{"id":"tas:sr-1998-116","name":"Proclamation under the Sentencing Act 1997","slug":"proclamation-under-the-sentencing-act-1997","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"116 of 1998","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":319099,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-1998-116-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Sentencing Act 1997","content":"> Proclamation under the Sentencing Act 1997\n\nI, the Lieutenant-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-1997-059#GS2@EN) [Sentencing Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-059) fix 1 August 1998 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n23 July 1998\n\nW. J. E. COX\n\nLieutenant-Governor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nRONALD CORNISH\n\nfor and on behalf of Minister for Justice\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 July 1998\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward commencement instrument performing exactly the function it was designed for — bringing an Act into operation 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 formal language typical of proclamations"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a law into force.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **1 August 1998** as the date when Tasmania's *Sentencing Act 1997* officially starts operating.\n- Without this proclamation, the Act would remain on the statute books but wouldn't actually apply to anyone.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone sentenced for crimes in Tasmania from 1 August 1998 onwards.\n- Courts, lawyers, and corrections officials who had to apply the new sentencing rules.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws often pass Parliament months or years before they take effect. This document is the \"start button\" that makes the *Sentencing Act 1997* legally active.\n- It provides legal certainty — everyone knows exactly when the old rules stopped and the new rules began."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A commencement proclamation has a narrow and fixed purpose — to bring legislation into force on a specified date. There is no indication that the scope of this proclamation has changed from that original administrative intent. It has remained unchanged since 29 July 1998."},"complexity_factors":["This is a commencement proclamation only — it contains no substantive legal provisions of its own","The document's content is almost entirely administrative and metadata-related","No operative clauses, definitions, exceptions, or cross-references to interpret","The underlying Sentencing Act 1997 is more complex, but this instrument simply activates it"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation is the Governor of Tasmania’s formal “on switch” for the Sentencing Act 1997, confirming the Act (or specified parts) became operative on 29 July 1998. It affects anyone subject to sentencing in Tasmania — accused, offenders, victims, and courts — because without this commencement the Sentencing Act could not lawfully be applied."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substantive scope or content of the Sentencing Act 1997; it only fixes the Act's commencement date (1 August 1998) under section 2. It does not create new rights, duties, penalties or procedural rules and is administrative in character; the Department of Justice is named as the administering entity."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose commencement instrument with no substantive amendments","Authority and decision-maker explicitly identified (Lieutenant‑Governor acting with Executive Council)","Depends on an external provision (section 2 of the Sentencing Act 1997) for legal effect","Administrative formalities recorded (Gazette notification; Rules Publication Act display)","No penalties, duties, or implementation mechanisms specified — minimal compliance burden","Clear temporal effect (fixed commencement date) reduces interpretive complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes 1 August 1998 as the day the Sentencing Act 1997 comes into force, making that Act legally operative from that date.\n\nMade by the Lieutenant‑Governor acting with the Executive Council under section 2 of the Sentencing Act 1997 and administered by the Department of Justice, the proclamation itself creates no new obligations but determines when the Act’s sentencing rules and related procedures begin to apply."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-sentencing-act-1997","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-sentencing-act-1997/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-sentencing-act-1997/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-sentencing-act-1997/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-sentencing-act-1997/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-sentencing-act-1997/documents"}}