{"id":"tas:sr-2002-062","name":"Proclamation under the Magistrates Court (Administrative Appeals Division) Act 2001","slug":"proclamation-under-the-magistrates-court-administrative-appeals-division-act-2001","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"62 of 2002","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318543,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2002-062-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Magistrates Court (Administrative Appeals Division) Act 2001","content":"> Proclamation under the Magistrates Court (Administrative Appeals Division) Act 2001\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 the [section 2 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2001-072#GS2@EN) [Magistrates Court (Administrative Appeals Division) Act 2001](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2001-072) fix 1 July 2002 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n17 June 2002\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nP. PATMORE\n\nMinister for Justice and Industrial Relations\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 26 June 2002\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation does not change the substantive scope or content of the Magistrates Court (Administrative Appeals Division) Act 2001. It performs the administrative function of specifying the Act's commencement date under section 2, and assigns administration responsibility; it does not amend or expand the Act's provisions."},"complexity_factors":["Instrument is limited to fixing a commencement date (references s.2 of the Act).","No substantive amendments or new regulatory duties are created by the proclamation itself.","Formal legal steps required: Governor with Executive Council authority, Gazette notification, Rules Publication Act compliance.","Implementation and administration responsibility assigned to a single department (Department of Justice and Industrial Relations).","Legal effect is immediate and procedural: triggers existing Act obligations rather than introducing complex new mechanisms."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes 1 July 2002 as the commencement date for the Magistrates Court (Administrative Appeals Division) Act 2001, bringing that Act into force in Tasmania. From that date the procedures, powers and obligations created by the Act apply to people and bodies dealing with the Magistrates Court’s Administrative Appeals Division, and affected parties must comply. The Governor, with Executive Council, made the proclamation under section 2; it was published in the Gazette on 26 June 2002 and will be administered by the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation, which by its nature has a single, narrow purpose: to bring an Act into force. It has not expanded beyond this 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)","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 law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **1 July 2002** as the date when the *Magistrates Court (Administrative Appeals Division) Act 2001* (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 G. S. M. Green and the Minister for Justice and Industrial Relations, P. Patmore.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't automatically come into force immediately. This proclamation officially \"switches on\" the Act, allowing the Administrative Appeals Division of the Magistrates Court to begin hearing cases.\n- Without this document, the Act would remain dormant on the statute books.\n\n**Key details:**\n- Made on: 17 June 2002\n- Published in the Gazette: 26 June 2002\n- Commencement date: 1 July 2002"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the file was last modified in 2021 and the site updates within 3 working days of legislative change, asserting currency to April 2026 is a claim that cannot be substantiated by the modification record alone. Either the instrument has been unchanged for nearly five years (plausible but unverified by the metadata) or the currency statement is auto-generated without reflecting actual verification.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The legislation claims to be 'current from 26 June 2002 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:06)' while the file was last modified on 11 May 2021. This creates a temporal inconsistency where currency is asserted to a future access date of 2026 that is beyond the last verified modification date."},{"type":"other","section":"Document structure - repeated headings throughout","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A legally authoritative instrument must be unambiguous in its text. Systematic duplication of every heading suggests a rendering or publication error, but as presented this constitutes the official version. If a court were required to interpret the document, the duplicated headings create unnecessary ambiguity about the document's structure and potentially its scope.","confidence":0.85,"description":"Every heading in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Proclamation under the Magistr Proclamation under the Magistrates Court...', 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). This structural defect renders the document internally incoherent and raises questions about which version of each heading is authoritative."},{"type":"other","section":"Table of Amending Instruments","severity":"low","reasoning":"Proclamations and statutory instruments should, at minimum, disclose their amendment history inline so the reader can ascertain the current operative text without relying on external references that may become inaccessible.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The Table of Amending Instruments is referenced but not reproduced in the document body. The instrument therefore cannot be assessed for internal consistency with its own amendments without following an external hyperlink, meaning the document is not self-contained as a legal instrument should be."},{"type":"other","section":"Responsible Minister and Department","severity":"low","reasoning":"While common in Tasmanian drafting practice, this approach means the responsible Minister can change without any amendment to this instrument, potentially creating accountability gaps or disputes about which Minister had responsibility at a given point in time.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The instrument directs readers to 'See the latest Administrative Arrangement Order' to identify the Responsible Minister, meaning the instrument's own administrative accountability is undefined on the face of the document and is ambulatory by reference to an entirely separate and variable instrument."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - 'Version current from 26 June 2002 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:06)'","section_b":"Authorisation - 'File last modified 11 May 2021'","confidence":0.55,"description":"The currency statement asserts the version is current to the access date of 8 April 2026, but the authorisation metadata records the file as last modified on 11 May 2021. These two statements are in tension: if the instrument was modified in 2021, the currency claim to 2026 is prospective and unverified; if it has genuinely not changed since 2021, the modification date contradicts the implied ongoing updating process described in the currency notice."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency notice - 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation'","section_b":"Authorisation - 'File last modified 11 May 2021'","confidence":0.45,"description":"The currency notice implies ongoing updates occur within 3 working days of legislative change, suggesting an active and current document. The last modification date of 11 May 2021 — nearly five years before the stated access date — contradicts any inference that the document has been actively maintained or updated in the intervening period, casting doubt on whether the 3-working-day update commitment has been fulfilled."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, there is no evidence that the scope of this Proclamation changed from its original intent. It appears to be a standard commencement instrument that has remained unchanged since 26 June 2002, with only an administrative file modification recorded in May 2021."},"complexity_factors":["Very limited substantive content provided — the document is largely metadata and status information rather than operative legal text","Proclamations as a legal instrument are relatively straightforward in purpose (typically commencing legislation)","No complex legal definitions, schedules, or multi-layered provisions visible in the provided text","Narrow, specific subject matter (administrative appeals in a single court division in one state)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation, made under the Magistrates Court (Administrative Appeals Division) Act 2001 (Tas.), formally brings the Act into force as of 26 June 2002. It enables the Magistrates Court’s administrative appeals division to operate, affecting Tasmanians who challenge government decisions, legal practitioners, and government agencies whose decisions may be reviewed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-magistrates-court-administrative-appeals-division-act-2001","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-magistrates-court-administrative-appeals-division-act-2001/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-magistrates-court-administrative-appeals-division-act-2001/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-magistrates-court-administrative-appeals-division-act-2001/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-magistrates-court-administrative-appeals-division-act-2001/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-magistrates-court-administrative-appeals-division-act-2001/documents"}}