{"id":"tas:sr-2002-138","name":"Proclamation under the Security and Investigations Agents Act 2002","slug":"proclamation-under-the-security-and-investigations-agents-act-2002","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"138 of 2002","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318588,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2002-138-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Security and Investigations Agents Act 2002","content":"> Proclamation under the Security and Investigations Agents Act 2002\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-2002-019#GS2@EN) [Security and Investigations Agents Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2002-019) fix 1 January 2003 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n25 November 2002\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nJ. L. 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 4 December 2002\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation only. Its scope is entirely consistent with its original and sole purpose: to bring the Security and Investigations Agents Act 2002 into force on 4 December 2002. No scope change is evident or possible from the document provided."},"complexity_factors":["The document is a simple proclamation with a single operative function: commencing the parent Act on a specified date","No substantive legal rules, definitions, or obligations are created by the proclamation itself","Very limited text content — the document is largely metadata and administrative information","No amending provisions, exceptions, or cross-references to interpret"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation brought the Security and Investigations Agents Act 2002 into force in Tasmania on 4 December 2002. It turned the passed statute into enforceable law covering security guards, crowd controllers, private investigators, their employers, and members of the public who deal with them.\n\nThat activation mattered because it imposed the Act’s regulatory framework — including licensing and conduct standards — so those working in or hiring security and investigation services had clear legal obligations from that date."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A file modification date of 2018 implies substantive or administrative changes occurred after the 2002 commencement date, yet the version currency description implies continuity from 2002 without acknowledging any intervening modification. This is not necessarily a legal absurdity but is a logical inconsistency in the metadata.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The instrument states it has been 'current from 4 December 2002 to date' yet the file was 'last modified 3 September 2018', creating an internal inconsistency: if no amendments have been made since 2002, why was the file modified in 2018? If amendments were made, the 'current from' date is misleading."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The update timeliness promise is a systemic disclaimer applicable to the entire database rather than this instrument specifically, so its inclusion here creates a minor logical oddity: it implies changes may occur when the instrument has been static for over two decades.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The legislation states it is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation', yet this version has ostensibly remained unchanged since 4 December 2002 — over 23 years. The currency guarantee is rendered meaningless for an instrument that appears never to have been amended, making the updating promise an empty assurance with no practical application to this instrument."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - File last modified 3 September 2018","section_b":"Status Information - Version current from 4 December 2002 to date","confidence":0.5,"description":"The instrument claims its version has been continuously current since 4 December 2002, implying no substantive change, yet the file was modified on 3 September 2018. These two facts are in tension: either the file modification reflects a change (contradicting the unbroken currency from 2002), or the modification was purely administrative (in which case the modification date is misleading as a marker of legislative currency)."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward commencement instrument performing exactly the function intended — bringing an Act into force on a specified date. No scope creep."},"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 ceremonial/formulaic language only"],"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 2003** as the date when the *Security and Investigations Agents Act 2002* (Tasmania) starts operating.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone working as (or wanting to work as) a security guard, private investigator, or similar agent in Tasmania — they become subject to licensing and regulation from this date.\n- The general public — who gain protections from this regulatory framework.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this proclamation, the Act would remain \"on the shelf\" — passed by Parliament but not actually in force. This document flips the switch, making the law active and enforceable."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the scope or content of the Security and Investigations Agents Act 2002; it only fixes the date on which the Act commences in Tasmania under the authority of section 2."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative action: sets a commencement date","Relies on statutory authority (section 2) rather than creating new substantive law","No substantive provisions, exceptions or transitional arrangements included","Administrative formality: notification in Gazette and departmental administration","Limited decision-making discretion (Governor acting with Executive Council)"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes 1 January 2003 as the day the Security and Investigations Agents Act 2002 begins to operate in Tasmania. The Governor, on Executive Council advice, made the declaration under section 2; the proclamation itself does not change the Act’s text — it simply brings the Act into effect, so any compliance duties or costs arise from the Act once it commences."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-security-and-investigations-agents-act-2002","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-security-and-investigations-agents-act-2002/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-security-and-investigations-agents-act-2002/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-security-and-investigations-agents-act-2002/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-security-and-investigations-agents-act-2002/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-security-and-investigations-agents-act-2002/documents"}}