{"id":"tas:sr-2000-062","name":"Proclamation under the Passenger Transport Act 1997","slug":"proclamation-under-the-passenger-transport-act-1997","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"62 of 2000","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318914,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2000-062-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Passenger Transport Act 1997","content":"> Proclamation under the Passenger Transport Act 1997\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-1997-052#GS2@EN) [Passenger Transport Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-052) fix 26 June 2000 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n13 June 2000\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nP. A. LENNON\n\nMinister for Infrastructure, Energy and Resources\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 21 June 2000\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.","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 Passenger Transport Act 1997; it only sets the Act's commencement date so the Act's existing obligations, powers and duties take effect from 26 June 2000."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete action: fixes only a commencement date (26 June 2000).","Legal authority is straightforward: exercise of section 2 power by the Governor on Executive Council advice.","Limited operational impact: does not amend substantive provisions of the Act, only its start date.","Clear administrative ownership: Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources named as administrator.","Low discretion and low compliance ambiguity: obligations begin on a known date, reducing transitional uncertainty."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made by the Governor on the advice of the Executive Council under section 2 of the Passenger Transport Act 1997, fixes 26 June 2000 as the day the Act comes into force. That means the legal powers, duties and compliance obligations created by the Act begin on that date, binding passenger transport operators, regulators and passengers; administrative responsibility for implementation is with the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a procedural commencement instrument with no substantive scope; it performs exactly the limited function it was designed for — bringing the parent Act into force."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative clause fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to substantive provisions","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- The Governor of Tasmania (acting on ministerial advice) officially declares that the *Passenger Transport Act 1997* will **start operating on 26 June 2000**.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Laws don't automatically apply the moment Parliament passes them. They often need a separate \"starting gun\" (called a **commencement** or **proclamation**) to activate them.\n- This document is that starting gun for Tasmania's main law regulating buses, taxis, and other passenger transport services.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone in Tasmania who uses or provides passenger transport services — once this date hits, the rules in the 1997 Act become legally binding."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A proclamation under the Passenger Transport Act 1997 with no visible operative clauses (no commencement date being proclaimed, no provisions being brought into force, no schedule of affected sections) has persisted on the statute book for 26 years. Without operative text, it is impossible to determine what legal effect it has or whether compliance with it is even conceptually possible.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The proclamation states it is 'current from 21 June 2000 to date' but the access date recorded is 8 April 2026, meaning the instrument has ostensibly been in force for nearly 26 years without any substantive operative provisions visible in the reproduced text."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Legislation update notice","severity":"low","reasoning":"While not a logical flaw in the legislative text itself, the administrative representation creates an internal tension: the currency guarantee implies ongoing maintenance, yet the modification timestamp is inconsistent with a living, actively maintained instrument accessed 16 months later. This undermines the reliability representation made to users.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The notice states legislation 'is usually updated within 3 working days after a change' yet the file was last modified 3 December 2024 while the access date is 8 April 2026 — a gap of approximately 16 months — suggesting either no changes occurred or the update obligation was not met."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document structure (entire instrument)","severity":"high","reasoning":"Under the Passenger Transport Act 1997 (Tas), proclamations are a mechanism to bring provisions into force or declare matters of legal consequence. Without any operative text, there is nothing to comply with, enforce, or interpret. It is logically impossible for this instrument to impose obligations or confer rights, yet it appears on the consolidated legislation register as a current, operative statutory instrument.","confidence":0.81,"description":"The reproduced instrument contains no operative provisions whatsoever. A proclamation is by legal nature an executive instrument that must proclaim something (e.g., a commencement date, a declared area, an appointed person). A proclamation with no operative content is a legal nullity dressed as valid law."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version ('current from 21 June 2000 to date')","section_b":"Status Information - File last modified 3 December 2024","confidence":0.48,"description":"The instrument is represented as continuously current and up-to-date from 2000, yet the file modification date of December 2024 implies the instrument was altered after its original making. A proclamation, once made and gazetted, should be immutable in its operative effect; subsequent file modification suggests either administrative re-editing of a fixed legal instrument or that the 'current' representation does not accurately reflect the instrument's original state."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Title: 'Proclamation under the Passenger Transport Act 1997'","section_b":"Table of Amending Instruments (reference to sr-2000-062/lh)","confidence":0.62,"description":"A proclamation is an executive act of the Governor and is not ordinarily subject to amendment by subsequent statutory rules in the way that regulations are. The existence of a Table of Amending Instruments for what is styled a proclamation suggests either the instrument has been misclassified (it may be a regulation) or that the amendment mechanism referenced is legally inappropriate for the instrument type."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"There is insufficient substantive content in the provided text to assess whether the scope changed from any original intent. The document appears to be a standard commencement proclamation tied directly to the Passenger Transport Act 1997, suggesting no deviation from its intended administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["The document as provided contains almost no substantive legal content — only metadata, status information, and administrative details","Proclamations are generally short, formulaic instruments with limited operative content","The underlying Act (Passenger Transport Act 1997) may be complex, but the proclamation itself is a narrow triggering instrument","No amendments or definitional complexity are visible in the provided text"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation is a formal gubernatorial notice that brings (or activates) parts of the Passenger Transport Act 1997 into legal effect in Tasmania. It matters to passenger-transport operators, commuters and the regulators who oversee bus, taxi and related services because it switches on rules and powers in the Act. The text of the specific provisions and commencement details aren’t visible here; the version has been current since 21 June 2000."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-passenger-transport-act-1997","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-passenger-transport-act-1997/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-passenger-transport-act-1997/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-passenger-transport-act-1997/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-passenger-transport-act-1997/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-passenger-transport-act-1997/documents"}}