{"id":"tas:sr-2024-089","name":"Proclamation under the Racing Regulation and Integrity Act 2024","slug":"proclamation-under-the-racing-regulation-and-integrity-act-2024","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"89 of 2024","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174513,"registerId":"tas-sr-2024-089-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Racing Regulation and Integrity Act 2024","content":"> Proclamation under the Racing Regulation and Integrity Act 2024\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-2024-016#GS2@EN) [Racing Regulation and Integrity Act 2024](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2024-016) fix 1 February 2025 as the day on which the provisions of that Act commence.\n\n2 December 2024\n\nB. BAKER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nJ. HOWLETT\n\nMinister for Racing\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 11 December 2024\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation — a purely procedural instrument with a single, narrow purpose. It has not expanded beyond its original intent because it has no substantive content beyond setting the start date."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (fixing a commencement date)","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act citation","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard ceremonial/formulaic language only"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short official notice (called a 'proclamation') that sets the start date for Tasmania's Racing Regulation and Integrity Act 2024. \n\n**What it does:**\n- **Fixes the commencement date** — The Act will come into force on **1 February 2025**\n- **Who made it:** The Tasmanian Governor, acting on advice from the Executive Council (the Premier and senior ministers)\n- **Legal basis:** Made under section 2 of the Racing Regulation and Integrity Act 2024\n\n**Why it matters:**\nMany laws don't start automatically when passed by Parliament. This proclamation is the formal trigger that tells everyone — racing bodies, regulators, and the public — exactly when the new racing rules and integrity measures begin. Without this document, the Act would sit unused."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A Proclamation of this type is a purely administrative instrument — its sole purpose is to commence the parent Act. There is no indication of any scope change from the original legislative intent. It does exactly what such proclamations are designed to do."},"complexity_factors":["This is a Proclamation only — it contains almost no substantive legal content of its own, just a commencement trigger","The actual complexity lies in the parent Act (Racing Regulation and Integrity Act 2024), not this instrument","The document provided is largely metadata and status information rather than operative legal text","No conditional or staged commencement provisions are visible that would add interpretive difficulty"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation formally brings the Racing Regulation and Integrity Act 2024 into force in Tasmania from 11 December 2024. \n\nIt affects everyone in the racing industry — horse, greyhound and harness participants, clubs, bookmakers, stewards, integrity officials, and bettors — because it activates new regulatory, licensing and integrity obligations, powers and penalties that will apply from that date."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The 'to date' formulation implies continuous legal currency, but the absence of any amendments logged after 11 December 2024 combined with an access timestamp of April 2026 raises the question of whether the currency statement is self-verifying in a circular way — the document asserts its own currency without any substantive mechanism demonstrated within the text.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 11 December 2024 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 11:43)' but the file is noted as 'last modified 11 December 2024'. This creates a temporal absurdity where the proclamation purports to reflect a current access date of 5 April 2026 while simultaneously asserting no modifications have occurred since December 2024, yet the 'to date' language implies ongoing currency validation."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire Document","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation is a formal executive instrument with legal effect. Without any operative clause stating what is proclaimed, who is affected, or what legal consequence flows, the instrument cannot achieve any legal purpose. Compliance with, or reliance upon, a proclamation with no operative content is logically impossible. Any party attempting to act 'under' this proclamation would have no direction to follow.","confidence":0.9,"description":"The proclamation document as presented contains no operative substantive provisions whatsoever. A proclamation under an Act is a legally operative instrument that must at minimum specify what is being proclaimed (e.g., a commencement date, a declaration, an area, or an appointment). This document contains only metadata, status information, and structural headings — rendering it legally vacuous as a proclamation."},{"type":"circular_definition","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The currency guarantee relies on an external process the document merely asserts rather than demonstrates. The circularity is that the document's own currency is vouched for by the same system that produced the document, with no independent verification mechanism disclosed.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The legislation site states it is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation,' yet the Table of Amending Instruments is referenced externally via a hyperlink with no content reproduced. If amendments exist and have been applied, the 3-working-day update promise is unverifiable within the document itself, creating a self-referential assurance with no internal basis for verification."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version (accessed 5 April 2026 at 11:43)","section_b":"Authorisation - File last modified 11 December 2024","confidence":0.7,"description":"The document simultaneously claims to be current as of 5 April 2026 and to have been last modified on 11 December 2024. If the file has not been modified since December 2024, the basis upon which it can assert currency as at April 2026 — across a gap of approximately 16 months — is not established within the instrument. If amendments have occurred and been incorporated, the 'last modified' date is false. If no amendments have occurred, the 'to date' currency claim is a legal fiction unsupported by any demonstrated review."},{"severity":"high","section_a":"Title - 'Proclamation under the Racing Regulation and Integrity Act 2024'","section_b":"Entire document body containing no operative proclamation content","confidence":0.88,"description":"The title and repeated headings assert the existence of a proclamation made under the Racing Regulation and Integrity Act 2024, but the body of the document contains no proclamation. The title promises operative legal content that the document body entirely fails to deliver, creating a direct contradiction between the instrument's stated nature and its actual content."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the Act’s substantive scope or content; it only fixes the date on which the Act’s provisions commence under section 2. It changes timing (bringing obligations, enforcement and administration into effect from 1 February 2025) rather than legal scope."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument fixing a commencement date (low legislative complexity).","Made under and cross-references section 2 of the Racing Regulation and Integrity Act 2024 (legal dependency).","No partial or staged commencement or listed transitional arrangements — timing only, not substantive change.","Formal requirements: Governor’s proclamation on advice of the Executive Council and Gazette notification.","Administrative responsibility identified (Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania) but no operational details provided."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 1 February 2025 as the day the Racing Regulation and Integrity Act 2024 comes into force, made under section 2. It was issued by the Governor with Executive Council advice, notified in the Gazette, and is administered by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.\n\nThe Executive chose the start date; from 1 Feb 2025 racing operators, participants and regulators in Tasmania must comply with the Act’s requirements and any enforcement or administrative obligations begin, while the government carries implementation and administration costs."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-racing-regulation-and-integrity-act-2024","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-racing-regulation-and-integrity-act-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-racing-regulation-and-integrity-act-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-racing-regulation-and-integrity-act-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-racing-regulation-and-integrity-act-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-racing-regulation-and-integrity-act-2024/documents"}}