{"id":"tas:sr-2009-194","name":"Proclamation under the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Amendment Act 2009","slug":"proclamation-under-the-road-safety-alcohol-and-drugs-amendment-act-2009","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"194 of 2009","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":315275,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2009-194-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Amendment Act 2009","content":"> Proclamation under the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Amendment Act 2009\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-2009-084#GS2@EN) [Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Amendment Act 2009](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2009-084) fix 1 January 2010 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n21 December 2009\n\nPETER G. UNDERWOOD\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nJ. G. COX\n\nMinister for Police and Emergency Management\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 30 December 2009\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Police and Emergency Management.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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, single-purpose scope: to activate another 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 beyond citation of the parent Act","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format with ceremonial language"],"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 **1 January 2010** as the date when the *Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Amendment Act 2009* (Tasmania) starts operating.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone in Tasmania subject to road safety, alcohol, and drug testing laws — though this document itself doesn't change the rules, it simply activates the law that does.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't automatically take effect. This proclamation is the legal 'switch' that turns the Act on. Without it, the new road safety rules would remain dormant on the statute books.\n\n**Key point:** This is a **procedural instrument**, not the substantive law itself. It tells citizens and officials *when* the new drink and drug driving provisions became enforceable."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the substance or scope of the Amendment Act; it only sets the operative commencement date (1 January 2010) and records administrative particulars (signing date, gazettal, administering department)."},"complexity_factors":["Single, narrow legal effect: fixes a commencement date rather than altering substantive law.","Clear statutory authority referenced (section 2 of the Amendment Act).","Formal administrative steps recorded (Governor with Executive Council, gazettal, departmental administration).","Low interpretive ambiguity — no new definitions, tests or regulatory schemes introduced.","Implementation risk limited to administrative readiness of enforcing agencies (police, courts, Department)."],"plain_english_summary":"Sets 1 January 2010 as the day the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Amendment Act 2009 starts to operate in Tasmania, under section 2. The Governor, with the Executive Council, made the proclamation on 21 December 2009; it was gazetted on 30 December 2009 and is administered by the Department of Police and Emergency Management.\n\nMechanically, the proclamation makes the amendment’s duties and powers enforceable from that date, affecting drivers, police and courts; it does not change the Act’s substantive provisions."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A proclamation by definition has a fixed and narrow purpose — to commence another piece of legislation. There is no evidence of any scope change from that original intent. It performs exactly the administrative function it was created for."},"complexity_factors":["The document is a bare administrative proclamation with almost no substantive content","It contains no operative legal provisions beyond activating another Act","The actual legal rules are in the parent Amendment Act, not this instrument","Significant content repetition in the source document reduces analytical substance"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation brings the Road Safety (Alcohol and Drugs) Amendment Act 2009 into force in Tasmania as of 30 December 2009. It doesn’t change rules itself but activates the Act’s powers for alcohol and drug testing, affecting Tasmanian drivers and the police/enforcement agencies who administer roadside tests."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-road-safety-alcohol-and-drugs-amendment-act-2009","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-road-safety-alcohol-and-drugs-amendment-act-2009/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-road-safety-alcohol-and-drugs-amendment-act-2009/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-road-safety-alcohol-and-drugs-amendment-act-2009/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-road-safety-alcohol-and-drugs-amendment-act-2009/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-road-safety-alcohol-and-drugs-amendment-act-2009/documents"}}