{"id":"tas:sr-2014-008","name":"Proclamation under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013 ","slug":"proclamation-under-the-local-government-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2013","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"8 of 2014","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":187636,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2014-008-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013 ","content":"> Proclamation under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013\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(2) of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2013-052#GS2@Gs2@EN) [Local Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2013-052) fix 7 February 2014 as the day on which Part 4 of that Act commences.\n\n3 February 2014\n\nPETER G. UNDERWOOD\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nBRYAN GREEN\n\nMinister for Local Government\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 5 February 2014\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A Proclamation of this type does not alter the scope of the parent legislation — it simply activates it. There is no evidence of scope change; the instrument performs a purely mechanical commencement function."},"complexity_factors":["The document is a procedural instrument with minimal substantive content — it is essentially a commencement notice only","The actual legal changes are contained in the parent Act (Local Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013), not in this Proclamation","Understanding the full legal effect requires reading the parent Act separately","Proclamations are a standard but sometimes unfamiliar form of delegated legislation (rules made under a broader law) for laypeople"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation is the Governor of Tasmania’s formal “on” switch bringing parts of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013 into force from 5 February 2014. It’s an administrative notice that makes those statutory changes operative, affecting Tasmanian local councils, their staff and councillors, and residents who deal with council services and regulation."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the file was modified on 5 July 2017, then the version accessible prior to that date was a different version. Claiming the version is 'current from 5 February 2014 to date' while disclosing a 2017 modification creates a minor but real internal inconsistency about when the authoritative version actually commenced.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states it is 'Version current from 5 February 2014 to date' while simultaneously stating 'File last modified 5 July 2017'. A version cannot be both continuously current from February 2014 and also modified in July 2017 without acknowledging a version change."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"Access timestamps are typically dynamically generated by a web system, not fixed legislative content. Presenting a specific future access timestamp (2026) within what appears to be static document text is logically anomalous — if the file was last modified in 2017, it cannot contain a 2026 timestamp as authored content.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The legislation claims to be 'accessed 5 April 2026 at 18:43' but this is embedded as a static string within a document whose file was last modified 5 July 2017. A static document cannot dynamically reflect an accurate future access timestamp, rendering this claim either fictitious or generated at access time — yet it appears as fixed legislative text."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire document","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation under an Act is a formal instrument that must contain operative text (e.g., 'I hereby appoint...' or 'The following provisions are brought into force on...'). A proclamation consisting solely of status metadata and web interface boilerplate is legally inert and cannot fulfil the function of a proclamation. Any obligation or right purportedly triggered by this proclamation would be unenforceable as the instrument has no discernible operative effect.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The document appears to be a proclamation — a substantive legal instrument — yet contains no operative provisions whatsoever. It consists entirely of metadata, status information, and administrative notices. A proclamation with no operative text cannot legally effect any commencement, appointment, or other legal consequence it ostensibly exists to achieve."},{"type":"other","section":"Entire document - structural","severity":"medium","reasoning":"While likely a rendering or extraction artefact, if this document were assessed as presented, every provision would be ambiguous as to which instance is authoritative. In strict statutory construction, duplicated section headings with identical content could create interpretive uncertainty about whether the repetition is intentional and meaningful.","confidence":0.75,"description":"Every heading and section in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). This systematic duplication of all structural elements has no legal precedent or purpose and suggests the document as presented is malformed."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - 'Version current from 5 February 2014 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation - 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document asserts a continuous version currency beginning 5 February 2014, while simultaneously disclosing that the file was substantively modified on 5 July 2017. These two claims are in tension: a modification event implies the pre-modification content was a prior version, contradicting the assertion of unbroken currency from 2014."},{"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":"Authorisation - 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.5,"description":"The currency notice implies the document reflects all legislative changes up to the access date (2026), yet the file was last modified in 2017. If the legislation or its enabling Act were amended after July 2017, the 3-working-day update commitment would be unfulfilled, directly contradicting the currency representation."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard commencement proclamation performing exactly the function intended — bringing a specified Part of an Act into operation on a fixed date. The scope has not expanded beyond this purely procedural purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (fixing a commencement date)","No defined terms","No cross-references to substantive law (only cites the empowering provision)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format with ceremonial language"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings part of a law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The Tasmanian Governor (acting on ministerial advice) has officially declared that **Part 4 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013** will start operating on **7 February 2014**.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Laws often pass through Parliament in one piece but start at different times. This proclamation \"switches on\" Part 4 of the Act.\n- Without this proclamation, Part 4 would remain inactive — even though Parliament already passed it.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Local councils and anyone dealing with Tasmanian local government matters covered by Part 4 of that Act. (The proclamation itself doesn't say what Part 4 contains — you'd need to check the parent Act to see what rules actually started on that date.)\n\n**Key point:** This document doesn't create new rules itself. It's simply the \"start button\" for rules that were already written in the 2013 Act."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the scope or content of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013; it only brings Part 4 into legal force on 7 February 2014 under the commencement power in section 2(2)."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow substantive effect — instrument only sets a commencement date.","Uses a simple statutory power (section 2(2)) to fix the date.","No alteration of rights, obligations or regulatory content in the proclamation itself.","Routine administrative formalities: Governor’s proclamation, ministerial command and Gazette notification.","Temporal implementation consequence for bodies subject to Part 4 (timing risk), but no procedural complexity in the instrument."],"plain_english_summary":"Fixes 7 February 2014 as the day Part 4 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013 comes into force. The Governor, acting with the Executive Council under section 2(2) of that Act, sets the commencement date; the proclamation itself does not change the Act’s substance. No new funding or regulatory content is created by this instrument; it merely makes Part 4 legally effective from the stated date."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-local-government-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2013","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-local-government-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2013/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-local-government-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2013/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-local-government-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2013/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-local-government-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2013/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-local-government-miscellaneous-amendments-act-2013/documents"}}