{"id":"tas:sr-1998-069","name":"Proclamation under the Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998","slug":"proclamation-under-the-health-professionals-special-events-exemption-act-1998","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"69 of 1998","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":319087,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-1998-069-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998","content":"> Proclamation under the Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998\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 [Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1998-007) fix 1 July 1998 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n19 June 1998\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nPETER MCKAY\n\nMinister for Community and Health Services\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 June 1998\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Community and Health Services.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available text, the proclamation appears to operate precisely within the scope intended by the parent Act — activating exemptions for health professionals at special events. There is no evidence of scope creep or unintended expansion of the legislation's original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very limited textual content — the proclamation itself contains minimal substantive text in the version provided","Relies on understanding the parent Act (Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998) to grasp its full effect","Interplay between a proclamation (subordinate instrument) and its enabling Act adds a minor layer of interpretation","No amending instruments of substance appear to have altered it since 1998, keeping it relatively static"],"plain_english_summary":"This Tasmanian government proclamation activates the Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 for a particular event or circumstance, allowing health professionals not registered in Tasmania to legally provide care at that event. It affects visiting clinicians, event organisers bringing external medical staff, and attendees who may be treated — ensuring sufficient, lawful medical coverage without full Tasmanian registration."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard commencement instrument with no substantive scope. It performs exactly the limited function it was designed for: bringing the parent Act into force on a specified date."},"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","Extremely short (under 150 words of substantive content)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a law into force.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **1 July 1998** as the date when the *Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998* (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 government ministers).\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't automatically take effect immediately. This proclamation \"switches on\" the Act so it can actually be used. Without this step, the law would remain dormant on the statute books.\n\n**Context:**\n- The Act itself (not reproduced here) appears designed to give health professionals special exemptions for major events — likely allowing qualified practitioners from other states or countries to work in Tasmania temporarily during things like sporting events or emergencies without needing full local registration."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation does not alter the content or scope of the Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998; it solely fixes the Act's commencement date under section 2, enabling the Act's provisions to operate from 1 July 1998."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete legal action: fixes a commencement date only","Clear statutory authority cited (section 2 of the Act)","No substantive amendments or operative provisions introduced","Fixed calendar date reduces interpretive ambiguity","Limited set of stakeholders: government, administering department, persons covered by the Act","Administrative formality requiring executive signature and Gazette notification"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation brings the Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 1998 into force on 1 July 1998, using the Governor’s power under section 2. It affects the persons to whom that Act applies and fixes the date from which any obligations, exemptions and enforcement under the Act take effect. Mechanically, the executive set the commencement date, thereby shifting compliance costs to affected parties and implementation responsibility to administrative authorities from that date."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the legislation has not changed since 1998 but the file was modified in 2024, either there are undisclosed changes not reflected in the currency date, or a file modification occurred for non-substantive reasons with no explanation provided. This undermines the reliability of the currency statement.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The proclamation is described as 'current from 24 June 1998 to date' with no amendments reflected, yet the file was 'last modified 22 November 2024'. A file modification without any corresponding legislative amendment creates an unexplained administrative discrepancy."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Proclamation generally","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation under an exemption Act must, at minimum, identify what event triggers the exemption, which health professionals are exempted, from which registration requirements, and for how long. Without any operative text, neither a health professional nor a regulator could comply with or enforce anything. The instrument is legally inert on its face.","confidence":0.82,"description":"A Proclamation purporting to implement a 'Special Events Exemption' contains no operative provisions, no defined special event, no specified exemption, no named health professionals, no geographic scope, and no temporal limitation on the exemption. The document is entirely structural metadata with zero substantive legal content."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Table of Amending Instruments","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A currency statement of '24 June 1998 to date' strongly implies an unamended instrument. Providing a hyperlink to a Table of Amendments implies there may be amendments to disclose. These two signals contradict each other and create uncertainty about the true legal state of the instrument.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The Table of Amending Instruments is referenced but not reproduced, while simultaneously the currency statement implies no amendments have occurred since 1998. If no amendments exist, the table serves no purpose; if amendments do exist, they are concealed from the face of the instrument."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Currency of version: 'Version current from 24 June 1998 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 22 November 2024'","confidence":0.7,"description":"The currency statement asserts the instrument is unchanged since 24 June 1998, but the file modification date of 22 November 2024 — some 26 years later — is irreconcilable with an instrument that has never been amended. Either the currency date is wrong, the modification was purely administrative and undisclosed, or changes were made without updating the currency record."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments (hyperlink provided implying amendments may exist)","section_b":"Currency of version: 'Version current from 24 June 1998 to date' (implying no amendments)","confidence":0.6,"description":"The existence of a dedicated Table of Amending Instruments presupposes the possibility of amendments, yet the unbroken currency date from 1998 asserts none have occurred. These two elements of the status information pull in opposite directions, leaving the legal status of the instrument ambiguous."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-health-professionals-special-events-exemption-act-1998","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-health-professionals-special-events-exemption-act-1998/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-health-professionals-special-events-exemption-act-1998/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-health-professionals-special-events-exemption-act-1998/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-health-professionals-special-events-exemption-act-1998/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-health-professionals-special-events-exemption-act-1998/documents"}}