{"id":"tas:sr-2000-125","name":"Proclamation under the New Tax System Price Exploitation Code (Tasmania) Act 1999","slug":"proclamation-under-the-new-tax-system-price-exploitation-code-tasmania-act-1999","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"125 of 2000","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318795,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2000-125-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the New Tax System Price Exploitation Code (Tasmania) Act 1999","content":"> Proclamation under the New Tax System Price Exploitation Code (Tasmania) Act 1999\n\nI, the Lieutenant-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 6 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1999-081#GS6@EN) [New Tax System Price Exploitation Code (Tasmania) Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1999-081) appoint the date on which the making of this proclamation is notified in the *Gazette* as the date on which a modification made by the *A New Tax System (Trade Practices Amendment) Act 2000* of the Commonwealth to the New Tax System Price Exploitation Code text applies.\n\n7 August 2000\n\nW. J. E. COX\n\nLieutenant-Governor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nDAVID CREAN\n\nTreasurer\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 9 August 2000\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Treasury and Finance.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substantive scope or content of the Code; it only appoints the commencement date for a Commonwealth modification to the Code as applied in Tasmania (using the Gazette notification date). Responsibility for the timing decision is vested in the Lieutenant‑Governor with Executive Council under section 6, and administration is handled by the Department of Treasury and Finance."},"complexity_factors":["Purely formal commencement instrument rather than substantive policy change","Cross‑reference to a Commonwealth amendment (A New Tax System (Trade Practices Amendment) Act 2000) creates a dependency on external text","Relies on statutory commencement power under section 6 of the New Tax System Price Exploitation Code (Tasmania) Act 1999","Commencement tied to Gazette notification date (administrative timing mechanism)","Limited discretion exercised (appointment of date) and minimal compliance detail"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes when a Commonwealth amendment to the New Tax System Price Exploitation Code (Tasmania) takes effect in Tasmania. It appoints the date the proclamation is notified in the Gazette (notified 9 August 2000) as the commencement date for the change. The Lieutenant‑Governor, acting with Executive Council, sets the start date; businesses and persons obliged by the Code must comply with the amended text from that day. The Department of Treasury and Finance administers the proclamation."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs exactly the function intended: it triggers the commencement of a specific amendment to the Price Exploitation Code. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of setting an effective date for the application of federal modifications to Tasmanian law."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with straightforward purpose","Only one cross-reference (to section 6 of the parent Act)","No defined terms within the proclamation itself","Simple conditional logic: publication in Gazette = effective date","Historical context-dependent (GST introduction in 2000) but legally simple"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **Tasmanian government proclamation** (an official announcement with legal force) that sets the date when certain consumer protection rules about price-gouging come into effect in Tasmania.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Activates a law** that stops businesses from unfairly hiking prices when the GST (Goods and Services Tax) was introduced in 2000\n- Specifically, it applies a **Commonwealth (federal) amendment** made by the *A New Tax System (Trade Practices Amendment) Act 2000* to Tasmania's version of the Price Exploitation Code\n- The effective date is **9 August 2000** (the date this proclamation was published in the government Gazette)\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Tasmanian businesses selling goods and services\n- Consumers in Tasmania (protected from price exploitation)\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- During the 2000 tax system changes, there was concern businesses would use the GST as an excuse to jack up prices unfairly\n- This proclamation ensures Tasmania's consumer protection laws were updated to match federal changes, closing potential loopholes\n- Without this proclamation, the updated protections wouldn't have legal force in Tasmania"},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available text, this proclamation appears to perform its intended and narrow purpose: bringing the New Tax System Price Exploitation Code (Tasmania) Act 1999 into operation. There is no indication of scope creep or departure from its original intent. It remains a time-specific instrument tied to the GST transition era."},"complexity_factors":["The document provided is a bare proclamation with minimal substantive content — it activates another Act rather than containing detailed operative provisions itself","The underlying subject matter (price exploitation during a tax transition) is relatively straightforward in concept","No complex definitions, exemptions, or enforcement mechanisms are visible in the text provided","The historical context (GST introduction) is well-understood and no longer actively contested","Intergovernmental cooperative scheme adds a minor layer of complexity (federal-state interaction)"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation brings the Tasmanian Price Exploitation Code into force, legally barring businesses from exploiting the GST introduction to raise prices beyond what the tax change justified. It protected Tasmanian consumers from opportunistic price rises and constrained sellers during the GST transition. Today the measure is largely historical, having served its purpose around the 2000 tax change."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A Price Exploitation Code designed to prevent exploitation during the GST transition period logically has no ongoing purpose after that transition concluded. Legislation remaining 'current' for 25+ years beyond its evident policy purpose, without repeal or sunset, represents a logical absurdity in legislative design, though not strictly a textual self-contradiction.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The legislation states it is 'current from 9 August 2000 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:15)' yet the file was 'last modified 3 December 2024'. If the proclamation has been substantively unmodified since 2000, it is purporting to govern conduct relating to a tax transition (the GST introduction on 1 July 2000) that concluded decades ago, yet remains nominally 'in force' with no sunset clause or repeal."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version / Authorisation","severity":"low","reasoning":"The statement 'current to date' implies continuous verified currency, while 'last modified 3 December 2024' fixes a historical timestamp. The promise that legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days' does not resolve whether the 3 December 2024 modification captures all changes; it merely asserts a procedural aspiration. These statements are in mild logical tension.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states the version is current 'to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:15)' but the file was 'last modified 3 December 2024'. This creates a temporal inconsistency: the system claims real-time currency but the underlying file pre-dates the access date by over 16 months, meaning the claimed currency is contingent on no changes having occurred — a claim the system cannot itself verify at the moment of access."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire Proclamation","severity":"high","reasoning":"If the Proclamation contains no operative text (as reproduced), it cannot perform its legal function of proclaiming anything. Any party seeking to rely on or comply with this instrument faces an impossible task: there is nothing to comply with, yet the instrument purports to have legal effect and remains listed as 'in force'.","confidence":0.68,"description":"The document as reproduced contains no operative provisions whatsoever — no proclamation date, no commencement date specified within the text, no substantive clauses, and no schedule. A Proclamation is a legal instrument whose entire function is to bring an Act or provisions into force; a Proclamation with no operative content is a logical nullity."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - 'Version current from 9 August 2000 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:15)'","section_b":"Authorisation - 'File last modified 3 December 2024'","confidence":0.52,"description":"The version currency claim asserts the document reflects the law as at the access date (8 April 2026), but the file modification date of 3 December 2024 means the document has not been reviewed or updated for over 16 months prior to the claimed access date. These two statements cannot both be fully true simultaneously: either the document is current as at 8 April 2026, or it was last substantively reviewed on 3 December 2024."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-new-tax-system-price-exploitation-code-tasmania-act-1999","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-new-tax-system-price-exploitation-code-tasmania-act-1999/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-new-tax-system-price-exploitation-code-tasmania-act-1999/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-new-tax-system-price-exploitation-code-tasmania-act-1999/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-new-tax-system-price-exploitation-code-tasmania-act-1999/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-new-tax-system-price-exploitation-code-tasmania-act-1999/documents"}}