{"id":"tas:sr-2019-079","name":"Proclamation under the Land Acquisition Amendment Act 2019","slug":"proclamation-under-the-land-acquisition-amendment-act-2019","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"79 of 2019","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":184208,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2019-079-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Land Acquisition Amendment Act 2019","content":"> Proclamation under the Land Acquisition Amendment Act 2019\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 [Land Acquisition Amendment Act 2019](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2019-031) fix 1 January 2020 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n17 December 2019\n\nC. WARNER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nGUY BARNETT\n\nMinister for Primary Industries and Water\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 25 December 2019\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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 an Act into force on a specified date. No scope creep."},"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 following long-established conventions"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a formal government notice (called a **proclamation**) that sets the start date for a Tasmanian law.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The *Land Acquisition Amendment Act 2019* was passed by the Tasmanian Parliament, but it needed an official 'start date' before it could actually take effect.\n- This proclamation fixes **1 January 2020** as that start date.\n\n**Who made it:**\n- The **Governor of Tasmania** (C. Warner), acting on advice from the **Executive Council** (the Premier and senior ministers).\n- The responsible minister was **Guy Barnett**, Minister for Primary Industries and Water.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws often don't start automatically when passed. This document is the legal trigger that makes the amendments actually apply.\n- Without this proclamation, the *Land Acquisition Amendment Act 2019* would remain inactive ('on the shelf').\n\n**In short:** This is the 'on switch' for a Tasmanian law about acquiring land."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The 3-working-day update commitment is undermined by the fact that the commencement date is Christmas Day, a public holiday. If the update clock starts from a non-working day, the administrative commitment is internally inconsistent with standard working-day conventions.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The legislation states it is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation', yet the version is noted as current from 25 December 2019 — Christmas Day, which is a public holiday and not a working day in Tasmania."},{"type":"other","section":"Document Structure - General","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A proclamation is a formal legal instrument that derives its authority in part from its precise and authoritative form. A document riddled with duplicated headings raises a legitimate question as to whether this is the authoritative version or a corrupted rendering. If this version is relied upon as the operative text, there is a risk of uncertainty about the instrument's true content.","confidence":0.8,"description":"The proclamation document contains extensive and systematic duplication of every heading and section title (e.g., 'Proclamation under the Land Ac Proclamation under the Land Acquisition Amendment Act 2019', 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', etc.), suggesting the document as presented is structurally defective and may not accurately represent the authoritative legislative instrument."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Authorisation","severity":"low","reasoning":"Authorisation of a legislative instrument should derive from formal execution by the Governor or relevant authority, not a file system timestamp. Using 'file last modified' as a proxy for authorisation conflates administrative metadata with legal validity.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The document states 'File last modified 25 December 2019' as its authorisation reference. Relying on a file modification date — a purely administrative metadata field — as the operative authorisation marker is logically inadequate, as file metadata can be altered accidentally or intentionally without any legal process."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version (commencement: 25 December 2019)","section_b":"Status Information - Currency of version ('usually updated within 3 working days')","confidence":0.5,"description":"The instrument commenced on 25 December 2019 (Christmas Day, a Tasmanian public holiday). The site's own policy states updates occur within 3 working days. If the instrument was registered or made effective on a public holiday, the 3-working-day update window cannot be meaningfully applied from that date, creating an internal contradiction between the stated update policy and the operative commencement date."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Document title: 'Proclamation under the Land Ac Proclamation under the Land Acquisition Amendment Act 2019' (truncated/duplicated form)","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 25 December 2019'","confidence":0.65,"description":"The document simultaneously presents itself as a formally authorised legal proclamation and as a document identifiable only by a truncated, duplicated title and a file modification timestamp. These two characterisations are in tension: a formally authorised proclamation should have a precise, complete, and singular title, not a duplicated and truncated rendering, calling into question whether the authorisation applies to this specific document form."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the substantive scope or content of the Land Acquisition Amendment Act 2019; it only specifies the day the Act’s amendments commence (authority: section 2). No provisions of the Act are modified by this instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow legal effect: only fixes commencement date rather than altering substantive law","Relies on external Act’s commencement power (section 2 of the Land Acquisition Amendment Act 2019)","Formal procedural steps required (Governor, advice of Executive Council, ministerial signature, Gazette notification)","Administrative implementation and compliance burden allocated to a specific department (Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment)","Temporal coordination: fixed dates (proclamation date, Gazette notification, commencement date) that affect operational timing"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes 1 January 2020 as the day the Land Acquisition Amendment Act 2019 begins to operate, under section 2 of that Act, so the Act’s amendments became legally effective from that date. The Governor, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, made the decision (signed 17 December 2019) and the proclamation was notified in the Gazette. Landowners and government agencies affected by land‑acquisition law must comply with the amended rules from 1 January 2020; administrative implementation is the responsibility of the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does exactly what such instruments are designed to do — it commences the Amendment Act on a specified date. There is no evidence of any expansion or narrowing of the original legislative intent."},"complexity_factors":["The document is purely a commencement proclamation with no substantive legal provisions of its own","Its sole legal effect is to set an operative date for another piece of legislation","No definitions, exceptions, schedules, or technical legal concepts are present","The underlying subject matter (land acquisition) can be complex, but that complexity resides in the parent Act, not this instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation by the Governor of Tasmania brings the Land Acquisition Amendment Act 2019 into force on 25 December 2019. It’s an administrative trigger that makes the amended rules on compulsory government acquisition of land legally effective, affecting Tasmanian landowners, government agencies, and property lawyers."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-land-acquisition-amendment-act-2019","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-land-acquisition-amendment-act-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-land-acquisition-amendment-act-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-land-acquisition-amendment-act-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-land-acquisition-amendment-act-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-land-acquisition-amendment-act-2019/documents"}}