{"id":"tas:sr-2003-051","name":"Proclamation under the Justice (Delegated Legislation) Act 2003","slug":"proclamation-under-the-justice-delegated-legislation-act-2003","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"51 of 2003","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318277,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2003-051-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Justice (Delegated Legislation) Act 2003","content":"> Proclamation under the Justice (Delegated Legislation) Act 2003\n\nI, the Administrator 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-2003-006#GS2@EN) [Justice (Delegated Legislation) Act 2003](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2003-006) fix 1 July 2003 as the day on which the provisions of that Act commence.\n\n2 June 2003\n\nPETER G. UNDERWOOD\n\nAdministrator\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 11 June 2003\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation, which by its nature has a single, narrow purpose: to activate a parent Act. It has not expanded beyond this original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (fixing a commencement date)","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation beyond citation of the parent Act","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard formal language typical of proclamations","Total length: approximately 150 words of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short official notice (called a 'proclamation') that sets the start date for a Tasmanian law called the Justice (Delegated Legislation) Act 2003.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Fixes the commencement date** — It officially declares that the Justice (Delegated Legislation) Act 2003 will come into force on **1 July 2003**.\n\n**Who is involved:**\n- **The Administrator** (Peter G. Underwood) — acting on behalf of the Tasmanian Government to make this official declaration\n- **The Executive Council** — the group of senior ministers who advised the Administrator\n- **The Minister for Justice and Industrial Relations** (Judy Jackson) — responsible for this area of law\n\n**Why it matters:**\nLaws don't automatically start working the day they are passed by Parliament. Someone needs to officially 'turn them on.' This document does exactly that — it flips the switch so the Justice (Delegated Legislation) Act 2003 becomes legally active on 1 July 2003.\n\nThe Act itself deals with how 'delegated legislation' (rules made by government departments rather than Parliament) is published and made public."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A proclamation described as unchanged 'from 11 June 2003 to date' logically should not require a file modification in 2018. Either it was amended (contradicting the currency statement) or the modification was purely administrative, in which case the 'last modified' date is misleading as a substantive indicator of legislative change.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The proclamation states it is 'current from 11 June 2003 to date' yet the file was last modified on 13 August 2018, creating an internal inconsistency about when the instrument was last substantively altered versus when it is described as being current from."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A standard boilerplate currency statement attached to an instrument that appears to have no operative provisions creates a logical absurdity: there is nothing of substance to guarantee currency of.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The site states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation,' yet the proclamation itself appears to contain no substantive operative provisions whatsoever in the reproduced text. The update guarantee is therefore meaningless in the context of an instrument with no discernible operative content to update."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire instrument","severity":"high","reasoning":"Delegated legislation must contain operative provisions to have legal effect. A proclamation that is entirely comprised of metadata, heading repetitions, and administrative notices cannot be complied with, enforced, or applied. If this is the complete instrument, it is an absurdity for it to exist as operative law.","confidence":0.7,"description":"The proclamation purports to be operative delegated legislation made under the Justice (Delegated Legislation) Act 2003, but the reproduced text contains no operative provisions, no commencement date clause beyond the header, no definitions, and no substantive directions. A proclamation with no operative content is logically void of legal effect while simultaneously being formally promulgated as law."},{"type":"other","section":"Document structure - All headings","severity":"low","reasoning":"Under standard rules of statutory interpretation, headings may guide meaning. Duplicate headings with identical text create no additional interpretive guidance but could theoretically be argued to constitute separate sections, producing interpretive absurdity.","confidence":0.45,"description":"Every heading in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). If this duplication is part of the official consolidated text rather than a rendering artefact, it creates an absurd interpretive question about whether each duplicated heading constitutes a separate provision."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - File last modified 13 August 2018","section_b":"Status Information - Version current from 11 June 2003 to date","confidence":0.65,"description":"The instrument is described as continuously current and unaltered since 11 June 2003, yet the file was modified on 13 August 2018 — more than 15 years after the stated commencement. These two statements are in direct tension: either something changed in 2018 (contradicting the unbroken currency statement) or it did not (making the 2018 modification date misleading or irrelevant)."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments - (click to view Table of Amendments)","section_b":"Status Information - Version current from 11 June 2003 to date","confidence":0.6,"description":"The existence of a 'Table of Amendments' hyperlink implies that amendments exist or may exist, which is in tension with the currency statement implying the instrument is unchanged since 11 June 2003. If no amendments exist, the table is an empty formality; if amendments do exist, the currency statement is incomplete or misleading."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation does not alter the content or reach of the Justice (Delegated Legislation) Act 2003; it solely fixes the Act's commencement date (1 July 2003) under the enabling provision (section 2) and records publication details."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete legal effect: fixes commencement date only (1 July 2003).","Authority: made under section 2 of the Justice (Delegated Legislation) Act 2003 — limited discretionary content (proclamation text).","Formality of execution: signed by the Administrator with Executive Council advice and Ministerial command — procedural rather than substantive (proclamation text).","Publication formalities: displayed per Rules Publication Act 1953 and notified in the Gazette (proclamation text), an administrative step with no policy change.","No new regulatory obligations, penalties or amendments to statutory text — no ongoing compliance burden introduced by this instrument."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 1 July 2003 as the date the Justice (Delegated Legislation) Act 2003 takes effect. Made by the Administrator on the advice of the Executive Council under section 2 and published in the Gazette, it brings the Act’s provisions into operation from that date. It affects government actors and any persons or bodies whose powers or obligations arise under the Act because their legal duties and publication requirements begin on commencement."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient content is available to assess whether the scope of this Proclamation changed from its original intent. The document as provided contains only status and metadata information, with no operative clauses visible."},"complexity_factors":["No substantive legal content is present in the provided text — only administrative metadata","Proclamations as a legal instrument are relatively straightforward in form, typically short and declaratory","The enabling Act (Justice (Delegated Legislation) Act 2003) may add context but is not analysable from the text provided","Cannot assess cross-references, definitional complexity, or regulatory burden without the operative provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a Tasmanian Proclamation made under the Justice (Delegated Legislation) Act 2003, in force since 11 June 2003 and currently active. Proclamations of this type formally activate laws, appointments, or legal mechanisms within Tasmania’s justice system.\n\nBecause the operative text isn’t provided, the specific persons or entities affected can’t be identified — anyone working with Tasmanian justice law from mid‑2003 onward might be indirectly impacted depending on what this Proclamation enacts."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-delegated-legislation-act-2003","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-delegated-legislation-act-2003/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-delegated-legislation-act-2003/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-delegated-legislation-act-2003/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-delegated-legislation-act-2003/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-delegated-legislation-act-2003/documents"}}