{"id":"tas:sr-2005-145","name":"Proclamation under the Juries Act 2003","slug":"proclamation-under-the-juries-act-2003","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"145 of 2005","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":317732,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2005-145-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Juries Act 2003","content":"> Proclamation under the Juries Act 2003\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-2003-048#GS2@EN) [Juries Act 2003](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2003-048) fix 1 January 2006 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n12 December 2005\n\nW. J. E. COX\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nJUDY JACKSON\n\nMinister for Justice and Industrial Relations\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 21 December 2005\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The 'currency' date implies no substantive change since 21 December 2005, but a file modification in 2018 suggests administrative alteration occurred. Either the currency date should reflect 2018, or the modification date is misleading as to the instrument's substantive currency.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The instrument states it is 'current from 21 December 2005 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 2:41)' yet the file was last modified 13 August 2018. If the instrument has been current and unchanged since 2005, yet was modified in 2018, the modification date contradicts the claim of uninterrupted currency from 2005 without any amendment being reflected in the version date."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Table of Amending Instruments","severity":"low","reasoning":"If there are amending instruments recorded in a table of amendments, the version currency date would ordinarily be updated to reflect the most recent amendment. The static date of 21 December 2005 coupled with an active amendments table is logically inconsistent.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The instrument references a 'Table of Amendments' implying amendments exist, yet the version currency date has not changed from the original commencement date of 21 December 2005. A proclamation that has been amended should reflect an updated currency date, creating an internal inconsistency between the existence of a table of amendments and the unchanged version date."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire document - structural","severity":"high","reasoning":"A legislative instrument must be capable of definitive interpretation. Wholesale duplication of every heading creates structural ambiguity about which rendering carries legal force. While this is likely a rendering/scraping artefact, as presented the document is legally incoherent.","confidence":0.85,"description":"Every heading and section in this instrument is duplicated verbatim (e.g. 'Proclamation under the Juries Act 2003' appears four times as a heading; 'Currency of version' appears four times; 'Authorisation' appears twice as a heading pair). This renders the document self-referentially incoherent as a legislative instrument, making it impossible to identify which instance of any provision is authoritative."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Proclamation under the Juries Act 2003 - substantive content","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation is an instrument by which executive government declares or brings into force specific legal outcomes. Without any operative clause, the instrument cannot achieve any legal purpose and is effectively void of legal content, making compliance or reliance on it impossible.","confidence":0.9,"description":"The instrument purports to be a 'Proclamation under the Juries Act 2003' but contains absolutely no substantive proclamation text — no operative provisions, no commencement dates proclaimed, no schedules, and no declaration of any kind. A proclamation with no operative content is a legal nullity."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency of version — 'current from 21 December 2005 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation — 'File last modified 13 August 2018'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The version currency statement implies the instrument has been in its current form since 21 December 2005, but the file modification date of 13 August 2018 indicates the document was altered approximately 13 years after that date. These two statements cannot both be fully accurate simultaneously."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments — existence of a table of amendments","section_b":"Currency of version — 'Version current from 21 December 2005 to date'","confidence":0.5,"description":"The provision of a dedicated Table of Amending Instruments logically presupposes that amendments have been made. However, the unchanged version commencement date of 21 December 2005 implies no amendment has altered the operative version. These two features of the status information directly contradict one another."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available content, there is no indication the proclamation altered or expanded beyond its original administrative purpose of enacting or activating provisions of the Juries Act 2003. It appears to have remained consistent with its original intent since commencement in December 2005."},"complexity_factors":["Minimal substantive content is reproduced — the document is primarily a status/metadata page","Requires cross-referencing the parent Juries Act 2003 to understand full context and effect","Proclamations are a narrow legal instrument with a specific technical purpose, which may confuse non-lawyers","No operative clauses are visible to analyse directly"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation under the Juries Act 2003 is a formal gubernatorial announcement, apparently used to bring provisions of Tasmania’s Juries Act into operation (registered 21 Dec 2005). It affects jurors and anyone involved in Tasmanian court proceedings — accused, litigants and lawyers — because it is the administrative step that gives statutory jury rules legal force."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the substantive scope or content of the Juries Act 2003; it merely brings the Act into force on a specified date (1 January 2006). Any rights, duties or procedures are those set out in the primary Act; this instrument only activates them and delegates administration to the Department of Justice."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: only fixes commencement date, no substantive amendments.","Legal cross-reference to Juries Act 2003 (s.2) requires readers to consult primary Act for operative details.","Formal proclamation drafting and executive procedure (Governor acting with Executive Council advice).","Administrative implementation required by Department of Justice and notification in Gazette.","Temporal effect: sets a past commencement date that may affect transitional arrangements and agency planning."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 1 January 2006 as the day the Juries Act 2003 begins to operate in Tasmania. It does not alter the content of the Act; it only fixes its commencement date. The Governor, acting on Executive Council advice, makes the commencement decision (referenced to s.2 of the Act). The Department of Justice administers implementation. Those affected include courts, jury administrators, potential jurors and litigants; administrative costs and compliance burden fall on court and justice-system agencies required to operate the Act."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward commencement instrument with no substantive content. It performs exactly the 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 proclamation format — essentially a template with blanks filled in"],"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 January 2006** as the date when Tasmania's *Juries Act 2003* officially starts operating.\n\n**Who made it:**\n- The **Governor of Tasmania** (acting on advice from the Executive Council, which is the formal name for the state Cabinet).\n- Signed by Governor W. J. E. Cox and the then-Minister for Justice, Judy Jackson.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't always take effect immediately. This document is the legal trigger that says \"the Juries Act 2003 is now active.\"\n- Without this proclamation, the Act would remain dormant — passed but not legally binding.\n\n**Key details:**\n- Made on **12 December 2005**\n- Published in the *Tasmanian Government Gazette* on **21 December 2005**\n- Takes effect **1 January 2006**"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-juries-act-2003","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-juries-act-2003/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-juries-act-2003/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-juries-act-2003/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-juries-act-2003/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-juries-act-2003/documents"}}