{"id":"tas:sr-2022-022","name":"Proclamation under the Stadiums Tasmania Act 2022","slug":"proclamation-under-the-stadiums-tasmania-act-2022","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"22 of 2022","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":179557,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2022-022-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Stadiums Tasmania Act 2022","content":"> Proclamation under the Stadiums Tasmania Act 2022\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 [Stadiums Tasmania Act 2022](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2022-007) fix 25 May 2022 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n18 May 2022\n\nB. BAKER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nR. C. JAENSCH\n\nMinister for Aboriginal Affairs, acting for and on behalf of the Minister for State Development, Construction and Housing\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 25 May 2022\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of State Growth.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available text, there is no indication that the scope of this proclamation has changed from its original intent. It appears to have remained in force unchanged since 25 May 2022, with no substantive amendments recorded in the metadata provided."},"complexity_factors":["The document is a proclamation — an inherently narrow and administrative instrument with limited operative content","Almost no substantive legal text is present in the supplied version; it is predominantly metadata and website navigation information","Understanding its effect requires cross-referencing the parent Stadiums Tasmania Act 2022, adding a layer of indirect complexity","Proclamations as a legislative form can be unfamiliar to laypeople, requiring contextual explanation"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made under the Stadiums Tasmania Act 2022 on 25 May 2022, formally activates elements of the Act as a legal or administrative step rather than creating new rights or obligations itself.  \n\nIt mainly matters to Stadiums Tasmania, stadium operators, government agencies, contractors and event organisers involved with Tasmania’s major stadium infrastructure."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not alter the substantive scope or content of the Stadiums Tasmania Act 2022; it only fixes the date on which the Act becomes operative (25 May 2022) and assigns administration/notification responsibilities."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete legal effect: fixes a commencement date rather than changing substantive law.","Clear statutory authority referenced (proclamation under section 2 of the Act).","Simple chain of decision-making: Governor acting with Executive Council advice; Ministerial representation noted.","Formal publication and administrative assignment (Gazette notification; Department of State Growth) create routine compliance/notice steps.","Residual uncertainty: operational consequences depend wholly on the substantive provisions of the Stadiums Tasmania Act 2022 (not contained in this proclamation)."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation brings the Stadiums Tasmania Act 2022 into force on 25 May 2022, making the Act’s powers, duties and obligations operative for the persons and entities the Act governs. The Governor, acting with Executive Council advice under section 2, fixed the commencement date; the Department of State Growth administers the proclamation and a Minister acted on behalf of the Minister for State Development, Construction and Housing."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation, which by definition has a narrow, procedural purpose: to activate the parent 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 proclamation format — essentially a template document"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short official notice (called a 'proclamation') that brings the **Stadiums Tasmania Act 2022** into legal effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **25 May 2022** as the date when the Stadiums Tasmania Act 2022 starts operating.\n- Without this proclamation, the Act would remain dormant — passed by Parliament but not yet active law.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Tasmanian government agencies responsible for stadiums and major venues.\n- Anyone who uses or does business with Tasmanian stadiums (once the underlying Act takes effect).\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- This is the legal 'switch' that turns the Act on. It formally establishes **Stadiums Tasmania** as a government entity with powers to manage, develop, and operate major sporting and entertainment venues across the state.\n\n**Key detail:** The proclamation was signed by the Governor on 18 May 2022, with the Act commencing a week later on 25 May 2022."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Title/Header","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A proclamation's title is foundational to its legal identity and enforceability. An instrument that cannot consistently state its own name creates uncertainty about which Act it is made under and whether it is a proclamation of a proclamation, which would be a legal nullity.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The document title is duplicated and inconsistently stated across the document, oscillating between 'Proclamation under the Stadium Proclamation under the Stadiums Tasmania Act 2022' and 'Proclamation under the Stadiums Tasmania Act 2022', creating ambiguity about the instrument's actual legal name."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"While technically possible that no amendments were made, the combination of a static modification date with a rolling 'current to date' claim creates a representational absurdity — the document implicitly vouches for its currency without any mechanism to verify it has tracked any intervening legal changes.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The currency statement 'Version current from 25 May 2022 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 14:41)' appears to record an access date of 5 April 2026, which is approximately four years after the instrument's enactment, yet the file is described as 'last modified 25 May 2022'. This creates a logical tension: the version is simultaneously current and unmodified across four years, while purporting to reflect live legislation."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Status Information / Responsible Minister and Department","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Administrative Arrangement Orders change frequently with ministerial reshuffles. An instrument that delegates responsibility identification entirely to an external, unspecified, and mutable document provides no stable legal anchor for accountability. At any given moment, the responsible minister is effectively indeterminate from the face of the instrument alone.","confidence":0.75,"description":"The instrument directs readers to 'See the latest Administrative Arrangement Order' without specifying which order or where to find it, making compliance with or interpretation of ministerial responsibility impossible without external reference that may itself have changed multiple times since the instrument's commencement."},{"type":"other","section":"Entire Document","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation is a legal instrument that must declare or bring into effect some legal state of affairs. An instrument consisting solely of its own status information and navigation links, with no operative clause, cannot function as a proclamation. It is legally void on its face for want of any operative content.","confidence":0.9,"description":"The document contains substantive content only in its metadata and status information sections. There is no operative proclamation text — no date of commencement, no subject matter proclaimed, and no exercise of any power under the Stadiums Tasmania Act 2022. The instrument is therefore a proclamation that proclaims nothing."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"high","section_a":"Title: 'Proclamation under the Stadium Proclamation under the Stadiums Tasmania Act 2022'","section_b":"Title: 'Proclamation under the Stadiums Tasmania Act 2022'","confidence":0.88,"description":"The document uses two materially different titles for the same instrument within the same document. One version suggests the instrument is a proclamation made under another proclamation (itself made under the Act), while the other suggests it is made directly under the Act. These are legally distinct bases for the instrument and cannot both be correct."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information: 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 25 May 2022'","confidence":0.65,"description":"The site claims to update legislation within 3 working days of any change, implying the file reflects the current state of the law. However, the file modification date has remained static at 25 May 2022 despite the access date being 5 April 2026 — nearly four years later. Either no amendments have ever been made (rendering the update commitment meaningless in context), or the file has not been updated as promised, directly contradicting the currency assurance."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-stadiums-tasmania-act-2022","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-stadiums-tasmania-act-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-stadiums-tasmania-act-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-stadiums-tasmania-act-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-stadiums-tasmania-act-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-stadiums-tasmania-act-2022/documents"}}