{"id":"tas:sr-2021-048","name":"Proclamation under the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020","slug":"proclamation-under-the-tasmanian-civil-and-administrative-tribunal-act-2020","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"48 of 2021","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":182295,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2021-048-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020","content":"> Proclamation under the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020\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 4(2) of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2020-024#GS4@Gs2@EN) [Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2020-024) fix 1 November 2021 as the establishment day for the purposes of the [Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2020-024) .\n\n21 June 2021\n\nB. BAKER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nELISE ARCHER\n\nMinister 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 30 June 2021\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs exactly the function intended by section 4(2) of the parent Act: to specify the establishment day for the Tribunal. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond this single, specific purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (one date)","No defined terms","No cross-references beyond the enabling section","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format following long-established conventions","Total length: approximately 150 words of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a formal government notice (called a 'proclamation') that sets the official start date for Tasmania's new Civil and Administrative Tribunal.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Fixes 1 November 2021** as the day the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (TASCAT) officially begins operating\n- This is the legal trigger that brings the Tribunal into existence under the *Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020*\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone in Tasmania who needs to resolve civil disputes or administrative matters (like tenancy issues, guardianship decisions, or licensing appeals)\n- Legal practitioners and government agencies that interact with the Tribunal\n- The Tribunal members and staff themselves\n\n**Why it matters:**\nBefore this proclamation, the Act existed on paper but the Tribunal couldn't actually hear cases. This document flips the switch. It tells everyone: 'From 1 November 2021, this new court-like body is open for business.' Without this step, the legislation would be a dead letter."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the Act's substantive scope or content; it only sets the date the Act takes effect for the purposes of the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020, as authorised by section 4(2)."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative act: fixes a commencement/establishment date only","Authority is explicit and limited (Governor acting with Executive Council under s4(2))","No substantive regulatory or procedural changes in the proclamation text","Temporal effect only (clear, discrete legal moment) minimizing interpretive ambiguity","Administrative formality with no delegated rule‑making or discretionary criteria"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation fixes 1 November 2021 as the establishment day for the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020. Made by the Governor with the advice of the Executive Council under section 4(2), it brings the Act into effect on that date. The proclamation itself does not amend the Act's substantive content or impose fees or penalties; it simply sets the date from which the Act's provisions apply."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A proclamation that has never been amended but still maintains an active 'Table of Amending Instruments' hyperlink creates a minor absurdity — either there are amendments not reflected in the modification date, or the infrastructure implies amendability of an instrument that by its nature (a proclamation fixing a commencement date) is typically a one-time, self-exhausting instrument incapable of meaningful amendment.","confidence":0.62,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 30 June 2021 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 16:14)' yet the file was last modified on 30 June 2021. If the legislation has never been modified since commencement, the Table of Amending Instruments link is superfluous and potentially misleading."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Proclamations of this type do not have continuing operative provisions beyond their singular function of appointing a commencement date. Treating such an instrument as having a living 'current version' with currency tracking is a category error: there is nothing that can change in a spent proclamation, making version-currency machinery logically inapplicable.","confidence":0.72,"description":"A proclamation under a commencement act is a self-exhausting instrument — once it fixes the date on which the Act commences, its operative legal effect is spent. Describing it as having a version 'current to date' implies ongoing operative legal content that does not exist."},{"type":"other","section":"Authorisation - File last modified 30 June 2021","severity":"low","reasoning":"The currency guarantee ('updated within 3 working days') presupposes the possibility of changes. Applied to a spent proclamation, this guarantee is vacuously true but creates a misleading impression of active legislative administration.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The site states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change,' yet the file has not been modified since 30 June 2021 despite being accessed on 5 April 2026 — nearly five years later. While consistent with no amendments having occurred, the juxtaposition of an update-timeliness guarantee with a static instrument creates an implicit representation of ongoing maintenance activity where none is occurring."}],"contradictions":[{"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 30 June 2021'","confidence":0.58,"description":"The update-timeliness assurance implies ongoing changeability of the instrument, while the static modification date of 30 June 2021 (unchanged across nearly five years to the access date of 5 April 2026) contradicts any practical meaning of that assurance in the context of this specific instrument."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Header - 'Version current from 30 June 2021 to date'","section_b":"Nature of instrument as a proclamation fixing commencement","confidence":0.68,"description":"A proclamation's sole operative effect — appointing a commencement date — is exhausted upon that date passing. Representing a spent, unalterable instrument as having an ongoing 'current version' contradicts the legal character of the instrument itself, which cannot be in any meaningful sense 'current' as a living operative provision."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, this proclamation appears to serve its original administrative purpose of commencing provisions of the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020. There is no indication of scope change, though the absence of the full operative text limits certainty."},"complexity_factors":["The document as provided contains only metadata and status information — the substantive operative text is not reproduced, limiting full analysis","Proclamations are generally short and formulaic instruments with minimal technical complexity","The underlying Act (Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020) is itself complex, but this instrument merely activates provisions rather than creating new law","No amending instruments appear to have altered the proclamation's effect since 30 June 2021"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation brought parts of the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020 into force—apparently on 30 June 2021—formally activating TCAT so it can hear a wide range of disputes outside the courts. It affects Tasmanians involved in matters within TCAT’s jurisdiction, agencies whose functions transfer to the tribunal, and legal practitioners. Its significance is that it turns the statute into an operational tribunal rather than inert law."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-tasmanian-civil-and-administrative-tribunal-act-2020","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-tasmanian-civil-and-administrative-tribunal-act-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-tasmanian-civil-and-administrative-tribunal-act-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-tasmanian-civil-and-administrative-tribunal-act-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-tasmanian-civil-and-administrative-tribunal-act-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-tasmanian-civil-and-administrative-tribunal-act-2020/documents"}}