{"id":"tas:sr-2017-081","name":"Proclamation under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2017","slug":"proclamation-under-the-workers-rehabilitation-and-compensation-amendment-act-2017","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"81 of 2017","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":186107,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2017-081-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2017","content":"> Proclamation under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2017\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 [Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2017](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2017-039) fix 1 January 2018 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n30 October 2017\n\nC. WARNER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nGUY BARNETT\n\nMinister for Building and Construction\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 8 November 2017","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"retroactive_impossibility","section":"Status Information – Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A file cannot logically be last modified before the version it records came into force. If the file was finalised on 1 November 2017 but the version only became current on 8 November 2017, either the modification date is wrong or the commencement date is wrong. The instrument as published cannot accurately reflect its own currency period if its content was frozen prior to that period beginning.","confidence":0.82,"description":"The proclamation states it is 'current from 8 November 2017 to date' yet the file is noted as 'last modified 1 November 2017', which is 7 days before the instrument's own commencement date."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information – Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The 3-working-day update commitment is operationally meaningless for an instrument that has never been amended. Including it creates a minor absurdity in context, though it is a boilerplate provision copied from a standard template rather than a substantive drafting error.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The update policy states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change', yet the single version has remained current from 8 November 2017 to the access date of 5 April 2026 — over eight years — with no amendments listed, which is plausible but creates a tension with the implied purpose of the update policy statement."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information – File last modified 1 November 2017","section_b":"Status Information – Version current from 8 November 2017","confidence":0.8,"description":"The file modification date (1 November 2017) precedes the stated commencement of the current version (8 November 2017) by seven days, contradicting the implicit requirement that a file accurately recording a version cannot predate that version's existence."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the content or scope of the Amendment Act; it simply brings that Act into force on 1 January 2018 under the power in section 2. No substantive provisions are added, removed or varied by this proclamation."},"complexity_factors":["Single, clear legal effect: fixes a commencement date only","Depends entirely on another statute (the Amendment Act) for substantive changes (see s 2)","Formal executive act with minimal discretion recorded (Governor acting with Executive Council advice)","Immediate compliance and administrative timing effects for private parties (employers, insurers, workers)","Low procedural burden — no regulatory design, rule-making, or graduated implementation in the proclamation itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made under section 2 of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2017, sets 1 January 2018 as the day the Amendment Act begins to operate in Tasmania. From that date the Act’s changes become law in the State.\n\nMechanically, employers, workers, insurers and regulators are bound by any new duties, entitlements or administrative requirements in the Amendment Act from 1 January 2018; the Governor issued the proclamation on the advice of the Executive Council, thereby fixing the compliance start date (s 2)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a procedural commencement instrument with no substantive scope. It performs exactly the limited function it was designed for: activating another Act on a specified date."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the parent Act and procedural publication rules)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format used routinely across all Australian jurisdictions"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **1 January 2018** as the date when the *Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2017* (Tasmania) starts operating.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Tasmanian workers, employers, and insurers who are covered by the state's workers compensation scheme. From 1 January 2018, the changes made by the Amendment Act became legally binding on them.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't automatically take effect immediately. This proclamation is the official \"start button\" that activates the Amendment Act. Without this document, the changes would sit dormant even though Parliament had approved them.\n\n**Key people involved:**\n- **Governor Kate Warner** (\"C. Warner\") — the Queen's representative in Tasmania who formally signs these notices.\n- **Guy Barnett** — the Minister responsible, whose department advised the Governor to set this date.\n- **Executive Council** — the formal body of senior ministers that advises the Governor on these decisions."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a commencement proclamation only. Its sole purpose is to set the date on which the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2017 takes effect. There is no indication of any scope change from the original legislative intent — it simply activates what was already passed."},"complexity_factors":["Purely procedural instrument with no substantive legal content of its own","Very short and formulaic — a standard commencement proclamation","Complexity is minimal but non-zero because you must cross-reference the parent Amendment Act to understand the actual legal changes being triggered","Slight technical complexity in understanding how proclamations interact with Acts of Parliament"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation simply brings into force the amendments made by the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2017 to Tasmania’s Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act. Effective 8 November 2017, it matters to injured Tasmanian workers, their employers and insurers because it switches on the new legal regime (the Proclamation itself does not change rights — it only activates the amendments)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-workers-rehabilitation-and-compensation-amendment-act-2017","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-workers-rehabilitation-and-compensation-amendment-act-2017/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-workers-rehabilitation-and-compensation-amendment-act-2017/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-workers-rehabilitation-and-compensation-amendment-act-2017/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-workers-rehabilitation-and-compensation-amendment-act-2017/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-workers-rehabilitation-and-compensation-amendment-act-2017/documents"}}