{"id":"tas:sr-2000-231","name":"Proclamation under the Police Powers (Vehicle Interception) Act 2000","slug":"proclamation-under-the-police-powers-vehicle-interception-act-2000","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"231 of 2000","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318846,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2000-231-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Police Powers (Vehicle Interception) Act 2000","content":"> Proclamation under the Police Powers (Vehicle Interception) Act 2000\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-2000-046#GS2@EN) [Police Powers (Vehicle Interception) Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2000-046) fix 1 January 2001 as the day on which the provisions of that Act commence.\n\n18 December 2000\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nD. E. LLEWELLYN\n\nMinister for Police and Public Safety\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 27 December 2000\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Police and Public Safety.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"While this is likely a metadata artifact rather than a substantive legal flaw, the proclamation's status information references an access date (8 April 2026) that post-dates the file's last modification (3 December 2024), raising questions about the reliability of currency claims for a document that has apparently not been amended since 2000 yet purports to be 'current to date' across a 25+ year span with no substantive content visible.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The version is stated to be 'current from 27 December 2000 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:16)', yet the access date of 8 April 2026 is in the future relative to any realistic drafting or review date, and the file was 'last modified 3 December 2024'. This creates a temporal paradox where the document purports to describe its own future access state."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Proclamation - Substantive Content","severity":"high","reasoning":"Under Australian administrative law, a proclamation is a formal executive instrument used to bring legislation into force, designate areas, or trigger statutory powers. The Police Powers (Vehicle Interception) Act 2000 (Tas) would require a proclamation to specify something — roads, areas, or commencement. The reproduced instrument contains only metadata, headings, and status information, rendering it impossible to comply with or enforce, and impossible to determine what it actually proclaims.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The proclamation as reproduced contains no substantive operative provisions whatsoever. A proclamation under an Act is a legal instrument that must contain operative content (e.g., declaring an area, date, or class of vehicles). A proclamation with no operative text is a legal nullity — it cannot fulfil any statutory purpose."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Table of Amending Instruments / File last modified 3 December 2024","severity":"low","reasoning":"A document that references a 'Table of Amending Instruments' implicitly acknowledges the possibility of amendments, yet the version dating from 27 December 2000 'to date' suggests no substantive change. The 2024 file modification date further suggests some change occurred, creating ambiguity about whether the operative content (if any) has changed.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The status information states the file was last modified on 3 December 2024, yet the version has been described as 'current from 27 December 2000 to date' with a table of amending instruments referenced. If amendments exist (per the linked table), the claim that the version is continuously current from 2000 without any visible amendment history in the document itself is internally inconsistent."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation'","section_b":"Authorisation - 'File last modified 3 December 2024'","confidence":0.42,"description":"The instrument claims continuous currency from 27 December 2000 'to date' (April 2026), but the file was last modified in December 2024. If the 3-working-day update policy is operative and the file was modified in 2024, this implies a legislative change occurred in or around December 2024 — yet no amended version or change is disclosed within the reproduced document, contradicting the transparency implied by the update policy."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"As a commencement proclamation, there is no scope to change — its sole purpose is to bring the parent Act into force on a specified date. It does exactly what it was always intended to do."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself is purely administrative — it contains almost no substantive legal content","Very short instrument with minimal text to analyse","Complexity is low because this is a commencement proclamation only, not the substantive legislation","The underlying Act it activates may carry more complexity, but that Act is not reproduced here"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation formally brings the Police Powers (Vehicle Interception) Act 2000 into force in Tasmania, making lawful the power for police to stop and intercept vehicles on roads.  \n\nIt affects Tasmanian drivers and vehicle owners (who can be stopped under the Act) and gives police clear, enforceable authority to carry out vehicle stops; it took effect on 27 December 2000."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substantive scope or content of the Police Powers (Vehicle Interception) Act 2000; it solely fixes the Act's commencement date (1 January 2001) and records formal publication and administrative details under authority of section 2."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete action: sets a commencement date only","Formal legal provenance: issued by Governor on Executive Council advice (cites section 2)","Administrative formalities: Gazette notification, departmental administration identified","No substantive amendments or regulatory detail included","Clear temporal effect (specific commencement day) reduces interpretive ambiguity"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes 1 January 2001 as the day the Police Powers (Vehicle Interception) Act 2000 comes into force. Made by the Governor with Executive Council advice under section 2, it records Gazettal, names the Ministerial signatory and identifies the administering department (Police and Public Safety), thereby making the Act operational from that date."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward commencement instrument performing exactly the function intended — bringing the parent Act into operation 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 (except citation of the parent Act)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard formal language typical of executive proclamations"],"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 **1 January 2001** as the date when the *Police Powers (Vehicle Interception) Act 2000* (Tasmania) officially starts operating.\n\n**Who made it:**\n- The **Governor of Tasmania** (G. S. M. Green), acting on advice from the **Executive Council** (the Premier and senior ministers).\n- Signed off by the **Minister for Police and Public Safety** (D. E. Llewellyn).\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't automatically take effect immediately. This proclamation \"switches on\" the Act, giving police their new powers to stop and intercept vehicles from that specific date.\n- Without this document, the Act would remain dormant on the statute books.\n\n**Key details:**\n- Made: 18 December 2000\n- Published in the *Tasmanian Government Gazette*: 27 December 2000\n- Commencement date: 1 January 2001"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-police-powers-vehicle-interception-act-2000","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-police-powers-vehicle-interception-act-2000/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-police-powers-vehicle-interception-act-2000/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-police-powers-vehicle-interception-act-2000/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-police-powers-vehicle-interception-act-2000/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-police-powers-vehicle-interception-act-2000/documents"}}