{"id":"tas:sr-2012-118","name":"Proclamation under the Rail Safety National Law (Tasmania) Act 2012","slug":"proclamation-under-the-rail-safety-national-law-tasmania-act-2012","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"118 of 2012","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":187875,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2012-118-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Rail Safety National Law (Tasmania) Act 2012","content":"> Proclamation under the Rail Safety National Law (Tasmania) Act 2012\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-2012-038#GS2@EN) [Rail Safety National Law (Tasmania) Act 2012](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2012-038) fix 20 January 2013 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n3 December 2012\n\nPETER G. UNDERWOOD\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nD. J. O'BYRNE\n\nMinister for Infrastructure\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 12 December 2012\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation performing exactly its intended function — bringing an Act into force on a specified date. The scope remains precisely limited to this procedural purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation beyond citation of the parent Act","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format following constitutional conventions","Total length: approximately 150 words of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this is:** A formal announcement (proclamation) by the Tasmanian Governor that sets the start date for the Rail Safety National Law (Tasmania) Act 2012.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Fixes the commencement date** as **20 January 2013** — meaning the Rail Safety National Law officially became law in Tasmania on that date\n- This is a **commencement proclamation** — a standard legal mechanism used when Parliament passes an Act but doesn't want it to start immediately\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Rail operators in Tasmania** — once commenced, they became subject to the national rail safety regulatory framework\n- **The national rail safety scheme** — Tasmania was adopting a uniform law already in place in other Australian states\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Without this proclamation, the Act would have remained \"on the shelf\" — passed by Parliament but not legally active\n- It completed Tasmania's adoption of the **Rail Safety National Law**, creating consistent safety rules across state borders for rail operators\n- This is part of a broader national scheme where states refer powers or adopt uniform laws to reduce regulatory differences"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the content or scope of the Rail Safety National Law (Tasmania) Act 2012; it solely sets the Act’s commencement date and records administrative publication and responsible department."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete action: fixes a commencement date","Clear legal authority cited (section 2 of the Act)","No substantive or operative provisions included","Explicit decision-maker (Governor acting with Executive Council)","Administrative metadata only (Gazette notification, administering department)"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made by the Governor on Executive Council advice under section 2, sets 20 January 2013 as the day the Rail Safety National Law (Tasmania) Act 2012 begins to operate in Tasmania. Mechanically, it makes the Act’s provisions legally effective on that date. The proclamation does not itself create regulatory obligations; it only brings into force the Act. Administration and publication details (Gazette notification; Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources) are recorded in the instrument."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"There is no evidence of scope change. This Proclamation performs a single, narrow administrative function — commencing the Rail Safety National Law (Tasmania) Act 2012 — and appears to do exactly what it was intended to do. No amendments have altered its core purpose since it took effect on 12 December 2012."},"complexity_factors":["The document is purely administrative/procedural — it activates legislation rather than creating substantive rules itself","Very limited content is present in the document; most detail is by reference to the parent Act","No complex operative provisions, definitions, or exceptions to interpret","The underlying Rail Safety National Law it activates is more complex, but that complexity does not reside in this instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation formally brought the Rail Safety National Law (Tasmania) Act 2012 into effect on 12 December 2012, adopting a nationally consistent rail safety regime in Tasmania. It affects rail operators, workers and regulators (and, indirectly, rail users and freight customers) by standardising rules across jurisdictions — reducing regulatory fragmentation and aiming to improve and harmonise rail safety."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-rail-safety-national-law-tasmania-act-2012","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-rail-safety-national-law-tasmania-act-2012/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-rail-safety-national-law-tasmania-act-2012/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-rail-safety-national-law-tasmania-act-2012/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-rail-safety-national-law-tasmania-act-2012/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-rail-safety-national-law-tasmania-act-2012/documents"}}