{"id":"tas:sr-1998-183","name":"Proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970","slug":"tas-sr-1998-183","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"183 of 1998","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":319061,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-1998-183-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 1 - Abolition of stat","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 1 - Abolition of state reserve","content":"# SCHEDULE 1 - Abolition of stat SCHEDULE 1 - Abolition of state reserve\n\n[Schedule 2](#JS2@EN)","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 2 - Plan","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 2 - Plan","content":"# SCHEDULE 2 - Plan SCHEDULE 2 - Plan\n\n[![graphic image](/image/npwproc.gif)](/image/npwproc.gif)\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 30 December 1998\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"rejected","complexity_score":2,"rejection_reason":"This is a navigation stub or fragment page, not substantive legislation. It contains only headings, metadata (Gazette date, administering department), and broken/placeholder links to schedules. The actual operative content (which state reserve was abolished and what plan replaced it) is missing. The text appears corrupted with duplicated headings ('SCHEDULE 1 - Abolition of stat SCHEDULE 1'). Without the full proclamation text including the schedules, this cannot be meaningfully analysed as legislation.","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This appears to be a standard, narrow administrative proclamation doing exactly what its parent Act contemplates: altering reserve boundaries and management plans. No scope creep evident from the available text."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document — only 2 operative provisions (Schedule 1 and Schedule 2)","No defined terms section visible in the provided text","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act (National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970) and the Rules Publication Act 1953","Simple binary structure: abolition + replacement plan","Actual substantive content (the details of which reserve and what plan) appears to be in the schedules themselves, which are not fully reproduced in this fragment"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **Tasmanian government proclamation** made under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970. It does two main things:\n\n- **Abolishes a state reserve** (Schedule 1) — removing a specific area's protected status as a state reserve\n- **Establishes or modifies a plan** (Schedule 2) — likely creating a new management plan or altering an existing one for the affected area\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone using or managing the land in question (likely land managers, traditional owners, recreational users, or developers)\n- The Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (now part of Tasmania's Department of Natural Resources and Environment)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis type of proclamation changes how a specific parcel of land is managed. Abolishing a state reserve typically means the land loses certain environmental protections and may be repurposed for other uses (such as national park status, private use, or different conservation categories). The accompanying plan in Schedule 2 would set out what happens to the land instead.\n\nWithout the full text of the schedules, we cannot see which specific reserve was abolished or what replaced it."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient content is available to assess whether the scope changed from the original intent. The document only shows administrative metadata. However, the existence of an amendments table suggests at least minor changes have been made since the original 1998 proclamation, which may indicate boundary or classification adjustments — but this cannot be confirmed from the provided text."},"complexity_factors":["The document as provided contains only administrative metadata — no substantive legal content is visible, keeping assessed complexity very low","Proclamations are generally simple in structure — they declare a fact (e.g. land is now a park) rather than create complex legal frameworks","The underlying Act (National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970) can be complex, but this instrument itself appears to be a straightforward designation","Amendment history suggests some changes over time, which could add minor complexity if boundary or classification changes were made"],"plain_english_summary":"This 1998 Proclamation, made under Tasmania’s National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 and in force from 30 December 1998 (and since amended), formally designates or alters protected park/wildlife land within Tasmania. The actual land details aren’t included here. It affects nearby land users—owners, leaseholders, developers, recreational visitors and Aboriginal interests—and matters because proclamation confers strong legal protections that limit logging, mining and development without special approval."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the file was last modified in 2017, the version cannot be reliably described as current 'to date' (accessed 2026) without confirmation of subsequent review. The modification date suggests the document is not simply unchanged since 1998, yet the currency statement implies no further amendments have occurred in a meaningful sense since 1998. The relationship between the 1998 commencement date, the 2017 modification, and the 2026 access date is left entirely unexplained.","confidence":0.62,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 30 December 1998 to date' while simultaneously stating the file was 'last modified 5 July 2017', creating an internal inconsistency about currency."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The 3-working-day update guarantee is functionally meaningless for a document that either has not changed in 27 years or changed in 2017 without a corresponding version update. If the 2017 file modification represents a substantive change, the version date should reflect that. If it does not, the modification date is misleading.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The legislation claims to be 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change' yet presents a Proclamation that has ostensibly been unchanged since 1998 (over 27 years), while the file modification date of 2017 suggests some change did occur but is not reflected in the version history."},{"type":"other","section":"Entire Document","severity":"high","reasoning":"A Proclamation is a legally operative instrument. Without operative content, the document cannot fulfil its stated legal function. It is impossible to comply with, interpret, or give effect to a Proclamation that contains only metadata and status information. The absence of any substantive clause renders the instrument legally void on its face.","confidence":0.78,"description":"The document contains no operative provisions whatsoever. A Proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 would be expected to declare land as a national park, nature reserve, or similar — yet no such declaration appears in the text provided."},{"type":"other","section":"Document Structure - All Headings","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Duplicated headings are symptomatic of a document rendering failure. If the authoritative legislative text is uncertain due to publication errors, there is a legal question as to which version of the document is definitive. This undermines the rule of law principle that legislation must be ascertainable with certainty.","confidence":0.85,"description":"Every heading in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'), suggesting a structural or publication error that may render the authoritative version of the instrument uncertain."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information - 'Version current from 30 December 1998 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation - 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.72,"description":"The version is stated to be current from 30 December 1998 with no amendment indicated, yet the file was modified on 5 July 2017, nearly 19 years after the stated commencement date, with no explanation of what changed."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change'","section_b":"Table of Amending Instruments - '(click to view Table of Amendments)'","confidence":0.5,"description":"The existence of a Table of Amendments hyperlink implies amendments may exist, which contradicts the version currency statement implying the document is unchanged since 1998. If amendments exist and were applied within 3 working days, the version date should reflect the most recent amendment rather than 1998."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"On its face the proclamation narrowly abolishes a state reserve and records the change with a plan. The source text provides no indication that the instrument departs from that stated purpose or expands scope beyond abolition and publication of the plan."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with minimal text and no substantive operative provisions beyond abolition and a plan.","Effect relies on an attached graphical plan/image to define boundaries and effect — spatial detail not in text.","Procedure is an executive proclamation under an existing Act (National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970), so legal effect depends on that Act's framework.","No detailed rules on transfer, compensation, or future land use included, creating reliance on administrative action for implementation.","Gazette notification and departmental administration are specified, but statutory mechanisms and follow‑up steps are omitted, requiring cross-reference to other instruments or records."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970, abolishes a state reserve and publishes the accompanying plan (map) that records that change. It mechanically changes the land’s statutory status and the administering agency named; the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment is identified as the administering body. The document was notified in the Gazette on 30 December 1998 and does not itself specify costs, new ownership arrangements, or detailed post-abolition land use."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1998-183","history":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1998-183/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1998-183/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1998-183/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1998-183/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tas-sr-1998-183/documents"}}