{"id":"tas:sr-2014-028","name":"Proclamation under the Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Act 2013","slug":"proclamation-under-the-reproductive-health-access-to-terminations-act-2013","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"28 of 2014","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":187477,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2014-028-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Act 2013","content":"> Proclamation under the Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Act 2013\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-2013-072#GS2@EN) [Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2013-072) fix 12 February 2014 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n3 February 2014\n\nPETER G. UNDERWOOD\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nMICHELLE O'BYRNE\n\nMinister for Health\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 February 2014\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation solely fixes the commencement date for the Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Act 2013 and does not alter the Act's substantive scope, rights, or obligations. It activates the existing statutory provisions rather than amending or narrowing them."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: sets only a commencement date","Relies on statutory commencement power (section 2 of the Act) for legal effect","Requires formal attestation by the Governor and publication in the Gazette","Allocates administration to the Department of Health and Human Services but contains no operational detail","No amendments, conditions, or transitional mechanics included—no cross-referencing or layered obligations"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation brings the Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Act 2013 into force by fixing its commencement date as 12 February 2014 (under s2). Mechanically, that means the legal rights, duties and regulatory rules in the 2013 Act start applying from that date. The Governor (on Executive Council advice) decided the date; administrative responsibility is allocated to the Department of Health and Human Services. Compliance costs and regulatory obligations therefore fall on health providers and regulators from the commencement date."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A document described as 'current to date' with a modification date of 2017 implies no amendments have occurred in nearly a decade, yet an amending instruments table is referenced, suggesting amendments may exist. The currency claim is either stale or the modification date is misleading.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 12 February 2014 to date' while simultaneously stating the file was 'last modified 5 July 2017', creating an internal inconsistency about the document's currency."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document Structure - General","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation is a formal legal instrument that must contain operative provisions identifying what is being proclaimed, the date of commencement, and the Governor's authority. This document contains none of those elements. No person or body could comply with or rely upon a proclamation that has no operative text, making it legally meaningless despite its formal existence.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The proclamation document appears to contain no actual operative legal content whatsoever. It consists entirely of metadata, status information, and navigation elements, yet purports to be a legally operative proclamation with substantive legal effect."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the access timestamp of 5 April 2026 was generated at time of drafting this query rather than reflecting actual legislative text, the currency statement is not a flaw in the legislation itself. However, if the legislation embeds a fixed prospective date as its currency endpoint, that is a drafting anomaly.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The document claims to be 'accessed 5 April 2026 at 18:35' as part of its currency statement, but this appears to be a prospective or pre-generated timestamp embedded in the version description, raising questions about whether the currency statement is genuine or templated."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - 'Version current from 12 February 2014 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation - 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.5,"description":"The version is described as current from its commencement date with no indication of amendment, yet the file modification date postdates commencement by over three years, implying changes were made that are not reflected in the version history presented."},{"severity":"high","section_a":"Document Title - 'Proclamation under the Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Act 2013'","section_b":"Document Body - entirety of content","confidence":0.8,"description":"The document title and framing represent this as a substantive legal proclamation under a specific Act, but the body contains no operative proclamation text, no commencement date being proclaimed, and no Governor's declaration, directly contradicting the instrument's purported legal nature and purpose."}]},"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 the parent Act into force. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the parent Act's commencement section)","Standard proclamation format with ceremonial language","No conditional logic, exceptions, or substantive legal rules"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **12 February 2014** as the date when the *Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Act 2013* (Tasmania) officially starts operating.\n\n**Who made it:**\n- **Governor Peter Underwood** (representing the Crown), acting on advice from the **Executive Council** (the Premier and senior ministers).\n- Signed off by **Michelle O'Bryne**, the Minister for Health.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't automatically take effect immediately. This proclamation is the legal trigger that \"switches on\" the 2013 Act, allowing Tasmanians to access abortion services under the new legal framework established by that Act.\n- Without this document, the Act would remain dormant — passed but not enforceable."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A proclamation is a narrow, single-purpose instrument — its scope is simply to commence the parent Act. There is no indication that this proclamation expanded or narrowed the original intent of the Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Act 2013. It performs exactly the administrative function it was designed to perform."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself is a bare administrative proclamation with minimal substantive content — most complexity lies in the underlying Act, not this instrument","The actual text of the proclamation (the operative commencement clause) does not appear to be fully reproduced in the provided extract, limiting analysis","Repeated duplicate headings in the source document suggest formatting artefacts rather than legal complexity","No amending instruments appear to have changed its substance since 2014"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation is the Governor of Tasmania’s formal notice bringing the Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Act 2013 into force on 12 February 2014. \n\nIt made the Act’s protections and obligations — affecting patients seeking terminations, healthcare providers delivering services, and people near clinics (including safe access zone rules) — legally enforceable."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-reproductive-health-access-to-terminations-act-2013","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-reproductive-health-access-to-terminations-act-2013/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-reproductive-health-access-to-terminations-act-2013/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-reproductive-health-access-to-terminations-act-2013/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-reproductive-health-access-to-terminations-act-2013/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-reproductive-health-access-to-terminations-act-2013/documents"}}