers apply to entities and people covered by the Act; the proclamation itself imposes no new regulatory duties and was published in the Gazette and assigned to the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward commencement instrument performing exactly the function intended — bringing an Act into force on a specified date. No scope creep."},"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 ceremonial/formulaic language only"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings the Gas Pipelines Act 2000 into legal effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **8 March 2001** as the date when the Gas Pipelines Act 2000 officially starts operating as law in Tasmania.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone involved in gas pipelines in Tasmania — including energy companies, regulators, and consumers — because their legal rights and obligations under this Act begin on this date.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws don't automatically apply the moment Parliament passes them. This proclamation is the \"switch\" that turns the Act on. Without it, the Gas Pipelines Act 2000 would remain dormant (a \"sleeping\" law) even after being passed by Parliament.\n\n**Key people involved:**\n- **Governor of Tasmania** (G. S. M. Green): The formal legal authority who signs the proclamation.\n- **Minister for Infrastructure, Energy and Resources** (P. A. Lennon): The government minister responsible for the policy area, who advises the Governor to make this proclamation.\n- **Executive Council**: The formal body of senior ministers that advises the Governor on official actions."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the file was last modified in 2018, then the version cannot have been continuously identical 'from 7 March 2001 to date' without qualification. Either the modification was administrative/non-substantive (not stated) or the currency date is misleading.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The proclamation states it is 'current from 7 March 2001 to date' yet the file was 'last modified 4 September 2018', creating an internal inconsistency about when the instrument was last substantively changed versus when it is claimed to have been continuously current."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document Structure - General","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation is a formal exercise of executive power typically declaring that something is brought into force, designated, or applied. A proclamation with zero operative text cannot logically fulfil any statutory purpose under the Gas Pipelines Act 2000, yet it apparently exists as a formally registered statutory rule (sr-2001-012). Compliance with, or reliance upon, a content-free proclamation is logically impossible.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The proclamation document as reproduced contains no operative provisions whatsoever. A proclamation under the Gas Pipelines Act 2000 that contains no substantive content — no declaration, no commencement date, no specified pipeline or area — is a legal instrument that purports to exercise a statutory power while containing nothing to exercise it upon."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Update timeframe","severity":"low","reasoning":"The currency assurance and the modification date are not inherently contradictory if there have genuinely been no amendments, but the combination creates a logical tension between the assurance of timeliness and the static nature of the document over a very long period.","confidence":0.35,"description":"The site states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change' yet the file was last modified 4 September 2018 while being accessed in April 2026 — implying either no changes have occurred in ~7.5 years (plausible for a simple proclamation) or updates have not been applied, contradicting the currency assurance."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency of version: 'current from 7 March 2001 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 4 September 2018'","confidence":0.5,"description":"The version is described as current from its original date of 7 March 2001, implying no substantive change, yet the file was modified on 4 September 2018. These two statements are in tension: either the instrument changed in 2018 (contradicting the unqualified currency start date) or the modification was purely administrative (not disclosed, leaving readers unable to assess the true currency of operative content)."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"There is no indication of scope change. The proclamation appears to have served its original purpose — formally activating or declaring something under the Gas Pipelines Act 2000 — and has remained unamended since 7 March 2001, consistent with a straightforward commencement instrument."},"complexity_factors":["The document is almost entirely administrative metadata rather than substantive legal content, making analysis of its actual legal effect very limited","Short, single-purpose instrument with no apparent amendments or complex provisions","The underlying Gas Pipelines Act 2000 may be complex, but this proclamation itself is a simple commencement or declaration instrument","No detailed operative text is visible in the provided content to assess further complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation under the Gas Pipelines Act 2000 formally brought the Act (or a part of it) into force — the operative date given is 7 March 2001. \n\nIt matters to gas pipeline operators, developers and the agencies that regulate them (and indirectly to the public), because it activated the legal framework governing construction, operation and oversight of pipelines in Tasmania."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gas-pipelines-act-2000","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gas-pipelines-act-2000/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gas-pipelines-act-2000/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gas-pipelines-act-2000/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gas-pipelines-act-2000/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-gas-pipelines-act-2000/documents"}}