{"id":"tas:sr-1999-045","name":"Proclamation under the Search Warrants Act 1997","slug":"proclamation-under-the-search-warrants-act-1997","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"45 of 1999","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318987,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-1999-045-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Search Warrants Act 1997","content":"> Proclamation under the Search Warrants Act 1997\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-1997-034#GS2@EN) [Search Warrants Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-034) fix 1 June 1999 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n3 May 1999\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nP. PATMORE\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 12 May 1999\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available text, the proclamation appears to have remained in its original form since commencement on 12 May 1999. No substantive amendments are evident from the metadata provided, though a full Table of Amendments would be needed to confirm this with certainty."},"complexity_factors":["Minimal substantive content is visible in the provided text — the document appears to be largely metadata and status information rather than the full text of the proclamation itself","Proclamations are generally short, formulaic instruments with limited interpretive complexity","The parent Act (Search Warrants Act 1997) carries most of the substantive legal weight, not this instrument","Single jurisdiction (Tasmania) with no cross-jurisdictional interactions evident"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation brings the Search Warrants Act 1997 (Tas.) into force, establishing the legal basis for police and courts to issue and execute search warrants in Tasmania. It affects law enforcement and anyone subject to warrants, ensures those search powers are legally operative, has been in force since 12 May 1999, and applies only in Tasmania."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the substantive scope or content of the Search Warrants Act 1997; it solely sets the Act's commencement date under the Act's s2 power and records publication and administrative responsibility."},"complexity_factors":["Single, clear legal action: fixes a commencement date for an Act (straightforward effect).","Made under an explicit statutory power (s2 of the Search Warrants Act 1997) — limited legal discretion.","No substantive regulatory content, duties, penalties, or compliance mechanisms introduced.","Formalities present: Governor's signature, Executive Council advice, Gazette notification.","Administrative assignment to a department (Department of Justice and Industrial Relations) but no operational detail.","Historical/date-specific instrument (commencement timing only) — low ongoing interpretive burden."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** The Governor of Tasmania, acting with the Executive Council, fixes 1 June 1999 as the commencement date for the Search Warrants Act 1997 (made under s2 of that Act). It brings the Act into force on that date.\n\nThis proclamation does not create offences or regulatory duties itself; it records commencement, notes publication in the Gazette, and assigns administration to the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations. Decision-maker: Governor with Executive Council (s2); practical effects are administrative and procedural."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation, which by its nature has a single, narrow purpose: to activate a previously passed 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 for a proclamation","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 Search Warrants Act 1997. The Governor of Tasmania, acting on advice from the state's Executive Council, has declared that the Act will come into force on **1 June 1999**.\n\n**What this means:**\n- **Who made it:** The Governor of Tasmania (the Queen's representative in the state), acting on advice from the Executive Council (the group of senior ministers who advise the Governor).\n- **What it does:** It 'commences' the Search Warrants Act — meaning the law wasn't active immediately after it was passed by Parliament, but instead waited for this official notice to activate it.\n- **Why this matters:** Many laws don't start automatically when Parliament passes them. This proclamation is the legal trigger that makes the Search Warrants Act operational, giving police and courts the power to issue and execute search warrants under that law from 1 June 1999 onwards.\n- **When it was made:** 3 May 1999, and it was published in the government Gazette on 12 May 1999."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A document described as version-current from a fixed 1999 date but physically modified in 2024 creates an internal tension: either the version date is wrong, or the modification was purely administrative. The instrument provides no explanation for the discrepancy, leaving the legal currency of any 2024 changes unclear.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The instrument states it has been current 'from 12 May 1999 to date' yet the file was last modified on 29 November 2024, suggesting substantive changes occurred after 1999 without a corresponding version update or new commencement date being reflected."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Update timeframe","severity":"low","reasoning":"Publishing a temporal commitment qualified by 'usually' means the stated currency period ('from 12 May 1999 to date') cannot be relied upon with any legal certainty. 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