{"id":"tas:sr-2002-046","name":"Proclamation under the Medical Radiation Science Professionals Registration Act 2000","slug":"proclamation-under-the-medical-radiation-science-professionals-registration-act-2000","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"46 of 2002","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318533,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2002-046-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Medical Radiation Science Professionals Registration Act 2000","content":"> Proclamation under the Medical Radiation Science Professionals Registration Act 2000\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-2000-065#GS2@EN) [Medical Radiation Science Professionals Registration Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2000-065) fix 1 July 2002 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n4 June 2002\n\nG. S. M. Green\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nJudy Jackson\n\nMinister for Health and Human Services\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 12 June 2002\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The access timestamp of 8 April 2026 combined with a last-modified date of 16 January 2025 is internally consistent only if the document was genuinely accessed on that future date. However, as a proclamation instrument purporting to be a static legal text, embedding a dynamic future access date into its own status section creates ambiguity about when the instrument's currency was actually verified. This is a metadata absurdity rather than a substantive legal flaw.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 12 June 2002 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:05)' while the file was last modified on 16 January 2025, yet the access date of 8 April 2026 appears to be a future date relative to any plausible drafting date, raising questions about whether the document is genuinely current or speculatively dated."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation is an instrument that brings legislation or provisions into force, designates dates, or makes other operative declarations. The reproduced document contains only metadata, status information, navigational headers, and repeated duplicate headings — no operative clause is visible. If the entirety of the operative content is absent, the claim that it has been 'current' and enforceable since 12 June 2002 is logically unsupportable, as there is nothing for regulated persons to comply with or for administrators to enforce.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The legislation claims to be 'current from 12 June 2002 to date' — a span of nearly 24 years — yet the substantive body of the proclamation as reproduced contains no operative provisions whatsoever. A proclamation with no discernible operative text cannot meaningfully be described as 'current' in any legally operative sense."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Entire document structure","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Statutory instruments derive their authority from precise textual formulation. Wholesale duplication of every heading suggests either a serious publication or rendering error, or — if taken at face value as the instrument's text — an instrument that is self-referentially redundant. Either way, the integrity of the published legal text is compromised, which affects public access to law obligations under rule-of-law principles.","confidence":0.85,"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'). If this duplication were treated as part of the legal instrument itself rather than a rendering error, each provision would appear to impose or declare everything twice, creating structural incoherence in the legislative record."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - File last modified 16 January 2025","section_b":"Status Information - Version current from 12 June 2002 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:05)","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document asserts the file was last modified on 16 January 2025, yet also asserts it was accessed on 8 April 2026. These two dates are not inherently contradictory, but the currency statement 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation' implies the 16 January 2025 modification should have been reflected in a version update, yet the version date remains anchored to 12 June 2002 with no indication of what the January 2025 modification comprised."}]},"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 activate a previously passed Act. 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 formal language typical of commencement proclamations","Total length: approximately 150 words of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short official notice (called a 'proclamation') that sets the start date for a Tasmanian law about registering medical radiation professionals (like radiographers and radiation therapists).\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Fixes the start date** for the *Medical Radiation Science Professionals Registration Act 2000* as **1 July 2002**\n- This means the law officially comes into force and people must start following it from that date\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 Minister Judy Jackson\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Many laws are passed by Parliament but don't start immediately. This proclamation is the formal trigger that 'switches on' the law.\n- Without this document, the *Medical Radiation Science Professionals Registration Act 2000* would remain inactive on the statute books.\n- It ensures medical radiation professionals in Tasmania became subject to registration requirements from 1 July 2002, protecting public safety by ensuring only qualified people operate X-ray machines and other radiation equipment."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not alter the substantive scope of the Medical Radiation Science Professionals Registration Act 2000; it simply fixes the Act's commencement date under section 2 and identifies the administering agency. It is procedural rather than substantive."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete operative action: sets a commencement date for an existing Act (straightforward legal effect).","Relies on a cross-reference to the parent Act (section 2) to determine substantive effect rather than containing substantive rules itself.","Formal procedural elements present (Governor in Council, Gazette notification, Rules Publication Act display) increase formal steps but not substantive complexity.","Administrative assignment is noted (Department of Health and Human Services), creating an implementation locus though no detailed implementation measures are included.","No transitional provisions, exceptions, or multi-part conditions in the proclamation itself (minimal branching or discretion)."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes 1 July 2002 as the day the Medical Radiation Science Professionals Registration Act 2000 begins operation in Tasmania. By doing so, it brings into force the Act’s registration and regulatory arrangements (see section 2) so that people covered by the Act are subject to its requirements from that date.\n\nThe Governor made the proclamation on Executive Council advice; the instrument is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services and was notified in the Gazette, identifying who will manage compliance and implementation."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient substantive content is present in the provided document to determine whether the scope has changed from the original intent of the parent Act. The document is metadata only."},"complexity_factors":["The document as provided contains almost no substantive legislative content — it is largely administrative metadata","The parent Act (Medical Radiation Science Professionals Registration Act 2000) would likely add complexity if reviewed, but is not included here","Proclamations are generally straightforward instruments used to trigger or commence legislation rather than create complex new rules","The existence of amendments adds a minor layer of complexity in tracking the current operative effect"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made under Tasmania’s Medical Radiation Science Professionals Registration Act 2000, formally operates provisions governing registration of radiographers, radiation therapists and nuclear medicine technologists in Tasmania. It has been in force since 12 June 2002 and amended at least once. The provided document contains only administrative metadata, so its substantive obligations or effects cannot be determined without the full proclamation text."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-medical-radiation-science-professionals-registration-act-2000","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-medical-radiation-science-professionals-registration-act-2000/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-medical-radiation-science-professionals-registration-act-2000/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-medical-radiation-science-professionals-registration-act-2000/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-medical-radiation-science-professionals-registration-act-2000/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-medical-radiation-science-professionals-registration-act-2000/documents"}}