{"id":"tas:sr-2021-109","name":"Proclamation under the Poisons Amendment Act 2021","slug":"proclamation-under-the-poisons-amendment-act-2021","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"109 of 2021","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":182456,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2021-109-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Poisons Amendment Act 2021","content":"> Proclamation under the Poisons Amendment Act 2021\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-2021-021#GS2@EN) [Poisons Amendment Act 2021](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2021-021) fix 17 December 2021 as the day on which the provisions of that Act commence.\n\n13 December 2021\n\nB. BAKER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nJEREMY ROCKLIFF\n\nMinister for Health\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 14 December 2021\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Health.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substantive scope or content of the Poisons Amendment Act 2021; it only fixes the Act's commencement date under section 2 and records administrative details (gazettal and administering department)."},"complexity_factors":["Single, clear legal effect: sets a commencement date rather than changing substantive law","Relies on an enabling provision (s.2) of the parent Act for authority","Short formal instrument with few operative elements","Administrative details only (gazettal date, responsible department) increase traceability but not legal complexity","No new regulatory definitions, standards or obligations introduced in the proclamation itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes 17 December 2021 as the day the provisions of the Poisons Amendment Act 2021 commence (under s.2). The Governor, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, made the proclamation; it was gazetted on 14 December 2021 and is administered by the Department of Health.\n\nMechanically, people and businesses subject to the Act must comply from that date. The proclamation does not change the Act’s substance and does not itself specify financial implications or additional regulatory content."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a procedural commencement instrument with no substantive scope beyond its intended purpose of activating the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation beyond citation of the enabling Act","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format following long-established conventions"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The Governor of Tasmania (acting on advice from the Executive Council) has officially declared that the **Poisons Amendment Act 2021** will start operating on **17 December 2021**.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't always take effect immediately. This document is the legal 'switch' that turns the Act on.\n- Without this proclamation, the changes to Tasmania's poisons laws would remain inactive.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone regulated by Tasmania's poisons laws — including pharmacists, doctors, veterinarians, and businesses handling scheduled substances — needed to know this date to comply with the new rules.\n\n**Key detail:**\n- The proclamation was made on 13 December 2021 and published in the *Gazette* (the official government newspaper) on 14 December 2021, giving just three days' notice before the law took effect."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A commencement proclamation is a standard procedural instrument with a narrow, fixed purpose — to bring an Act into force on a specified date. There is no indication of any scope change from its original intent."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself contains almost no substantive legal content — it is a procedural instrument only","Its sole operative effect is to trigger a commencement date for another Act","Understanding its full significance requires knowledge of the parent Act (Poisons Amendment Act 2021), which is not reproduced here","Minimal text is available for analysis due to the document being largely metadata and status information"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation brings the Poisons Amendment Act 2021 in Tasmania into force on 14 December 2021. It affects pharmacists, healthcare providers, patients and businesses that handle poisons, controlled substances and related medicines by making the Act’s changes legally operative from that date.\n\nThe instrument contains no independent policy — its sole function is to activate the parent Act."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-poisons-amendment-act-2021","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-poisons-amendment-act-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-poisons-amendment-act-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-poisons-amendment-act-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-poisons-amendment-act-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-poisons-amendment-act-2021/documents"}}