{"id":"tas:sr-2014-146","name":"Proclamation under the Wills Amendment (International Wills) Act 2012","slug":"proclamation-under-the-wills-amendment-international-wills-act-2012","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"146 of 2014","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":187420,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2014-146-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Wills Amendment (International Wills) Act 2012","content":"> Proclamation under the Wills Amendment (International Wills) Act 2012\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-2012-037#GS2@EN) [Wills Amendment (International Wills) Act 2012](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2012-037) fix 11 March 2015 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n16 December 2014\n\nC. WARNER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nDR. VANESSA GOODWIN\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 24 December 2014\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 is a commencement proclamation, which by its nature has a single, narrow purpose: to activate legislation previously passed. It has not expanded beyond this original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to substantive law (only citation of the empowering section)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format following the Rules Publication Act 1953"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short official notice (called a 'proclamation') that sets the start date for a Tasmanian law about international wills.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The *Wills Amendment (International Wills) Act 2012* was passed in 2012, but laws often don't take effect immediately. This proclamation officially declares that the Act will **start operating on 11 March 2015**.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone in Tasmania who wants to make a will that will be recognised in other countries (or who deals with foreign wills in Tasmania). The underlying Act brings Tasmania into line with an international convention that makes cross-border wills easier to handle.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Without this proclamation, the 2012 law would remain dormant. The proclamation is the legal 'on switch' that makes the law active and enforceable. This is a standard procedural step in the Australian legislative process."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation solely fixes the commencement date of the Wills Amendment (International Wills) Act 2012 under s 2; it does not alter the Act's substantive scope or change rights or obligations beyond bringing the Act into force."},"complexity_factors":["Single, clear legal effect: sets a single commencement date rather than amending substantive law","Decision-maker plainly identified: Governor acting with advice of Executive Council (text)","Administrative detail only: notification in Gazette and Department of Justice administration noted","Reference to an enabling provision (s 2) but no cross-referencing to multiple or technical provisions","Low compliance or operational burden implied — no new obligations, fees or enforcement provisions set out"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made by the Governor of Tasmania with Executive Council advice under section 2 of the Wills Amendment (International Wills) Act 2012, fixes 11 March 2015 as the day that Act commences. It brings the Act into legal effect on that date.\n\nThe proclamation is administered by the Department of Justice and was notified in the Gazette; it records who decided (Governor with Executive Council) and does not specify any costs, fees or additional substantive changes."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation only. Its sole purpose is to set the operative date of the parent Act. It does not expand, narrow, or alter the scope of the Wills Amendment (International Wills) Act 2012 in any way."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself is a bare proclamation with minimal substantive content — most complexity lies in the parent Act, not this instrument","Requires understanding of the relationship between a proclamation and the Act it commences","The international treaty context (Washington Convention) adds a minor layer of cross-jurisdictional awareness","Very limited text is available in the extract, reducing analytical complexity further"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation brings the Wills Amendment (International Wills) Act 2012 into force in Tasmania from 24 December 2014, enabling wills made to the Washington Convention standard to be recognised across multiple countries. It matters to people with overseas assets, migrants/expats and estate lawyers because it can simplify cross‑border estate administration and reduce duplicate probate processes."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"While this is likely a metadata artifact rather than a substantive legislative flaw, the instrument purports to certify currency up to a future access timestamp, meaning the 'to date' claim cannot have been verified at the time of publication. The currency guarantee is therefore logically unfounded at the time it was made.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The instrument states it is 'current from 24 December 2014 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 18:32)' yet the access date of 5 April 2026 is a future date relative to any realistic drafting or publication date, creating a temporal impossibility in the currency statement."},{"type":"other","section":"Authorisation - File last modified 13 August 2018","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Proclamations fix a commencement date and have no ongoing operative provisions to amend. A modification in 2018 to a 2014 Proclamation is anomalous and creates uncertainty about the authenticity and integrity of the published instrument. If the modification was substantive, it may constitute an invalid retrospective alteration of a spent instrument.","confidence":0.62,"description":"The instrument is a Proclamation commencing an Act from 24 December 2014, yet the authorisation metadata records the file as last modified on 13 August 2018 — nearly four years after the Proclamation took effect. A Proclamation is a fixed executive instrument and should be immutable after gazettal; post-commencement modification raises questions about what was altered and whether the legal instrument as currently published matches the gazetted original."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version (24 December 2014 to date)","section_b":"Authorisation - File last modified 13 August 2018","confidence":0.67,"description":"The instrument asserts continuous currency from 24 December 2014 'to date', implying no changes have occurred to the operative instrument. However, the file modification date of 13 August 2018 directly contradicts this by recording a post-commencement change, undermining the integrity of the currency representation."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-wills-amendment-international-wills-act-2012","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-wills-amendment-international-wills-act-2012/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-wills-amendment-international-wills-act-2012/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-wills-amendment-international-wills-act-2012/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-wills-amendment-international-wills-act-2012/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-wills-amendment-international-wills-act-2012/documents"}}