{"id":"tas:sr-2014-067","name":"Proclamation under the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013","slug":"proclamation-under-the-registration-to-work-with-vulnerable-people-act-2013","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"67 of 2014","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":187607,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2014-067-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013","content":"> Proclamation under the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013\n\nI, the Lieutenant-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-2013-065#GS2@EN) [Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2013-065) fix 1 July 2014 as the day on which the provisions of that Act commence.\n\n18 June 2014\n\nA. M. BLOW\n\nLieutenant-Governor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nDr. Vanessa Goodwin\n\nMinister for Justice\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 25 June 2014\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the version is current from 25 June 2014 'to date' with no amendments reflected in the body, yet the file was last modified in 2018, this raises questions about what changed in 2018 without a corresponding version update. The currency claim is potentially misleading.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The legislation states it is 'current from 25 June 2014 to date' while the file was last modified on 4 September 2018, creating an internal inconsistency about whether the document has been updated since 2014."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A file modification on 4 September 2018 that does not produce a new version date directly contradicts the assurance that changes are reflected within 3 working days. Either no substantive change occurred (making the modification unexplained) or a change occurred and was not versioned as required.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation' but the file was last modified 4 September 2018 while the version date remains 25 June 2014 — a gap of over four years with no version increment despite a file modification."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version ('Version current from 25 June 2014 to date')","section_b":"Status Information - Authorisation ('File last modified 4 September 2018')","confidence":0.5,"description":"The document asserts a single continuous version from 25 June 2014 to the access date of 5 April 2026, yet the file was materially modified on 4 September 2018. These two statements are irreconcilable: either the 2018 modification produced a new version (contradicting the single version claim) or no substantive change occurred (making the modification date misleading)."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation, which serves exactly its intended purpose of bringing an Act into force on a specified date. There is no scope creep."},"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 long-established conventions"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a formal government notice (a **proclamation**) that sets the start date for Tasmania's **Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013**.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Fixes **1 July 2014** as the day the Act comes into force (commences)\n- Without this proclamation, the Act would remain on the statute books but wouldn't actually apply to anyone\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone in Tasmania who works with children or other vulnerable people (the Act creates a mandatory registration and background check system)\n- Employers in sectors like education, health, disability services, and childcare\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- This proclamation activated the legal framework for protecting vulnerable people from harm by ensuring workers in relevant sectors are screened\n- It moved the law from \"passed by Parliament\" to \"actually operating in the real world\""},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the Act's substantive scope or content; it only fixes the date on which the existing provisions commence (authority cited: s 2). No rights, obligations or powers in the principal Act are amended by this instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Single, time‑limited action: fixes a single commencement date rather than amending substantive law.","Legal authority: made under s 2 of the principal Act (legal provenance required).","Administrative actor: issued by the Lieutenant‑Governor on advice of the Executive Council (executive decision-making formality).","Dependence on primary Act: substantive obligations, fees and powers are contained in the Act rather than the proclamation.","Low procedural complexity: routine publication in the Gazette and admin by Department of Justice."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 1 July 2014 as the day the *Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013* starts to operate. It is made by the Lieutenant‑Governor on the advice of the Executive Council under s 2 of that Act. Mechanically, it brings the Act's registration requirements and related compliance duties into force from that date, making people who work or seek to work with vulnerable persons subject to the Act's decision-making processes and any fees or penalties the Act specifies."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A commencement proclamation is a narrow, purely administrative instrument. Its sole function is to activate the parent Act or specified provisions on a given date. There is no indication of any scope change from the original legislative intent — it simply brings the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 into operational effect as Parliament intended."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself is purely procedural — it is a proclamation commencing legislation, not the substantive legislation itself","Very limited operative content is visible in the extracted text","The underlying Act (Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013) has moderate complexity, but this instrument does not reproduce or amend it","No technical legal drafting, schedules, or cross-references are present in the proclamation text"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation brings parts of the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 into operation in Tasmania, making the Act’s registration requirement enforceable from 25 June 2014. It affects workers and volunteers who work with vulnerable people, and their employers, by requiring valid registrations to lawfully perform regulated roles and help protect vulnerable Tasmanians."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-registration-to-work-with-vulnerable-people-act-2013","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-registration-to-work-with-vulnerable-people-act-2013/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-registration-to-work-with-vulnerable-people-act-2013/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-registration-to-work-with-vulnerable-people-act-2013/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-registration-to-work-with-vulnerable-people-act-2013/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-registration-to-work-with-vulnerable-people-act-2013/documents"}}