{"id":"tas:sr-2022-016","name":"Proclamation under the Property Agents and Land Transactions Amendment Act 2020","slug":"proclamation-under-the-property-agents-and-land-transactions-amendment-act-2020","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"16 of 2022","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":179537,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2022-016-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Property Agents and Land Transactions Amendment Act 2020","content":"> Proclamation under the Property Agents and Land Transactions Amendment Act 2020\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-2020-040#GS2@EN) [Property Agents and Land Transactions Amendment Act 2020](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2020-040) fix 4 May 2022 as the day on which the provisions of that Act commence.\n\n2 May 2022\n\nB. BAKER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nELISE ARCHER\n\nMinister for Workplace Safety and Consumer Affairs\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 May 2022\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a procedural commencement instrument performing exactly the function intended: bringing an Act into force on a specified date. No scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: fixes one commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to substantive law (only cites the empowering section)","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 effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The Tasmanian Governor (acting on ministerial advice) has officially declared that the *Property Agents and Land Transactions Amendment Act 2020* will start operating on **4 May 2022**.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't automatically take effect immediately. They often need a proclamation like this to \"switch on.\" This document is that switch.\n- The underlying Act makes changes to how property agents (real estate agents) operate and how land transactions are handled in Tasmania — but **this specific document doesn't contain those rules**. It simply announces when those rules become active.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Property buyers, sellers, real estate agents, and conveyancers in Tasmania — but only indirectly. This tells them the new rules are now live, but they'll need to read the actual Amendment Act to know what changed."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the content or scope of the Amendment Act; it only specifies the date on which the Act's provisions commence under section 2. Any change to scope would be found in the Amendment Act itself, not in this commencement proclamation."},"complexity_factors":["Single administrative act: fixes a commencement date only","References an external statute (the Amendment Act) so full legal effect requires reading that Act","Formal executive procedure (Governor acting with Executive Council) but no discretionary standards or criteria","No substantive policy, regulatory detail, or transitional mechanics included in the proclamation itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 4 May 2022 as the day the Property Agents and Land Transactions Amendment Act 2020 comes into force, using the commencement power in section 2 of that Act. It was signed by the Governor on 2 May 2022 and notified in the Gazette on 4 May 2022. The legal requirements and powers created by the Amendment Act become operative on that date, so people and businesses subject to the Act (such as property agents and parties to land transactions) must comply from 4 May 2022."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Version/Currency Information","severity":"low","reasoning":"The phrase 'current from 4 May 2022 to date' in a file last modified 4 May 2022 is self-referentially hollow — the document cannot dynamically confirm its own currency, yet asserts it as a status guarantee. This is a structural absurdity common in automated legislation publishing systems but logically the claim is unverifiable from the document itself.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states it was 'accessed 5 April 2026 at 14:41' but the 'file last modified' date is 4 May 2022. The access date of 5 April 2026 is approximately 4 years after the last modification, yet the document claims to be 'current to date' — a proclamation instrument of this brevity having no amendments across 4 years while claiming currency is not itself absurd, but the access timestamp of 2026 embedded in what appears to be a static 2022 document raises questions about whether 'current to date' is a meaningful or verifiable claim in a static file context."},{"type":"other","section":"Title/Header Block","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Legislative instruments derive legal force partly from precise identification. A proclamation that reproduces its own title in at least four variants (two correct, two truncated/misspelled) creates a non-trivial risk that the instrument cannot be unambiguously cited or cross-referenced. While likely a formatting/rendering error, it is a logical flaw in the document as presented.","confidence":0.75,"description":"The document title appears in at least four distinct duplicate or near-duplicate forms within the header and body, including a truncated misspelling ('Propert' instead of 'Property') repeated twice. A legislative instrument that cannot correctly or consistently reproduce its own title creates a latent identification problem — a court or practitioner relying on the short title for citation purposes could face ambiguity."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Status Information Block","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation instrument exists solely to give legal effect to commencement of an Act or provisions thereof. If the operative clause (specifying which provisions commence and on what date) is absent, the instrument is legally inert — there is nothing to comply with, rely upon, or enforce. The document as presented is logically incapable of fulfilling its sole statutory purpose.","confidence":0.9,"description":"Every heading and subheading in the Status Information section is duplicated verbatim (e.g. 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). The substantive proclamation content — the operative clauses actually commencing provisions of the Property Agents and Land Transactions Amendment Act 2020 — appears to be entirely absent from the document as presented."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire Document","severity":"high","reasoning":"Under Tasmanian drafting conventions and the Acts Interpretation Act 1931 (Tas), a proclamation must contain operative language identifying what is being proclaimed. The absence of any such content means the instrument cannot be construed, applied, or complied with. It is logically equivalent to a blank signed cheque with no payee, amount, or date.","confidence":0.92,"description":"The document purports to be a 'Proclamation' — a legally operative instrument — but contains only metadata, status information, and navigation elements. It contains no operative words, no commencement date for any provision, no reference to the Governor's authority, and no schedule of commenced provisions. It is a proclamation that proclaims nothing."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency Statement: 'Version current from 4 May 2022 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 4 May 2022'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The document simultaneously asserts that it reflects the law 'to date' (i.e. dynamically current) while also confirming the underlying file has not been modified since 4 May 2022. These two claims are contradictory: a static file cannot be authoritative evidence of a dynamically current legal position unless no changes have occurred, which the system cannot confirm from within the document itself."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Title: 'Proclamation under the Property Agents and Land Transactions Amendment Act 2020'","section_b":"Truncated Title: 'Proclamation under the Propert Proclamation under the Property Agents and Land Transactions Amendment Act 2020'","confidence":0.8,"description":"The document presents two irreconcilable versions of its own title — one complete and one containing a truncated word ('Propert') followed by a repetition of the full title. These cannot both be the correct short title of the instrument, creating an internal contradiction as to the instrument's own legal name."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation with no operative scope of its own. Its sole function is to bring existing legislation into effect on a specified date. There is no evidence of scope change from the original legislative intent — it performs exactly the administrative role such proclamations are designed to perform."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself is purely procedural — a commencement notice, not substantive law","No operative legal provisions are contained within this document itself","Complexity is deferred to the underlying Amendment Act, which is not reproduced here","Minimal technical language present in the proclamation text","Single, clear purpose: establishing a commencement date"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation formally brings the Property Agents and Land Transactions Amendment Act 2020 into force in Tasmania, with effect from 4 May 2022. It activates updated licensing, regulation and accountability rules for real estate agents, property managers, conveyancers and auctioneers, affecting those professionals, the businesses that employ them, and consumers in Tasmanian property transactions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-property-agents-and-land-transactions-amendment-act-2020","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-property-agents-and-land-transactions-amendment-act-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-property-agents-and-land-transactions-amendment-act-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-property-agents-and-land-transactions-amendment-act-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-property-agents-and-land-transactions-amendment-act-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-property-agents-and-land-transactions-amendment-act-2020/documents"}}