{"id":"tas:sr-2009-164","name":"Proclamation under the Police Offences Amendment (Clamping) Act 2009","slug":"proclamation-under-the-police-offences-amendment-clamping-act-2009","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"164 of 2009","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":315236,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2009-164-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Police Offences Amendment (Clamping) Act 2009","content":"> Proclamation under the Police Offences Amendment (Clamping) Act 2009\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](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2009-062#GS2@EN) of the [Police Offences Amendment (Clamping) Act 2009](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2009-062) fix 11 December 2009 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n30 November 2009\n\nPETER G. UNDERWOOD\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nJ. G. COX\n\nMinister for Police and Emergency Management\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 December 2009\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Police and Emergency Management.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation does not change the content or application of the Amendment Act; it only fixes the Act's commencement date under section 2. It therefore does not expand or reduce the Act's substantive scope—only the date on which its provisions begin to operate."},"complexity_factors":["Single, clear operative action: fixes a commencement date (11 December 2009).","Legal formality: issued by the Governor on Executive Council advice and signed by Minister (formal executive decision-making).","References another statutory provision (s. 2 of the Police Offences Amendment (Clamping) Act 2009) to derive power to proclaim.","Administrative detail: notified in Gazette and assigned to a department for administration.","No substantive amendments or operative regulatory detail in the proclamation itself (limited scope reduces legal complexity)."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation brings the Police Offences Amendment (Clamping) Act 2009 into force on 11 December 2009. The Governor, on the advice of the Executive Council, fixed that commencement date; the Department of Police and Emergency Management administers the proclamation, and anyone covered by the Act must comply with its rules from that day."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does exactly what a commencement instrument is designed to do — activate the parent Act on a specified date. There is no evidence of scope change from the original legislative intent."},"complexity_factors":["The document is a commencement proclamation only — it contains no substantive legal provisions of its own","Its sole function is to set an activation date for a parent Act","No definitions, offences, penalties, or procedures are contained within the proclamation itself","Short and formulaic in nature with no ambiguous or contested language"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation sets 9 December 2009 as the commencement date for the Police Offences Amendment (Clamping) Act 2009, bringing into force Tasmanian police powers to immobilise vehicles (wheel‑clamping) as a penalty for certain offences. It primarily affects Tasmanian drivers subject to those penalties and gives police a new enforcement tool."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard commencement proclamation performing exactly its intended function — bringing an Act into force on a specified date. No scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (fixing a commencement date)","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation beyond citation","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format with ceremonial language only"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **11 December 2009** as the date when the *Police Offences Amendment (Clamping) Act 2009* officially starts operating.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't always take effect immediately. This document is the legal trigger that \"switches on\" the clamping law.\n- Without this proclamation, the Act would remain dormant (inactive) even after being passed.\n\n**Who is affected:**\n- Anyone in Tasmania who might clamp (immobilise) vehicles — the underlying Act regulates or restricts this practice.\n- The general public, who gain legal protections or face new rules about vehicle clamping from this date onward.\n\n**Key point:** This document itself doesn't create the rules about clamping — it simply announces *when* those rules start applying."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-police-offences-amendment-clamping-act-2009","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-police-offences-amendment-clamping-act-2009/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-police-offences-amendment-clamping-act-2009/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-police-offences-amendment-clamping-act-2009/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-police-offences-amendment-clamping-act-2009/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-police-offences-amendment-clamping-act-2009/documents"}}