{"id":"tas:sr-2016-040","name":"Proclamation under the Living Marine Resources Management Amendment Act 2015","slug":"proclamation-under-the-living-marine-resources-management-amendment-act-2015","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"40 of 2016","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":186293,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2016-040-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Living Marine Resources Management Amendment Act 2015","content":"> Proclamation under the Living Marine Resources Management Amendment Act 2015\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-2015-049#GS2@EN) [Living Marine Resources Management Amendment Act 2015](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2015-049) fix 1 July 2016 as the day on which the provisions of that Act commence.\n\n13 June 2016\n\nC. WARNER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nJEREMY ROCKLIFF\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 22 June 2016\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A commencement proclamation has no scope of its own — it simply activates another piece of legislation. There is no evidence of any change in scope from the original intent, which was solely to bring the Living Marine Resources Management Amendment Act 2015 into force."},"complexity_factors":["The document is a commencement proclamation only — it contains virtually no substantive legal content of its own","Its sole operative function (setting a start date) is extremely simple","Complexity is marginally above 1 because understanding its effect requires knowledge of the parent Amendment Act it activates","The document as presented contains significant formatting repetition, which slightly obscures its minimal content"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation simply declares that the Living Marine Resources Management Amendment Act 2015 (Tasmania) came into force on 22 June 2016. It affects anyone involved in commercial or recreational fishing, aquaculture, or marine resource management in Tasmanian waters, marking when the Act’s updated rules became legally binding."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the content or scope of the Amendment Act; it only fixes the date on which the Act's provisions commence and records administrative details (proclamation date, Gazette notice, and administering department)."},"complexity_factors":["Single, explicit commencement date fixed (1 July 2016) — minimal legal complexity.","Proclamation relies on a single statutory power (section 2 of the Amendment Act) — narrow legal reference.","No substantive or transitional provisions included in the proclamation — no operational detail to interpret.","Standard administrative steps recorded (Governor’s proclamation, Gazette notification) — routine procedural requirements.","Administering department explicitly named (Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment) — low ambiguity about responsibility.","No new compliance rules, penalties, or delegated discretions created by this instrument — limited compliance burden introduced by the proclamation itself."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 1 July 2016 as the day the Living Marine Resources Management Amendment Act 2015 begins to operate (under section 2 of that Act). It brings the Act’s legal provisions into force from that date. \n\nThe change affects regulators and anyone regulated by the Act (for example fishers, aquaculture operators and the administering Department). The Governor, acting on Executive Council advice, fixes the start date; compliance obligations, administrative costs and enforcement powers begin to apply from that day."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a procedural commencement instrument with no substantive scope. It performs exactly the function intended: bringing the parent Act into force on a specified date. There is no expansion or alteration of original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (fixing a commencement date)","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the parent Act and Rules Publication Act 1953 for procedural purposes)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format — essentially a template document","Total length: approximately 150 words of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **1 July 2016** as the date when the *Living Marine Resources Management Amendment Act 2015* (Tasmania) 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 C. Warner and Minister Jeremy Rockliff.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't always start immediately. This document officially \"switches on\" the 2015 amendments, allowing Tasmania's fishing and marine resource rules to be updated.\n- Without this proclamation, the amendments would remain inactive on the statute books.\n\n**Key detail:**\n- The proclamation was made on **13 June 2016** and published in the *Tasmanian Government Gazette* on **22 June 2016**, giving a week's notice before the law took effect on 1 July."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-living-marine-resources-management-amendment-act-2015","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-living-marine-resources-management-amendment-act-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-living-marine-resources-management-amendment-act-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-living-marine-resources-management-amendment-act-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-living-marine-resources-management-amendment-act-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-living-marine-resources-management-amendment-act-2015/documents"}}