{"id":"tas:sr-2011-056","name":"Proclamation under the Security and Investigations Agents Amendment Act 2010","slug":"proclamation-under-the-security-and-investigations-agents-amendment-act-2010","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"56 of 2011","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":314672,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2011-056-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 Amendment Act 2010","content":"> Proclamation under the Security and Investigations Agents Amendment Act 2010\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](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2010-039#GS2@EN) of the [Security and Investigations Agents Amendment Act 2010](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2010-039) fix 1 July 2011 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n20 June 2011\n\nPETER G. UNDERWOOD\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nNICK McKIM\n\nMinister for Corrections and Consumer Protection\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 29 June 2011\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A Proclamation of this type has a fixed and narrow purpose: to activate commencement of the parent Act. There is no indication of scope change — it performs exactly the administrative function it was designed for, with no expansion or contraction of the original legislative intent."},"complexity_factors":["This is a Proclamation — one of the simplest forms of subordinate legislation, containing minimal substantive content","Its sole legal function is to set a commencement date for another Act, requiring no independent analysis of rights or obligations","Very limited text available — the document is largely metadata and formatting rather than operative legal provisions","No technical definitions, exceptions, or cross-references to navigate"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation, issued by the Governor of Tasmania, brought the Security and Investigations Agents Amendment Act 2010 into effect on 29 June 2011.  \n\nIt made the amended licensing and conduct rules legally binding for security guards, crowd controllers, private investigators and the businesses that employ or licence them in Tasmania."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A proclamation of currency implies active maintenance. Claiming currency to 2026 while the underlying file has not been touched since 2018 creates a logical tension: either the legislation has been unchanged and the currency claim is trivially true but misleading, or there have been changes not reflected in the file, making the currency claim false. The instrument provides no mechanism to distinguish between these possibilities.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The legislation states it is 'current from 29 June 2011 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 1:34)' while simultaneously the file was 'last modified 3 September 2018'. If the file has not been modified since 2018, the claim that the version is current 'to date' (2026) is procedurally hollow — it implies ongoing currency through inaction rather than active verification."},{"type":"other","section":"Document structure - Title duplication","severity":"low","reasoning":"While likely a rendering artefact, in strict legal interpretation, duplicate headings with identical text and no distinguishing markers create genuine ambiguity. If a court or reader must refer to 'the Currency of version section,' there is no canonical way to determine which of the four instances is operative. This is an absurdity of form rather than substance but is not trivial in a jurisdiction where precise legislative reference matters.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The proclamation's title and all major headings are duplicated verbatim multiple times throughout the document (e.g., 'Proclamation under the Security and Investigations Agents Amendment Act 2010' appears at least four times as a heading, 'Status Information' appears four times, 'Currency of version' appears four times, etc.). A legal instrument that cannot coherently identify its own operative sections risks ambiguity as to which instance of a heading is the authoritative one."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Status Information - Update commitment","severity":"low","reasoning":"The 3-working-day update commitment is a procedural representation of reliability. Where the only verifiable timestamp (file modification date) predates the access date by approximately 7.5 years, and no substantive content is present to cross-check, compliance with this commitment cannot be confirmed or denied. The instrument effectively asserts its own reliability without any mechanism for the reader to test that assertion.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The site asserts legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change,' yet the file was last modified 3 September 2018, nearly 8 years before the access date of 8 April 2026. The proclamation contains no substantive operative provisions visible in this extract, making it impossible to verify whether any changes have occurred and gone unrecorded, rendering the 3-working-day guarantee unverifiable and potentially illusory."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version ('current from 29 June 2011 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 1:34)')","section_b":"Status Information - Authorisation ('File last modified 3 September 2018')","confidence":0.65,"description":"The document claims to be current as of 8 April 2026, but the file underpinning it was last modified on 3 September 2018. These two statements are in tension: 'current to 2026' implies the document reflects the law as it stands in 2026, while 'last modified 2018' suggests no updates have been made in approximately 7.5 years. If amending instruments exist (a Table of Amending Instruments is referenced), the failure to update the file after any post-2018 amendment would make the currency claim false."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard commencement proclamation performing exactly the function intended: bringing an Act into force on a specified date. The scope has not expanded beyond this narrow, procedural purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: fixes one commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the empowering section)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format — essentially a template document"],"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 July 2011** as the date when the *Security and Investigations Agents Amendment Act 2010* (Tasmania) officially starts operating.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone regulated under Tasmania's security and investigation agents licensing scheme — including security guards, private investigators, and their employers.\n- The government agency responsible for administering the Act (the Department of Justice).\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 amendments.\n- Without this document, the 2010 amendments would remain dormant on the statute books, and the old rules would continue to apply.\n\n**Key details:**\n- Signed by the Tasmanian Governor (Peter G. Underwood) on 20 June 2011\n- Made with advice from the Executive Council (the Governor's advisory body)\n- Published in the *Gazette* (the official government notices publication) on 29 June 2011\n- Administered by the Department of Justice"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substantive scope or content of the Amendment Act; it only sets its commencement date pursuant to section 2, thereby activating the Act's provisions from 1 July 2011."},"complexity_factors":["Administrative formality: single-purpose instrument fixing a commencement date.","Legal authority explicitly drawn from section 2 of the Amendment Act (limits discretion to setting a date).","No substantive amendments or regulatory details are contained in the proclamation itself.","Implementation mechanics: commencement triggers existing compliance obligations for regulated parties (security and investigations agents).","Public notice elements: Gazette notification and Department of Justice administration create predictable publication/record-keeping steps."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made under section 2 of the Security and Investigations Agents Amendment Act 2010, fixes 1 July 2011 as the day that the Amendment Act starts to operate. It affects persons and businesses regulated by that Act in Tasmania because it makes the Act’s legal obligations and powers begin on that date."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-security-and-investigations-agents-amendment-act-2010","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-security-and-investigations-agents-amendment-act-2010/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-security-and-investigations-agents-amendment-act-2010/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-security-and-investigations-agents-amendment-act-2010/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-security-and-investigations-agents-amendment-act-2010/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-security-and-investigations-agents-amendment-act-2010/documents"}}