{"id":"tas:sr-2014-149","name":"Proclamation under the Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Act 2014","slug":"proclamation-under-the-workplaces-protection-from-protesters-act-2014","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"149 of 2014","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":187343,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2014-149-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Act 2014","content":"> Proclamation under the Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Act 2014\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-2014-025#GS2@EN) [Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Act 2014](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2014-025) fix 24 December 2014 as the day on which the provisions of that Act commence.\n\n22 December 2014\n\nC. WARNER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nJEREMY ROCKLIFF\n\nActing for and on Behalf of the Treasurer\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":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation does not alter the substance or scope of the Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Act 2014; it solely fixes the day the Act's provisions commence (24 December 2014) under section 2 and records administrative details (signing, notification, administering department)."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: fixes commencement date rather than changing substantive law","Legal formalities required: Governor acting with Executive Council authority (cites section 2)","Administrative steps recorded: signing date, Gazette notification, and department administration","No operative detail of the Act's provisions included—scope determined by referenced Act","Limited discretion: proclamation performs a ministerial/ceremonial function with defined effect"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation brings the *Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Act 2014* into force on 24 December 2014. The Governor, acting with the advice of the Executive Council under section 2 of that Act, fixed that commencement date; the proclamation was signed on 22 December 2014, notified in the Gazette on 24 December 2014, and is administered by the Department of Justice. Anyone covered by the Act is legally subject to its provisions from that date."},"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 an existing Act. It has not expanded beyond this original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (fixing a commencement date)","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the parent Act)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard formal language typical of commencement proclamations","Total length: approximately 150 words of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short official document (called a 'proclamation') that brings a Tasmanian law into effect. Specifically, it sets **24 December 2014** as the date when the *Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Act 2014* starts operating.\n\n**What this means:**\n- Before this date, the Act was passed by Parliament but had no legal force\n- After this date, the Act's rules about protests at workplaces became enforceable\n- The Governor of Tasmania made this decision on the advice of the Executive Council (the Premier and senior ministers)\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone planning to protest at workplaces in Tasmania (the Act restricts certain protest activities)\n- Business owners and employers at workplaces that might be targeted by protests\n- Police and courts who enforce the Act\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis proclamation is the final step that turned a parliamentary bill into active law. Without this document, the *Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Act 2014* would remain dormant on the statute books."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Proclamation appears to operate exactly as intended — as a commencement or designation instrument under the parent Act. There is no indication from the available text that its scope has expanded or shifted from its original purpose since December 2014."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself is extremely short — it is a Proclamation (a formal trigger instrument), not substantive legislation","Its complexity is almost entirely derivative — you need to understand the parent Act (Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Act 2014) to grasp its significance","Minimal textual content is available in the provided extract, limiting detailed analysis","Standard delegated legislation (subordinate instrument) format with no amending history of substance"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation, issued by the Governor of Tasmania, formally brings the Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Act 2014 into operation, making the Act’s restrictions on protest activity around designated workplaces legally effective since 24 December 2014.  \n\nIt directly affects protesters, businesses and workers at protected sites, and police enforcement powers — and matters because it is the legal trigger for an already controversial law that balances protesters’ rights against workplace safety and business continuity."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A file modification date of 7 April 2025 on a document that is presented as unchanged since 24 December 2014 creates a minor informational tension. Either the modification was purely administrative and non-substantive, or the currency date is misleading. This is not a legal absurdity per se but reflects a metadata inconsistency that could create ambiguity about what version a practitioner is actually reading.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The proclamation states it is 'current from 24 December 2014 to date' while simultaneously the file was last modified on 7 April 2025, yet the version currency claim implies no substantive legislative change has occurred in over a decade."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Proclamation under the Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Act 2014 - General","severity":"high","reasoning":"Under the Acts Interpretation Act 1931 (Tas) and general principles of statutory instrument drafting, a Proclamation must contain operative words to bring something into legal effect. The reproduced text contains only metadata, status information, navigation elements, and repeated heading duplications. There are no operative clauses, no recitals identifying the Governor's authority, no schedule of protected areas, and no commencement declarations. If this represents the full instrument, it is legally void for want of operative content. Citizens and regulated parties cannot comply with or rely upon a proclamation that contains no directions, prohibitions, or definitions.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document as reproduced contains no operative legal text whatsoever. A Proclamation is a statutory instrument that must contain operative provisions to have legal effect. A proclamation with no substantive content cannot logically fulfil the purpose for which proclamations under Acts are made (typically commencement of provisions or declaration of areas/things)."},{"type":"other","section":"Document structure generally","severity":"low","reasoning":"Under the principle that legislation should not be read so as to render any words surplusage, repeated identical headings would force an interpreter to either treat the repetition as meaningless (acceptable only as a drafting error) or to construe each repetition as a separate operative unit, which is absurd. Courts applying the purposive approach under s 8A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1931 (Tas) would likely dismiss this as a formatting error, but the ambiguity is real in an authoritative published version.","confidence":0.5,"description":"Every heading in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g. 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). While likely a formatting/rendering artefact, if this were the authoritative legal text, duplication of operative headings could create interpretive ambiguity about whether each section constitutes two distinct provisions."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency of version: 'Version current from 24 December 2014 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 18:30)'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 7 April 2025'","confidence":0.5,"description":"The document asserts it reflects the version current since 24 December 2014 with no amendments materially changing the text, yet the file was modified on 7 April 2025. If the modification on 7 April 2025 introduced no change, the modification date is misleading. If it did introduce a change, the currency date should reflect 7 April 2025, not 24 December 2014."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments: '(click to view Table of Amendments)'","section_b":"Currency of version: 'Version current from 24 December 2014 to date'","confidence":0.4,"description":"The existence of a linked Table of Amendments implies there may be amending instruments, yet the currency date has not advanced beyond the original commencement date of 24 December 2014. Either the Table of Amendments is empty (making its prominent inclusion misleading) or amendments exist that are not reflected in the currency date, creating an internal contradiction about the document's amendment history."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-workplaces-protection-from-protesters-act-2014","history":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-workplaces-protection-from-protesters-act-2014/history","analysis":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-workplaces-protection-from-protesters-act-2014/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-workplaces-protection-from-protesters-act-2014/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-workplaces-protection-from-protesters-act-2014/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/proclamation-under-the-workplaces-protection-from-protesters-act-2014/documents"}}