{"id":"tas:sr-2015-019","name":"Proclamation under the Interstate Transfers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013","slug":"proclamation-under-the-interstate-transfers-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2013","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"19 of 2015","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":186404,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2015-019-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Interstate Transfers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013","content":"> Proclamation under the Interstate Transfers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013\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-2013-035#GS2@EN) [Interstate Transfers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2013-035) fix 1 May 2015 as the day on which the provisions of that Act commence.\n\n13 April 2015\n\nC. WARNER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nDR. VANESSA GOODWIN\n\nMinister for Corrections\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 22 April 2015\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation, which by definition has a narrow, technical purpose: to activate a previously passed Act. It has not expanded beyond this original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: only sets a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation beyond citation of the parent Act","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format — essentially a template with blanks filled in","Total length: approximately 150 words of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this is:** This is a formal announcement (called a \"proclamation\") made by the Governor of Tasmania that sets the start date for a law passed earlier.\n\n**What it does:** It fixes **1 May 2015** as the day when the *Interstate Transfers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013* actually comes into force and becomes operational.\n\n**Why this matters:** Laws often don't start immediately when Parliament passes them. Instead, they need a separate official announcement (a proclamation) to tell everyone when they begin. This document does exactly that — it tells Tasmanians that from 1 May 2015 onwards, the changes made by that 2013 Act are legally active.\n\n**Who it affects:** \n* **Prisoners and offenders** — the underlying Act deals with transferring prisoners and offenders between Tasmania and other Australian states\n* **Corrections staff and courts** — who need to know when the new interstate transfer rules apply\n* **The general public** — who can now know with certainty when these laws are in effect\n\n**Key point:** Without this proclamation, the 2013 Act would remain dormant — passed by Parliament but not yet legally active. This document \"switches it on.\""},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substantive scope or content of the Interstate Transfers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013; it only sets the commencement date (1 May 2015) under the Act's section 2 authority and records administrative responsibility."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative action: fixes a commencement date.","Legal authority explicitly cited (section 2 of the Act).","Formal requirements: signed by Governor, notified in the Gazette.","Administrative assignment: Department of Justice identified as administrator.","No substantive amendments or multilayered transitional arrangements in the proclamation itself."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made by the Governor under section 2 of the Interstate Transfers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013, fixes 1 May 2015 as the day the Act’s provisions commence. It is a procedural instrument that brings the Act into force on that date and names the Department of Justice as the administering body, so any persons or agencies subject to the Act must comply from 1 May 2015."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation appears to serve its straightforward intended purpose: bringing the Interstate Transfers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013 into operation in Tasmania on a set date. There is no evidence in the available text of scope creep or deviation from the original intent of the parent legislation."},"complexity_factors":["The document is a short administrative proclamation with minimal substantive content","The actual legal complexity lies in the parent Act (Interstate Transfers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013), which is not reproduced here","Understanding the full effect requires knowledge of the parent Act and the broader interstate transfer framework","Repetitive formatting in the source document obscures what little content exists, requiring careful reading to extract meaning"],"plain_english_summary":"This Tasmanian proclamation formally brings into force provisions of the Interstate Transfers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013—rules governing transfers of people (eg, prisoners or mental health patients) between Australian jurisdictions. It mainly affects government agencies that manage such transfers (corrections, mental health, legal practitioners) and matters because, without this proclamation, those amendments would not operate in Tasmania. It took effect on 22 April 2015."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Currency of version / Authorisation metadata","severity":"low","reasoning":"The 'to date' currency claim implies ongoing validity and potential updating, but the authorisation metadata contradicts this by showing the file was last modified in 2017. While not a logical impossibility, it creates a misleading representation of currency. The 2026 access date also appears to be a future date relative to when this analysis is being conducted, suggesting a system-generated date anomaly.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 22 April 2015 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 17:48)' yet the 'File last modified 5 July 2017' metadata indicates no amendments have been made since 2017, raising the question of how the document can be described as current 'to date' for a future access date of 2026 when the file has not been updated since 2017."},{"type":"other","section":"Document title / Header sections","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A proclamation derives its legal authority in part from proper identification of the enabling legislation under which it is made. Systematic truncation and duplication of the title ('Interst' instead of 'Interstate') creates genuine ambiguity about whether this instrument is properly identified and whether it correctly references its parent Act. If the title is corrupted in the authoritative published version, there is a question as to whether the instrument is validly identified for the purposes of citation and enforcement.","confidence":0.7,"description":"The proclamation's title is systematically duplicated and partially truncated throughout the document ('Proclamation under the Interst Proclamation under the Interstate Transfers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013'), indicating structural corruption that may render the authoritative title of the instrument ambiguous or legally uncertain."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"All substantive sections","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation under an Act must contain operative content — typically commencing provisions, declaring dates, or applying amendments. An instrument consisting solely of title, status metadata, and administrative information with no operative clauses cannot fulfill any legal function. It is impossible for any person or body to comply with, be bound by, or give effect to a document that contains no substantive commands, permissions, or declarations. This may indicate the operative content has been omitted from the published version entirely.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The instrument contains no operative provisions whatsoever. A proclamation is a legislative instrument designed to bring into force, appoint dates, or give effect to substantive provisions. This document contains only metadata and status information, rendering it an instrument that does nothing."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency of version: 'Version current from 22 April 2015 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 17:48)'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.65,"description":"The currency statement asserts the version is current up to the access date of 5 April 2026, implying the document reflects the law as it stands at that date. However, the authorisation block states the file was last modified on 5 July 2017, directly contradicting any claim that the document has been reviewed or updated to reflect the state of the law as at 2026."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Header: 'Proclamation under the Interstate Transfers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013'","section_b":"Sub-heading: 'Proclamation under the Interst Proclamation under the Interstate Transfers (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013'","confidence":0.75,"description":"The document contains two different renderings of its own title — one correctly styled and one truncated and duplicated — creating an internal contradiction as to the instrument's proper name and potentially its correct legal citation."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-interstate-transfers-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2013","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-interstate-transfers-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2013/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-interstate-transfers-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2013/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-interstate-transfers-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2013/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-interstate-transfers-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2013/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-interstate-transfers-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2013/documents"}}