{"id":"tas:sr-2025-045","name":"Proclamation under the Justice Miscellaneous (Reporting Procedures) Act 2025","slug":"proclamation-under-the-justice-miscellaneous-reporting-procedures-act-2025","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"45 of 2025","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174363,"registerId":"tas-sr-2025-045-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Justice Miscellaneous (Reporting Procedures) Act 2025","content":"> Proclamation under the Justice Miscellaneous (Reporting Procedures) 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-2025-013#GS2@EN) [Justice Miscellaneous (Reporting Procedures) Act 2025](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2025-013) fix 1 October 2025 as the day on which the provisions of that Act commence.\n\n22 September 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 1 October 2025\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 standard commencement proclamation performing exactly its intended function: bringing an Act into force on a specified date. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, procedural purpose."},"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 document"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a new law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **1 October 2025** as the date when the *Justice Miscellaneous (Reporting Procedures) Act 2025* (Tasmania) officially starts operating.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone who must comply with the *Justice Miscellaneous (Reporting Procedures) Act 2025* — the proclamation tells them when their obligations begin.\n- Government agencies responsible for administering that Act.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't automatically take effect immediately. This proclamation is the legal trigger that \"switches on\" the Act.\n- Without this document, the Act would remain dormant (inactive) even though it has been passed.\n\n**Key people involved:**\n- **Governor** (B. Baker): The formal legal authority who signs the proclamation.\n- **Minister for Justice** (Guy Barnett): The government minister responsible for the policy.\n- **Executive Council**: The body of senior ministers who advise the Governor."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The presence of a 'Table of Amending Instruments' hyperlink strongly implies that amendments have been made. However, the file modification date of 1 October 2025 — the very date of commencement — suggests either no amendments have ever been incorporated into the file despite the table existing, or the currency statement is misleading. If the site is 'usually updated within 3 working days', a file unmodified for over 6 months while a Table of Amendments exists is logically inconsistent.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The legislation states it is 'current from 1 October 2025 to date' and was accessed on '5 April 2026', yet the file is stated to have been 'last modified 1 October 2025'. If the legislation has a Table of Amending Instruments (implying amendments exist), but the file was last modified on its commencement date, the currency claim is internally suspect."},{"type":"other","section":"Proclamation Header / Title","severity":"low","reasoning":"While potentially a formatting/rendering artefact, if taken as the legislative instrument as published, the recursive and duplicated heading structure means the document contains no substantive operative provisions whatsoever — only metadata and repeated titles. A Proclamation with no operative clauses cannot lawfully bring anything into force, appoint anyone, or do anything a Proclamation is legally required to do under the parent Act.","confidence":0.68,"description":"The title 'Proclamation under the Justice Miscellaneous (Reporting Procedures) Act 2025' is repeated verbatim at least four times across headings of different hierarchical levels (H1, H2, document title, section heading), creating a document structure where the same text functions simultaneously as the title, a section heading, and a subsection heading with no differentiation in content."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire instrument","severity":"high","reasoning":"Under Tasmanian legislative drafting conventions, a Proclamation must contain at minimum: identification of the authority under which it is made, the operative declaration or action, and the Governor's or delegate's signature/seal. None of these appear in the accessible text. Compliance with whatever obligation the parent Act ('Justice Miscellaneous (Reporting Procedures) Act 2025') imposes via Proclamation is impossible if the Proclamation itself has no operative content.","confidence":0.81,"description":"The instrument is styled as a 'Proclamation' — a type of instrument typically used by the Governor to bring Acts or provisions into force, make appointments, or similar executive acts — yet the document contains zero operative provisions. It has only metadata, status information, and repeated title headings. A Proclamation with no operative text is a legal nullity; it proclaims nothing."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information — update timeframe","severity":"low","reasoning":"The 3-working-day update claim is a representation about currency and reliability. A file unmodified for ~182 days while amendments may exist creates a logical contradiction between the stated update policy and the observable file state.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The site asserts legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change', but the file modification date (1 October 2025) predates the access date (5 April 2026) by approximately 6 months. If any amendments appear in the Table of Amending Instruments during that period, the 3-working-day update guarantee is demonstrably not met for this instrument."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information — 'Table of Amending Instruments (click to view Table of Amendments)'","section_b":"Authorisation — 'File last modified 1 October 2025'","confidence":0.7,"description":"The existence of a Table of Amending Instruments implies that one or more amending instruments exist post-commencement. However, the file modification date of 1 October 2025 — the commencement date — implies no amendments have ever been incorporated into the consolidated file. These two facts directly contradict each other: either there are no amendments (making the Table of Amending Instruments empty and its prominent linking misleading), or there are amendments that have not been incorporated (contradicting the currency claim and the 3-working-day update policy)."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Currency of version — 'Version current from 1 October 2025 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 11:39)'","section_b":"Currency of version — 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation'","confidence":0.65,"description":"Claiming the version is 'current to date' (5 April 2026) while the file has not been modified since 1 October 2025 contradicts the implied assurance that the published text reflects all changes within 3 working days. Either the document is not actually current, or no changes have occurred — but if no changes have occurred, the Table of Amending Instruments link is misleading."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"There is insufficient substantive content in the provided document to determine whether the scope of the proclamation changed from the original intent of the parent Act. A proclamation of this type is typically a narrow administrative instrument whose sole purpose is to set a commencement date, which is consistent with standard legislative drafting practice. No scope change is apparent from the available text."},"complexity_factors":["Proclamation is a secondary instrument — its complexity depends almost entirely on the parent Act, which is not reproduced here","Minimal substantive content available in the provided text — largely repeated metadata and navigation elements","Single operative purpose (commencement/activation) makes the instrument itself structurally simple","No substantive provisions, conditions, or definitions are visible in the provided text to analyse"],"plain_english_summary":"This Tasmanian proclamation brings the Justice Miscellaneous (Reporting Procedures) Act 2025 into force on 1 October 2025. It activates the Act’s reporting obligations and procedures, making them legally enforceable from that date.\n\nIt likely affects justice agencies, legal practitioners and members of the public who interact with the Tasmanian justice system."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the substantive scope or text of the Justice Miscellaneous (Reporting Procedures) Act 2025; it solely fixes the Act’s commencement date under the Act’s section 2 power and records the formal publication and administration details."},"complexity_factors":["Single, clear commencement date (1 October 2025) — straightforward temporal effect.","Exercise of power under section 2 of the Justice Miscellaneous (Reporting Procedures) Act 2025 (referenced in the proclamation) — limited legal query about authority only.","Formalities: signed by Governor and Minister and displayed/numbered under the Rules Publication Act 1953 — procedural compliance required.","Gazette notification recorded — administrative publication obligation.","No substantive or regulatory content in the proclamation itself; it does not create new duties beyond bringing the existing Act into force.","Low implementation complexity: primary burden is administrative (Department of Justice) rather than on regulated parties, until the Act’s provisions operate."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes 1 October 2025 as the day the Justice Miscellaneous (Reporting Procedures) Act 2025 comes into force. It starts the Act’s reporting rules and associated administrative duties. It affects people and agencies subject to that Act and places implementation responsibility with the Department of Justice, while following formal publication and Gazette-notification requirements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-miscellaneous-reporting-procedures-act-2025","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-miscellaneous-reporting-procedures-act-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-miscellaneous-reporting-procedures-act-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-miscellaneous-reporting-procedures-act-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-miscellaneous-reporting-procedures-act-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-justice-miscellaneous-reporting-procedures-act-2025/documents"}}