{"id":"tas:sr-2002-093","name":"Proclamation under the Therapeutic Goods Act 2001","slug":"proclamation-under-the-therapeutic-goods-act-2001","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"93 of 2002","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318563,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2002-093-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Therapeutic Goods Act 2001","content":"> Proclamation under the Therapeutic Goods Act 2001\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-2001-097#GS2@EN) [Therapeutic Goods Act 2001](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2001-097) fix 1 September 2002 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n21 August 2002\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nD. E. LLEWELLYN\n\nMinister for Health and Human Services\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 28 August 2002\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation with a single, narrow purpose: to activate the Therapeutic Goods Act 2001 on a specific date. It has not expanded beyond this original administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to substantive law beyond the citation of the enabling Act","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard formal language typical of commencement proclamations"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short official notice (called a 'proclamation') that sets the start date for Tasmania's Therapeutic Goods Act 2001. The Governor of Tasmania, acting on advice from the state government, has declared that the Act will come into force on **1 September 2002**. This is a routine administrative step required before a law passed by Parliament can actually take effect and be enforced."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A file modification in 2017 is inconsistent with an unbroken version currency from 2002 unless the modification was purely administrative. The instrument provides no explanation, creating ambiguity about whether the substantive content has changed without formal amendment, which undermines legal certainty.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The instrument states it has been 'current from 28 August 2002 to date' with no amendments reflected in the version accessed, yet the file was last modified on 5 July 2017. This creates an unexplained gap: if no amendments were made, why was the file modified in 2017, and if it was modified, why does the version date remain 2002?"},{"type":"other","section":"Title and Header Blocks","severity":"low","reasoning":"While likely a publishing/rendering artefact, the repeated truncation of the instrument's title in a consolidated legislation database raises a minor question about the authoritative text. If the truncated form were treated as the operative title, it would be meaningless and potentially uncitable.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The proclamation's title is duplicated and truncated multiple times ('Proclamation under the Therape') throughout the document, including in what purports to be operative legal text. A proclamation with a corrupted or incomplete title may create uncertainty as to its formal identity and correct citation."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The 3-working-day update promise is meaningless if applied to an instrument whose substantive content has not been updated to reflect whatever caused the 2017 file modification. Users relying on the currency guarantee could be misled.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document claims legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation,' yet this same instrument appears unchanged since 2002 despite a 2017 file modification. The currency guarantee is internally hollow for this specific instrument."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information - File last modified 5 July 2017","section_b":"Status Information - Version current from 28 August 2002 to date","confidence":0.7,"description":"The instrument records a file modification date of 5 July 2017 but asserts a continuous version currency commencing 28 August 2002 with no new version created. These two facts are in tension: a modification should either produce a new version date or be explained as a non-substantive change, neither of which is done here."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments (reference to amendments table)","section_b":"Status Information - Version current from 28 August 2002 to date","confidence":0.6,"description":"The document provides a hyperlink to a 'Table of Amendments,' implying amendments exist or may exist, while simultaneously presenting a single unbroken version from 2002. If no amendments have been made, the amendments table link is misleading; if amendments have been made, the version information is incorrect."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, there is no evidence that the scope of this proclamation changed from its original intent. It has been in force unchanged since 28 August 2002, and no substantive amendments are indicated in the metadata."},"complexity_factors":["The document as provided contains only metadata and status information — no operative legal text is visible, making substantive analysis impossible","Proclamations are generally short and narrow in scope compared to full Acts","The interplay between state and federal therapeutic goods regulation adds a minor layer of complexity","No amendments are noted, suggesting the instrument has remained static since 2002"],"plain_english_summary":"This Tasmanian proclamation under the Therapeutic Goods Act 2001 brought parts of the state law on medicines, devices and related products into force from 28 August 2002. It affects manufacturers, suppliers, pharmacists, healthcare providers and consumers in Tasmania by aligning state regulation with broader therapeutic-goods standards (complementing federal TGA arrangements). The instrument is administrative in nature, remains current, and the provided record lacks the proclamation’s operative text."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substantive scope or content of the Therapeutic Goods Act 2001; it only sets the Act's commencement date for Tasmania and records administrative details (authority, notification, administering department)."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete legal effect: fixes a commencement date rather than changing substantive law","Clear authority cited: made under section 2 of the Therapeutic Goods Act 2001","Limited decision-makers: Governor acting with Executive Council and Minister","Administrative formalities included (Gazette notification; Rules Publication Act compliance)","No new regulatory obligations or exceptions introduced by the proclamation itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made under section 2 of the Therapeutic Goods Act 2001, fixes 1 September 2002 as the date the Act begins to operate in Tasmania. The Governor, acting on Executive Council advice and recorded by the Minister for Health and Human Services, set the commencement date; from that day businesses, manufacturers, sponsors, health professionals and regulators must comply with the Act and its administration is handled by the Department of Health and Human Services."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-therapeutic-goods-act-2001","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-therapeutic-goods-act-2001/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-therapeutic-goods-act-2001/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-therapeutic-goods-act-2001/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-therapeutic-goods-act-2001/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-therapeutic-goods-act-2001/documents"}}