{"id":"tas:sr-2002-187","name":"Proclamation under the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002","slug":"proclamation-under-the-national-parks-and-reserves-management-act-2002","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"187 of 2002","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318497,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2002-187-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002","content":"> Proclamation under the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002\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-9999-999#) [National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-9999-999) fix 31 December 2002 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n23 December 2002\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nJ. A. BACON\n\nMinister for Tourism, Parks and Heritage\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 25 December 2002\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Tourism, Parks, Heritage and the Arts.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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 an Act. It has not expanded beyond this original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (fixing the commencement date)","No defined terms","No cross-references to substantive law (only citation of the empowering section)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard ceremonial/formulaic language only"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a law into force.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **31 December 2002** as the date when the *National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002* officially starts operating.\n\n**Who made it:**\n- The **Governor of Tasmania** (acting on advice from the Executive Council, which is the formal body of senior ministers).\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't automatically take effect immediately. This proclamation is the legal trigger that \"switches on\" the National Parks Act, allowing Tasmania's national parks and reserves to be managed under the new legal framework.\n- Without this proclamation, the Act would remain dormant (inactive) even after being passed by Parliament.\n\n**Key point:** This is a **procedural document** — it doesn't create new rules itself, but it activates the rules contained in the main Act."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the content or coverage of the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002; it solely sets the Act's commencement date under the Act's commencement provision. Administrative responsibility and notification dates are recorded, but no expansion or narrowing of legislative scope is effected by this document."},"complexity_factors":["Single administrative act: the proclamation only fixes a commencement date ('fix 31 December 2002 as the day on which that Act commences').","Clear decision-maker: issued by the Governor acting with the advice of the Executive Council ('acting with the advice of the Executive Council').","No substantive amendments: contains no changes to the content, rights, or obligations of the Act—only the timing of its operation is set.","Administrative metadata recorded: signature date (23 December 2002), Gazette notification date (25 December 2002), and administering department specified.","Financial/operational effects not specified here: the proclamation does not itself set fees or obligations; any costs or compliance follow from the Act once it commences."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 31 December 2002 as the day the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002 starts to operate. It was made by the Governor with the advice of the Executive Council, signed 23 December 2002, notified 25 December 2002, and is administered by the Department of Tourism, Parks, Heritage and the Arts."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The combination of a 2017 modification date with a 2026 currency date is not strictly a legal flaw — legislation can remain current without amendment — but it creates a misleading implication of contemporaneous maintenance. The statement that the site is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change' is rendered somewhat meaningless when no change has occurred in approximately 9 years.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The proclamation states it is 'current from 25 December 2002 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:04)' while simultaneously stating the 'File last modified 5 July 2017'. This creates a temporal paradox: if the file was last modified in 2017, it cannot have been continuously 'current to date' in 2026 in any meaningful updated sense, yet the currency statement implies ongoing validity through an access date nearly a decade after the last modification."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document Structure - Entire Instrument","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation derives its legal force from its operative provisions. Without identifying what land is proclaimed, under what power, and to what effect, the instrument cannot be complied with, enforced, or interpreted. Its existence as a legally current instrument 'from 25 December 2002 to date' without any discernible operative content creates an absurd situation where the law nominally applies but no one can determine what it requires.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The proclamation as presented contains no operative provisions whatsoever. A proclamation under the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002 is a legislative instrument with legal effect, yet the document contains only metadata, status information, and formatting headers — no actual proclamation text, no land descriptions, no designated areas, and no operative clauses. A legally operative instrument that contains no operative content is an absurdity."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Update Undertaking","severity":"low","reasoning":"While not a flaw in the legislation itself, the administrative undertaking surrounding this instrument is internally inconsistent when viewed against the modification history. The undertaking implies active maintenance that the facts do not support.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The site states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change' yet the file was last modified 5 July 2017 — approximately 3,200 days before the access date of 8 April 2026. The 3-working-day update promise is either perpetually satisfied (because no change has occurred) or perpetually untestable, making it a meaningless administrative commitment in this context."},{"type":"other","section":"Document Headers - Entire Instrument","severity":"low","reasoning":"Duplicated headings could, in a strict interpretive exercise, be read as creating duplicate sections. Under Tasmanian Acts Interpretation Act 1931 principles, every word of a statute is presumed to have meaning. Duplicate headings with identical content undermine this presumption and could theoretically create interpretive disputes about document structure.","confidence":0.35,"description":"Every heading in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Tasmanian Legislation Tasmania Tasmanian Legislation Tasmania', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). While likely a rendering or extraction error, if this document is treated as the authoritative legislative text, it creates genuine ambiguity as to which instance of each heading constitutes the operative structural element of the instrument."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version ('Version current from 25 December 2002 to date')","section_b":"Status Information - Authorisation ('File last modified 5 July 2017')","confidence":0.6,"description":"The instrument claims currency 'to date' (8 April 2026) implying it reflects the current state of the law, while the authorisation metadata confirms no modification has been made since 5 July 2017. If the instrument has been amended (as suggested by the existence of a Table of Amending Instruments link), the consolidated version should reflect those amendments — but a 2017 modification date against a 2026 currency claim creates a contradiction between the implied completeness of the consolidation and the static modification record."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments (existence of amendment table implying amendments exist)","section_b":"Authorisation - File last modified 5 July 2017","confidence":0.5,"description":"The document references a 'Table of Amending Instruments' which presupposes that amendments to this proclamation have been made. However, no amendment content is visible, and the file modification date of 2017 does not align with any apparent update incorporating amendments. If amendments exist post-2017, they are not reflected in the file — contradicting the site's own undertaking to update within 3 working days of a change."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available metadata, there is no indication the scope changed from its original intent. The Proclamation appears to have been in continuous force since 25 December 2002 with only minor administrative amendments noted. Without the substantive text, a definitive scope assessment cannot be made."},"complexity_factors":["The document as provided contains only metadata and administrative information — no substantive legal provisions are visible","Proclamations under parks legislation are generally straightforward in structure (they declare land status rather than create complex legal frameworks)","The underlying Act (National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002) may add complexity in context, but the proclamation itself is typically a short, targeted instrument","Absence of actual content makes meaningful legal analysis impossible, adding practical complexity to assessment"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation, made under Tasmania’s National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002, formally declares or alters the status or boundaries of protected land—affecting neighbours, visitors, Indigenous interests, developers and conservationists by changing what uses are legally allowed. It matters because proclaimed land gains lasting legal protection. The actual lands and specific changes are not included in the supplied text."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-national-parks-and-reserves-management-act-2002","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-national-parks-and-reserves-management-act-2002/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-national-parks-and-reserves-management-act-2002/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-national-parks-and-reserves-management-act-2002/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-national-parks-and-reserves-management-act-2002/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-national-parks-and-reserves-management-act-2002/documents"}}