{"id":"tas:sr-1998-103","name":"Proclamation under the Corrections Act 1997","slug":"tas-sr-1998-103","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"103 of 1998","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":319003,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-1998-103-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Corrections Act 1997","content":"> Proclamation under the Corrections Act 1997\n\nI, the Lieutenant-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 [Corrections Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-051) fix 1 August 1998 as the day on which that Act commences.\n\n23 July 1998\n\nW. J. E. COX\n\nLieutenant-Governor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nRONALD CORNISH\n\nfor and on behalf of Minister 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 29 July 1998\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available content, there is no indication that the scope of this proclamation changed from its original intent. It appears to have functioned as a standard commencement instrument for the Corrections Act 1997, remaining in force unchanged since 29 July 1998."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely limited substantive content is reproduced — the actual proclamation text is absent, making full analysis impossible","Requires understanding of the relationship between proclamations and their parent Acts","Minimal legal complexity on its face — proclamations are inherently simple instruments","Cross-reference to the Corrections Act 1997 required to understand full context and effect"],"plain_english_summary":"A proclamation by the Governor of Tasmania under the Corrections Act 1997 that formally brought the Act (or specified parts) into force on 29 July 1998. It primarily affects the corrections system — the department, prison staff and people in custody — and is significant because it gives the Act its legal effect rather than changing substantive policy."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"circular_definition","section":"Title/Header","severity":"high","reasoning":"A legal instrument's title that embeds a truncated version of itself ('Correct Proclamation under the...') is self-referential and undefined. It is impossible to determine from the face of the instrument whether this is one proclamation or a proclamation about a proclamation, undermining the instrument's entire legal identity.","confidence":0.95,"description":"The proclamation title is duplicated and self-referentially nested: 'Proclamation under the Correct Proclamation under the Corrections Act 1997'. The title of the instrument references itself mid-title, creating a recursive and legally meaningless title."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A modification date of 13 August 2018 implies some change occurred to the file, yet the version currency date of 29 July 1998 suggests no legislative change has occurred since commencement. Either the 2018 modification was legally operative (in which case the currency date is wrong) or it was not (in which case the modification date is misleading). The instrument cannot logically support both positions simultaneously.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The instrument states it is 'current from 29 July 1998 to date' but also states the file was last modified on 13 August 2018. If no amendments are recorded as changing the operative content, it is logically inconsistent for the file to have been modified in 2018 while the version currency date remains 1998."},{"type":"retroactive_impossibility","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"While this is likely a metadata artefact of the publishing system, as a matter of legal logic an instrument cannot certify as fact an access event at a date that has not yet occurred at the time of drafting or last modification (2018). The instrument presents a future date as an established factual timestamp, which is logically impossible.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The instrument asserts it was 'accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:24' which is a future date relative to ordinary temporal reality at time of analysis, yet is presented as a confirmed historical access timestamp. An access date cannot be stipulated prospectively as a matter of fact within the instrument itself."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire Document","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation is a legal instrument that must contain operative content — a declaration, commencement date, or directive. This document contains only metadata, status information, and duplicated headings. There is no operative clause, no proclamation of anything, and no subject matter. It is legally impossible to comply with, rely upon, or enforce an instrument that has no operative provisions. The document is legally vacuous on its face.","confidence":0.97,"description":"Every substantive heading and section in this instrument is duplicated verbatim (e.g. 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). The instrument contains no operative provisions whatsoever — it is a proclamation that proclaims nothing."},{"type":"other","section":"Table of Amending Instruments","severity":"low","reasoning":"While common in online legislative databases, an instrument that incorporates its own amendment history solely by external hyperlink creates a logical dependency: the instrument's current legal meaning cannot be determined from the instrument alone. If the link breaks or the external table differs, the instrument is uninterpretable.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The instrument directs the reader to 'click to view Table of Amendments' but the amendments table is external to the instrument itself. The instrument therefore cannot be read as a self-contained legal document — its amendment history, which defines its current legal status, exists only by hyperlink reference."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information - File last modified 13 August 2018","section_b":"Status Information - Version current from 29 July 1998 to date","confidence":0.75,"description":"The instrument simultaneously claims an unbroken version currency from 29 July 1998 and a file modification date of 13 August 2018. These two statements directly contradict each other: if the file was modified in 2018, the version currency should reflect 2018; if the version has been current since 1998, no modification in 2018 should have occurred."},{"severity":"high","section_a":"Title: 'Proclamation under the Corrections Act 1997'","section_b":"Title: 'Proclamation under the Correct Proclamation under the Corrections Act 1997'","confidence":0.93,"description":"The instrument uses two different titles simultaneously within the same document. One title identifies it as a proclamation under the Corrections Act 1997; the other identifies it as a proclamation under a 'Correct Proclamation under the Corrections Act 1997' — an entirely different and non-existent parent instrument. These cannot both be correct."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a procedural commencement instrument with no substantive scope beyond its original purpose of bringing the parent Act into force."},"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 ceremonial/formulaic language only"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a law into force.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **1 August 1998** as the date when Tasmania's *Corrections Act 1997* officially starts operating.\n- Without this proclamation, the Act would remain on the statute books but wouldn't actually apply to anyone.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Tasmanian corrections staff, prisoners, and anyone involved in the prison system — their legal rights and obligations under the 1997 Act begin on this date.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Many Australian laws aren't automatic. Parliament passes them, but the government must formally \"switch them on\" via proclamation. This document is that switch for Tasmania's main prison law."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substance or scope of the Corrections Act 1997; it only fixes the Act's commencement date under section 2 and records administrative formalities (Executive Council action and Gazette notice)."},"complexity_factors":["Single, explicit operation: fixes one commencement date (1 August 1998).","Clear statutory authority: made under section 2 of the Corrections Act 1997.","No substantive amendment or regulatory detail in the instrument itself.","Limited administrative formalities only (Executive Council advice, Gazette notice, Dept of Justice administration).","Low interpretive discretion — text is directive and time‑specific."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation brings the Corrections Act 1997 into force on 1 August 1998. It is made by the Lieutenant‑Governor acting with the advice of the Executive Council under section 2 of the Act.\n\nMechanically, from that date the duties, powers and rules created by the Corrections Act become operative and the Department of Justice administers the proclamation. Compliance responsibilities fall on the persons and agencies covered by the Act, and implementation costs fall to government. The proclamation was notified in the Gazette on 29 July 1998."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1998-103","history":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1998-103/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1998-103/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1998-103/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1998-103/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1998-103/documents"}}