{"id":"tas:sr-2001-034","name":"Proclamation under the Powers of Attorney Act 2000","slug":"proclamation-under-the-powers-of-attorney-act-2000","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"34 of 2001","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318679,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2001-034-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Powers of Attorney Act 2000","content":"> Proclamation under the Powers of Attorney 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-2000-068#GS2@EN) [Powers of Attorney Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2000-068) fix 4 April 2001 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n26 March 2001\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nD. E. LLEWELLYN\n\nMinister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment\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 4 April 2001\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Currency of version / Status Information","severity":"low","reasoning":"A file modification date of 2025 is inconsistent with a claim of no substantive change since 2001, unless the modification was purely administrative. The instrument provides no explanation for what changed, creating an unresolved tension between currency claims and modification history.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The proclamation states it has been 'current from 4 April 2001 to date' yet the file was 'last modified 25 February 2025', implying the proclamation has been substantively unchanged for over 24 years while simultaneously having been modified."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Update Policy","severity":"low","reasoning":"A proclamation that contains no discernible operative text beyond metadata and status information cannot logically benefit from an update policy. The entire accessible content of this instrument appears to be administrative wrapper, not substantive law.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The document states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change' yet the proclamation itself has no substantive operative provisions visible in the text, making the update policy meaningless in this context — there is nothing to update."},{"type":"other","section":"Entire Document Structure","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Legal instruments must be capable of precise citation. Where every heading is duplicated, it is unclear which instance of a heading constitutes the operative provision and which is a rendering artefact. This creates a genuine ambiguity in the authoritative text of the instrument.","confidence":0.8,"description":"Every heading in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g. 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'), suggesting a structural rendering error has produced a document that is formally incoherent and potentially impossible to cite with precision."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Responsible Minister and Department","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Directing readers to a perpetually shifting external instrument ('latest' AAO) to identify ministerial responsibility for a 2001 proclamation means there is no fixed, reliable answer. A reader in 2026 consulting the 'latest' AAO will receive a different answer than a reader in 2030, creating chronic legal uncertainty about accountability.","confidence":0.7,"description":"The section directing readers to identify the Responsible Minister via 'the latest Administrative Arrangement Order' creates an impossible compliance scenario for historical analysis: the 'latest' order changes over time, meaning the identity of the responsible minister for a 2001 proclamation is permanently indeterminate from the face of the instrument."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency of version: 'current from 4 April 2001 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 25 February 2025'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The instrument claims an unbroken currency from 2001, implying no substantive amendments, yet the file was modified as recently as February 2025. These two statements are irreconcilable without an explanation of what the 2025 modification entailed."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments (hyperlink present, implying amendments exist)","section_b":"Currency of version: 'current from 4 April 2001 to date' (implying no change since commencement)","confidence":0.5,"description":"The presence of a 'Table of Amending Instruments' hyperlink implies there are or may be amendments to record, which contradicts the version currency statement suggesting the instrument is unchanged since its 4 April 2001 commencement date."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard commencement instrument performing exactly the function intended — 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 (except citation of the parent Act)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format — essentially a template with blanks filled in"],"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 **4 April 2001** as the date when Tasmania's *Powers of Attorney Act 2000* officially starts operating.\n- Without this proclamation, the Act would remain on the shelf — passed by Parliament but not yet legally active.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone in Tasmania who wants to create, use, or rely on a power of attorney (a legal document where one person gives another authority to act on their behalf).\n- From 4 April 2001 onwards, the new rules in the 2000 Act apply instead of any old laws.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Powers of attorney are crucial for managing financial and legal affairs — especially for elderly people, those with disabilities, or anyone planning ahead for illness.\n- This proclamation tells lawyers, banks, and the public exactly when the new system kicks in, so everyone knows which legal rules to follow."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the substantive scope or content of the Powers of Attorney Act 2000; it only declares the Act’s commencement date under section 2, bringing the existing provisions into force from 4 April 2001."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete legal action: fixes a commencement date only","Explicit statutory authority cited (s 2 of the Act)","No substantive amendments or new regulatory obligations introduced","Administrative details confined to signing, notification, and department responsibility","Low interpretive discretion: date and notification are clear and objective"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, signed 26 March 2001 under section 2 of the Powers of Attorney Act 2000, fixes 4 April 2001 as the day the Act comes into force in Tasmania. It was notified in the Gazette and is administered by the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment. Mechanically, it does not change the Act’s content: the Governor (with Executive Council) decides the start date, and from that date persons and entities covered by the Act must comply with its provisions."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A commencement proclamation has a single, fixed purpose: to bring another Act into operation. There is no scope to change — it performs exactly its intended administrative function of activating the Powers of Attorney Act 2000 from 4 April 2001."},"complexity_factors":["The document is purely administrative — it contains no substantive legal rules or operative provisions","Its sole function is to set a commencement date for another Act","No technical legal concepts, cross-references, definitions, or exceptions are present in this instrument itself","The document as reproduced is largely metadata and formatting with minimal actual content"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation by the Governor of Tasmania brought the Powers of Attorney Act 2000 into force from 4 April 2001. It affects Tasmanian principals and their attorneys (including family, carers), and professionals and institutions that rely on powers of attorney, by making the Act’s modern legal framework legally effective."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-powers-of-attorney-act-2000","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-powers-of-attorney-act-2000/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-powers-of-attorney-act-2000/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-powers-of-attorney-act-2000/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-powers-of-attorney-act-2000/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-powers-of-attorney-act-2000/documents"}}