{"id":"tas:sr-2001-040","name":"Proclamation under the State Service Act 2000","slug":"proclamation-under-the-state-service-act-2000","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"40 of 2001","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318697,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2001-040-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the State Service Act 2000","content":"> Proclamation under the State Service Act 2000\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-2000-085#GS2@EN) [State Service Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2000-085) fix 1 May 2001 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n9 April 2001\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nJ. A. BACON\n\nPremier\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 18 April 2001\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the scope or content of the State Service Act 2000; it solely sets the Act's commencement date under section 2 and records the administering agency."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: only fixes commencement date","Formal legal step requiring Governor and Executive Council action (documentary formality)","Reference to section 2 of the parent Act as the enabling provision","Administrative note assigning responsibility to the Department of Premier and Cabinet","No substantive policy, regulatory or procedural changes in the proclamation itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made by the Governor on the advice of the Executive Council under section 2 of the State Service Act 2000, fixes 1 May 2001 as the date the Act comes into force.\n\nIt brings the State Service Act 2000 into effect for the Tasmanian public service and names the Department of Premier and Cabinet as the administering agency."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"N/A — this is a commencement instrument with no substantive scope beyond fixing a date"},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the empowering section)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Extremely short (under 200 words)"],"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 May 2001** as the date when the *State Service Act 2000* (Tasmania) officially starts operating.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Tasmanian public servants and government agencies, who become subject to the Act from that date.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws don't automatically take effect when passed by Parliament. This proclamation is the legal trigger that \"switches on\" the Act, making it binding law.\n\n**Key point:**\n- Signed by the Governor (with Executive Council advice) and the Premier, this is a standard but essential step in the legislative process."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available content, there is no indication that the scope of this proclamation changed from its original intent. It appears to have remained in force in its original form since 18 April 2001, though the Table of Amending Instruments referenced in the document could not be reviewed."},"complexity_factors":["The document is largely administrative metadata with no substantive operative legal text provided","Proclamations are generally short, formulaic instruments with narrow, specific purposes","The underlying Act (State Service Act 2000) can be complex, but the proclamation itself is a simple triggering mechanism","Insufficient content is present to identify any complex cross-references or exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made under the State Service Act 2000, formally brings parts of that Act into legal effect from 18 April 2001 and thus applies to Tasmanian public servants and the agencies that employ them. \n\nThe excerpt provided is largely administrative metadata; the actual operative declaration isn’t included here, so the instrument’s specific legal detail can’t be confirmed from this text alone."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The phrase 'current to date' implies real-time accuracy, but the 3-working-day update lag creates a window during which the published version may not reflect the actual current state of the law. These two claims cannot both be unconditionally true simultaneously.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The proclamation states it is 'current from 18 April 2001 to date' while simultaneously stating 'legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change.' If the proclamation has never been amended, the currency claim is vacuous; if it has been amended, the version presented may lag reality by up to 3 working days, meaning 'current to date' is not guaranteed to be literally true at the moment of access."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Authorisation / Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A file modification date later than the commencement date, with no corresponding amendment noted in the version currency, suggests either a substantive change that is not disclosed or a purely administrative modification. Either outcome undermines the transparency the status information is meant to provide.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The file is stated to have been 'last modified 9 December 2024', yet the version is described as 'current from 18 April 2001 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:11).' A file modification in December 2024 that ostensibly brings the document 'to date' should logically update the currency start date or note an amendment, but no amendment is reflected in the version commencement date, raising the question of what the December 2024 modification actually changed."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document Structure (entire proclamation)","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation with no operative text cannot fulfil its statutory function under the State Service Act 2000. Any person or body seeking to comply with, rely upon, or give effect to this instrument has nothing to act upon, making compliance logically impossible.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The proclamation as presented contains no operative provisions whatsoever. A Proclamation under the State Service Act 2000 would ordinarily declare a commencement date or bring specified provisions into force, yet the entire substantive body of the instrument is absent. The document is therefore legally inert: it purports to be a proclamation but proclaims nothing."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version ('current from 18 April 2001 to date')","section_b":"Status Information - Authorisation ('File last modified 9 December 2024')","confidence":0.62,"description":"The version currency asserts the instrument has been continuously current since 18 April 2001 with no new commencement date, implying no substantive amendment. However, the file modification date of 9 December 2024 — more than 23 years later — implies something changed. These two pieces of metadata are in tension: either the instrument was amended (requiring an updated currency period) or the modification was non-substantive (in which case the modification date is misleading as a proxy for legislative currency)."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency ('usually updated within 3 working days')","section_b":"Status Information - Currency ('current from 18 April 2001 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:11)')","confidence":0.7,"description":"Representing the legislation as current 'to date' at a specific access timestamp conflicts with the admission that updates may be delayed up to 3 working days. The pinpoint access timestamp implies precision and real-time accuracy that the update-lag disclaimer expressly cannot guarantee."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-state-service-act-2000","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-state-service-act-2000/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-state-service-act-2000/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-state-service-act-2000/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-state-service-act-2000/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-state-service-act-2000/documents"}}