{"id":"tas:sr-2005-040","name":"Proclamation under the Retirement Villages Act 2004","slug":"proclamation-under-the-retirement-villages-act-2004","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"40 of 2005","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":317799,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2005-040-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Retirement Villages Act 2004","content":"> Proclamation under the Retirement Villages Act 2004\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-2004-050#GS2@EN) [Retirement Villages Act 2004](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-050) fix 1 July 2005 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n9 May 2005\n\nW. J. E. COX\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nJUDY JACKSON\n\nMinister for Justice and Industrial Relations\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 18 May 2005\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation does not change the substantive scope or content of the Retirement Villages Act 2004. It exercises the Act’s s.2 power to set a commencement date (1 July 2005) and notes administrative publication; no amendments, exemptions or new powers are created."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete legal effect: fixes commencement date only (simple operational change)","Formal constitutional/formalities: requires Governor acting with Executive Council","Reference to enabling provision (section 2) — authority limited to commencement, not substantive change","Publication and administrative steps: Gazette notification and assignment to Department of Justice"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation brings the Retirement Villages Act 2004 into force in Tasmania by fixing 1 July 2005 as its commencement date under section 2 of the Act.\n\nFrom that day the Act’s rights, duties and regulatory rules become legally operative, affecting retirement‑village operators, residents and the Department of Justice as the administering agency."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation, which by definition has a narrow, technical purpose: to activate an existing Act. It has not expanded beyond this original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (fixing a commencement date)","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the parent Act)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard formal language typical of commencement proclamations","Total length: approximately 150 words of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short official notice (called a 'proclamation') that sets the start date for Tasmania's Retirement Villages Act 2004. \n\n**What it does:**\n- **Fixes the commencement date** — The Act was passed by Parliament in 2004, but laws often don't take effect immediately. This proclamation officially declares that the Retirement Villages Act 2004 will start operating on **1 July 2005**.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Retirement village operators in Tasmania\n- Residents of retirement villages (or those planning to move into one)\n- Anyone involved in buying, selling, or managing retirement village properties in Tasmania\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Without this proclamation, the Act would remain 'on the shelf' — passed but not active. The proclamation 'switches on' the law, meaning from 1 July 2005 onwards, retirement villages in Tasmania had to follow the new rules about contracts, fees, resident rights, and dispute resolution.\n\n**Key players mentioned:**\n- **Governor of Tasmania** — officially signs the proclamation (a formal constitutional step)\n- **Executive Council** — the Governor's advisory body (essentially the Cabinet)\n- **Minister for Justice and Industrial Relations** — the government minister responsible for this area"},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"There is insufficient substantive content in this proclamation to assess any scope change from original intent. It appears to function solely as a commencement instrument, fulfilling its expected administrative purpose of bringing the Retirement Villages Act 2004 into force in Tasmania."},"complexity_factors":["The document is a short administrative proclamation with minimal substantive content","No complex legal provisions or definitions are included in the extracted text","The underlying Act (Retirement Villages Act 2004) may be complex, but this instrument itself is not","Repetitive formatting in the source document makes it harder to extract meaningful content, but the legal substance is straightforward"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation, made under Tasmania’s Retirement Villages Act 2004, brings that Act into force from 18 May 2005. It makes the Act’s protections and rules legally operative, affecting retirement‑village residents, operators/owners and parties entering related contracts by creating enforceable rights and obligations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-retirement-villages-act-2004","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-retirement-villages-act-2004/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-retirement-villages-act-2004/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-retirement-villages-act-2004/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-retirement-villages-act-2004/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-retirement-villages-act-2004/documents"}}