{"id":"tas:sr-2006-056","name":"Proclamation under the Local Government Amendment Act 2005","slug":"proclamation-under-the-local-government-amendment-act-2005","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"56 of 2006","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":317585,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2006-056-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Local Government Amendment Act 2005","content":"> Proclamation under the Local Government Amendment Act 2005\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-2005-008#GS2@EN) [Local Government Amendment Act 2005](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2005-008) fix 1 July 2006 as the day on which [section 156](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2005-008#GS156@EN) of that Act commences.\n\n19 June 2006\n\nW. J. E. COX\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nP. A. LENNON\n\nMinister for Local Government and Community Development\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 28 June 2006\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the substance or scope of the Local Government Amendment Act 2005. It only fixes the commencement date (1 July 2006) for section 156 so that the provision becomes legally operative from that date."},"complexity_factors":["Single, narrow action: sets commencement date for one section (section 156) of the Act.","Formal legal formality: executed by the Governor with Executive Council advice.","Cross-reference to the parent Act (references section 2 and section 156) but no substantive amendment of law.","Administrative steps recorded: Gazette notification and Departmental administration noted.","No regulatory or procedural detail in the proclamation itself — merely temporal effect."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** Fixes 1 July 2006 as the day section 156 of the Local Government Amendment Act 2005 comes into force. The Governor, acting with Executive Council advice, issued a formal commencement proclamation covering Tasmania and its Dependencies.  \n\n**Who it affects and why it matters:** This makes the legal effects of section 156 operative from that date, so Tasmanian local councils and persons subject to that section must comply with whatever obligations or rights it creates once commenced."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Document Structure - Title/Header Repetition","severity":"low","reasoning":"While this is likely a rendering/formatting artefact from the legislative database, the document as presented contains no operative proclamation text whatsoever — only metadata, status information, and repeated headers. A Proclamation with no operative provisions is legally meaningless and cannot achieve its stated purpose of bringing the Amendment Act into force.","confidence":0.82,"description":"The document title 'Proclamation under the Local Government Amendment Act 2005' is repeated at least four times across headings of varying levels, with no substantive distinction between repetitions. The document appears to contain its own metadata as substantive content."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency Statement","severity":"low","reasoning":"The currency claim extending to 2026 combined with a 2017 modification date and the existence of amending instruments creates internal tension about whether the document actually reflects current law or merely asserts that it does without substantiation.","confidence":0.61,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 28 June 2006 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 2:37)' while also stating the 'File last modified 5 July 2017'. If the file was last modified in 2017, it cannot meaningfully reflect currency 'to date' in 2026 without implying no changes have occurred — yet the existence of a Table of Amending Instruments contradicts this."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Section Headers","severity":"low","reasoning":"The structural duplication means any reader attempting to locate operative provisions cannot distinguish navigational metadata from substantive law. For a Proclamation — which is a critical instrument for commencing legislation — the complete absence of operative text renders the document non-functional as a legal instrument.","confidence":0.88,"description":"All substantive section headings (Currency of version, Table of Amending Instruments, Responsible Minister and Department, Authorisation) appear duplicated verbatim under both the primary 'Status Information' heading and a secondary 'Status Information' heading. The document contains its own table of contents as body content, indistinguishable from operative provisions."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire Document","severity":"high","reasoning":"A Proclamation is a formal executive instrument with a specific legal function — to bring legislation or provisions into operation on a specified date. Without operative text specifying what is being proclaimed and when, no legal effect can flow from the instrument. Any person or body seeking to rely on this Proclamation to establish commencement of the Local Government Amendment Act 2005 provisions would find it legally inoperable as presented.","confidence":0.91,"description":"The document contains zero operative proclamation text. A Proclamation under a Local Government Amendment Act must, at minimum, specify a commencement date and identify the provisions being commenced. The absence of any such provisions means the document, as presented, cannot legally commence any legislation."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency Statement: 'Version current from 28 June 2006 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 2:37)'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.67,"description":"The document simultaneously claims to be current as of April 2026 and to have been last modified in July 2017. If the file has not been modified since 2017, the claim of currency 'to date' in 2026 is either misleading or reveals that the currency assurance is automated and unverified."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information: 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation'","section_b":"Table of Amending Instruments: '[(click to view Table of Amendments)]'","confidence":0.55,"description":"The existence of a Table of Amending Instruments implies amendments have been made to this instrument, yet the file modification date of 5 July 2017 suggests the document has not been updated to reflect any post-2017 amendments, directly contradicting the assurance of updates within 3 working days."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard commencement proclamation performing exactly the function intended — activating a specific section of an Act on a nominated date. The scope remains precisely limited to that single administrative action."},"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 one section number","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format following constitutional conventions"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this is:** This is a formal government notice (a \"proclamation\") that sets a specific date for part of a Tasmanian law to take effect.\n\n**What it does:** It fixes **1 July 2006** as the day when **section 156** of the *Local Government Amendment Act 2005* (Tas) starts operating. Until this proclamation was made, that section couldn't be enforced — even though the Act itself had already passed through Parliament.\n\n**Why proclamations matter:** Australian laws often use a two-step process: (1) Parliament passes the law, and (2) the Governor (on ministerial advice) \"proclaims\" or activates specific sections. This lets the government control when different parts of a law actually start working, giving time for preparation (like training staff or updating forms).\n\n**Who it affects:** Primarily Tasmanian local councils and anyone dealing with local government matters covered by section 156 of that Act. The proclamation itself doesn't create new rules — it just switches on existing rules that were waiting to start."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"There is insufficient substantive content in the document to identify any scope change. The proclamation appears to serve its intended narrow purpose of commencing provisions of the Local Government Amendment Act 2005, with no indication of scope expansion or contraction from the original legislative intent."},"complexity_factors":["This is a short, single-purpose procedural instrument with very limited operative content","The document as provided contains almost no substantive legal text — it is largely metadata and status information","Proclamations are inherently straightforward: they perform one function (commencement of legislation)","Complexity of the underlying Local Government Amendment Act 2005 is not visible from this document alone","No complex definitions, cross-references, or multi-layered obligations are present in the text provided"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation is a Governor’s notice that brought parts of the Local Government Amendment Act 2005 into force in Tasmania on 28 June 2006. It matters to Tasmanian local councils, their staff and residents because it activates changes to council governance and administration. The document itself contains little substantive text, so the Act’s specific effects require consulting the parent legislation."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-local-government-amendment-act-2005","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-local-government-amendment-act-2005/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-local-government-amendment-act-2005/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-local-government-amendment-act-2005/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-local-government-amendment-act-2005/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-local-government-amendment-act-2005/documents"}}