{"id":"tas:sr-2025-069","name":"Proclamation under the Government Business Governance Reforms Act 2025","slug":"proclamation-under-the-government-business-governance-reforms-act-2025","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"69 of 2025","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174450,"registerId":"tas-sr-2025-069-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Government Business Governance Reforms Act 2025","content":"> Proclamation under the Government Business Governance Reforms Act 2025\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 [Government Business Governance Reforms Act 2025](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2025-018) fix 1 January 2026 as day on which the provisions of that Act commence.\n\n17 December 2025\n\nB. BAKER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nERIC ABETZ\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 24 December 2025\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Treasury and Finance.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A proclamation is a narrow, purpose-built instrument designed solely to bring legislation into force on a specified date. There is no indication of scope change — it appears to serve its standard administrative function of activating the parent Act from 24 December 2025."},"complexity_factors":["This is a proclamation only — a short administrative instrument with minimal substantive content of its own","The actual legal complexity lies in the parent Act (Government Business Governance Reforms Act 2025), not this document","Limited detail is provided in the extracted text, making full analysis of any operative provisions impossible","Standard form Tasmanian subordinate legislation with no unusual structural features apparent"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation activates parts of the Government Business Governance Reforms Act 2025 on 24 December 2025, making the new governance, accountability and reporting rules for Tasmanian government‑owned businesses legally binding. \n\nIt affects government business enterprises, their boards and executives, and the ministers and departments that oversee them — and matters to taxpayers because it changes how public assets are run."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the content or scope of the Government Business Governance Reforms Act 2025; it solely fixes the Act’s commencement date (1 January 2026) and identifies the administering department. Any change to who is covered or what duties apply must come from the Act itself, not this proclamation."},"complexity_factors":["Purely procedural—only sets a commencement date rather than creating new regulatory obligations","Dependent on the substantive Act for legal effects and scope (readers must consult the Act for detailed obligations)","Low statutory discretion in the proclamation itself (fixed date, named administering department)","Formal requirements are straightforward (Governor’s signature, Executive Council advice, Gazette notice)"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes 1 January 2026 as the day the Government Business Governance Reforms Act 2025 comes into force. From that date the Act’s rules will apply to the government business entities and other bodies covered by the Act, and the Department of Treasury and Finance is identified to administer it.\n\nThe proclamation is made by the Governor on Executive Council advice and was notified in the Gazette; it does not itself change the Act’s substantive provisions, only its commencement date."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A 'Table of Amending Instruments' is referenced, implying amendments exist. However, the file modification date of 24 December 2025 — identical to the commencement date — suggests no modifications have occurred. These two elements are logically incompatible: either amendments exist and the file was modified after 24 December 2025, or no amendments exist and the Table of Amending Instruments link is vacuous.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The proclamation states it is 'Version current from 24 December 2025 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 11:41)' while simultaneously stating 'File last modified 24 December 2025'. If amendments have been made (as implied by the Table of Amending Instruments link), the file modification date should reflect those amendments, not remain static at the commencement date."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"Asserting a version is 'current to date' while disclaiming a potential 3-working-day update lag creates a logical inconsistency. The instrument cannot simultaneously be guaranteed current and potentially 3 days out of date. This is a structural absurdity embedded in the publication framework as applied to this instrument.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The statement that 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation' is a systemic disclaimer that contradicts the implied currency guarantee in the version statement. A reader is simultaneously told the version is current 'to date' and that it may lag by up to 3 working days, rendering the 'current to date' claim meaningless."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document structure (entire proclamation)","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation under enabling legislation exists solely to bring provisions into force on a specified date or dates. Without any operative clause identifying which provisions of the Government Business Governance Reforms Act 2025 are commenced, and on what date, the instrument cannot perform its legal function. Any person or entity seeking to know whether a provision is in force cannot determine this from the instrument as published, making compliance with or reliance upon the parent Act impossible to assess.","confidence":0.88,"description":"The substantive operative provisions of the proclamation — the actual commencement date(s) being proclaimed under the Government Business Governance Reforms Act 2025 — are entirely absent from the published text. A proclamation that proclaims nothing is a legal nullity on its face."},{"type":"other","section":"Title (repeated throughout)","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Repeated and truncated headings are symptomatic of a publication pipeline failure. While not a logical flaw in the legislation itself, in the context of an authoritative consolidated legislation database, document integrity is legally material. Courts and practitioners rely on the published text; a corrupted structure undermines the evidentiary value of the instrument.","confidence":0.8,"description":"The title 'Proclamation under the Government Business Governance Reforms Act 2025' is duplicated at least four times across the document, including truncated variants ('Proclamation under the Governm'). This structural repetition suggests a document rendering or templating error that may call into question the authenticity or integrity of the published instrument."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Currency of version — 'Version current from 24 December 2025 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation — 'File last modified 24 December 2025'","confidence":0.7,"description":"The version is held out as current through to the access date of 5 April 2026, yet the underlying file has never been modified since the instrument's commencement date of 24 December 2025. If the Table of Amending Instruments contains any entries, the file modification date must post-date 24 December 2025, directly contradicting the authorisation timestamp."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments — existence of amendment table link","section_b":"Authorisation — 'File last modified 24 December 2025'","confidence":0.68,"description":"The presence of a Table of Amending Instruments implies the instrument has been amended after its original making. However, the file modification date of 24 December 2025 — the instrument's own date — is inconsistent with any post-commencement amendments having been incorporated into the consolidated version."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency disclaimer — 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change'","section_b":"Currency of version — 'Version current from 24 December 2025 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 11:41)'","confidence":0.63,"description":"The instrument simultaneously asserts it is current as of the access timestamp and disclaims that it may be up to 3 working days behind any changes. These two statements are mutually exclusive: a version cannot be definitively 'current to date' and also potentially 3 days out of date at the same moment."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard commencement proclamation performing exactly the function intended — setting a start date for legislation. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (fixing a date)","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the parent Act and Rules Publication Act)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format — essentially a template document"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal notice that brings a new law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The Tasmanian Governor (acting on ministerial advice) has officially declared that the **Government Business Governance Reforms Act 2025** will start operating on **1 January 2026**.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't automatically take effect immediately. They often need a proclamation like this to set the actual start date.\n- This gives businesses, government agencies, and the public certainty about when the new rules apply.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Government-owned businesses in Tasmania (the \"Government Businesses\" covered by the parent Act)\n- Anyone who deals with these entities\n\n**Key detail:**\n- The proclamation was made on 17 December 2025, published in the Gazette on 24 December 2025, and fixes 1 January 2026 as \"commencement day\" — giving about a week's notice before the law becomes active."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-government-business-governance-reforms-act-2025","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-government-business-governance-reforms-act-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-government-business-governance-reforms-act-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-government-business-governance-reforms-act-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-government-business-governance-reforms-act-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-government-business-governance-reforms-act-2025/documents"}}