{"id":"tas:sr-2025-054","name":"Proclamation under the Justice and Related Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2025","slug":"proclamation-under-the-justice-and-related-legislation-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2025","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"54 of 2025","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174394,"registerId":"tas-sr-2025-054-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Justice and Related Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2025","content":"> Proclamation under the Justice and Related Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) 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](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2025-017#GS2@EN) [Justice and Related Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2025](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2025-017) fix 1 December 2025 as the day on which Parts 2 and 5 of that Act commence.\n\n10 November 2025\n\nB. BAKER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nGUY BARNETT\n\nMinister for Justice, Corrections and Rehabilitation\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 19 November 2025\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substantive content of the Act; it simply brings Parts 2 and 5 into force on 1 December 2025 (proclaimed under s.2). No change to the Act's subject-matter scope is made by this instrument; it only fixes the commencement timing and activates compliance and administrative duties for affected persons and agencies."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow procedural function: fixes a commencement date for specified Parts rather than changing substantive law.","Legal formalities required: Governor acting with Executive Council advice and Gazette notification (proclamation process).","Administrative implementation: Department of Justice must administer commencement and related processes.","Timing effects: the fixed date creates a clear compliance start point for affected parties and agencies.","Low interpretive ambiguity: text is explicit about date and Parts, so little need for legal construction."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 1 December 2025 as the day Parts 2 and 5 of the Justice and Related Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2025 commence (made under s.2). It was signed by the Governor on Executive Council advice and is administered by the Department of Justice. The change makes the rules in those Parts legally operative from that date, imposing compliance obligations and administrative responsibilities on any persons or agencies governed by those Parts."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"While not a legal logical flaw per se, the claim of ongoing currency combined with a static modification date is internally inconsistent. A document that has never been updated cannot meaningfully be described as 'current to date' in any dynamic sense; it is merely unchanged. This is particularly notable for justice-related legislation where currency of legal effect matters.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 19 November 2025 to date' while also stating it was 'accessed 5 April 2026 at 11:40', yet the file was 'last modified 19 November 2025'. This creates a temporal absurdity: the document purports to be current and up-to-date as of April 2026 while simultaneously having had no modifications since November 2025, raising the question of how currency can be meaningfully asserted for a static document over a ~5 month period."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Status Information - Currency of version (update policy)","severity":"high","reasoning":"A Proclamation is an instrument used to bring legislation or provisions into force on a specified date. Without any operative text identifying which provisions are commenced and on what date, the instrument cannot fulfil its legal purpose. Persons seeking to determine what law is in force cannot comply with or rely upon a proclamation that contains no substantive legal content. This may reflect a document extraction or publication failure rather than a drafting flaw, but as presented the instrument is legally inoperative.","confidence":0.75,"description":"The proclamation states that 'legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation', but the document itself has no substantive content beyond metadata and administrative information. There is no operative provision, commencement date, or proclamation text visible in the document body. A proclamation with no operative text cannot logically serve its proclaimed legal function."},{"type":"other","section":"Document structure - entire instrument","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Legislative instruments must be capable of certain interpretation. Where every structural element is duplicated, there is a question as to which instance of the text constitutes the operative provision. While likely a rendering or HTML extraction error, as a matter of documentary integrity the duplication undermines the instrument's reliability as a legal text. In the context of a proclamation - which has binary legal effect (provisions either commence or they do not) - ambiguity in the instrument's text is particularly problematic.","confidence":0.85,"description":"Every heading and section in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g. 'Proclamation under the Justice Proclamation under the Justice', 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). This systematic duplication throughout the entire instrument creates an absurd document that is impossible to parse with certainty as to which text is authoritative."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version ('current from 19 November 2025 to date')","section_b":"Authorisation ('File last modified 19 November 2025')","confidence":0.65,"description":"The instrument simultaneously claims to be dynamically current 'to date' (implying ongoing maintenance and accuracy as of the access date of 5 April 2026) and to have been last modified on 19 November 2025 (implying it is a static, unmodified document). These two claims are logically in tension: a document cannot be both genuinely current as of April 2026 and entirely unmodified since November 2025, particularly given the stated policy of updates within 3 working days of legislative changes."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"As a Proclamation (commencement instrument), its sole purpose is to activate the underlying Act. There is no indication from the available text that the scope of the original Act was altered. Proclamations of this type do not change legislative scope — they simply set a start date."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself is procedural/administrative in nature — it is a commencement instrument, not substantive law","Very little content is provided beyond metadata and status information","The actual complexity lies in the underlying Act being proclaimed, which is not included here","No schedules, conditions, or staged commencement provisions are visible in the provided text"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation, signed by the Governor of Tasmania, formally brings into force (or parts of) the Justice and Related Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2025, with commencement noted as 19 November 2025. It activates assorted tweaks to various justice-related laws, so its practical effect falls on people involved in court proceedings, legal professionals, and agencies that deal with justice matters. The document itself is mostly administrative; to see the precise changes and impacts you must read the underlying Act."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard commencement proclamation, which serves exactly its intended purpose of bringing specified provisions into force. It has not expanded beyond its original function."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation beyond citation of the parent Act and standard administrative references","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format following long-established conventions"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings specific parts of a law into force on a particular date.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Activates **Parts 2 and 5** of the *Justice and Related Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2025*\n- Sets the start date as **1 December 2025**\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone subject to the laws contained in Parts 2 and 5 of that Act (the exact groups depend on what those Parts actually amend — typically this could include courts, legal practitioners, corrections staff, or people in the justice system)\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't always start immediately. This proclamation is the \"switch\" that turns on these specific sections.\n- Without this proclamation, Parts 2 and 5 would remain inactive (\"dormant\") even though Parliament has passed them.\n\n**Key players:**\n- **Governor** (B. Baker): The formal signatory, acting on government advice\n- **Minister for Justice** (Guy Barnett): The responsible minister who recommended the date\n- **Executive Council**: The formal body that advises the Governor on such matters"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-and-related-legislation-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2025","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-and-related-legislation-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-and-related-legislation-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-and-related-legislation-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-and-related-legislation-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-and-related-legislation-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2025/documents"}}