{"id":"tas:sr-2000-204","name":"Proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970","slug":"tas-sr-2000-204","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"204 of 2000","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318827,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2000-204-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970","content":"> Proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970\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 and with the approval of each House of Parliament, by this my proclamation made under section 16(1) of the [National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1970-047) declare that –\n\n> > (a) the area of land shown on Plan Number 4877 in the Central Plan Register, previously declared to be a sanctuary with respect to all birds in the proclamation notified in the *Gazette* on 30 June 1948 at page number 1847 and deemed to have become reserved land in the class of conservation area under Schedule 2 to the [National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1970-047) , ceases to be reserved land; and\n> \n> > (b) this proclamation takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the *Gazette*.\n\n29 November 2000\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nD. E. LLEWELLYN\n\nMinister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment\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 6 December 2000\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on available information, there is no indication the scope changed from its original intent. The proclamation has been in force since 6 December 2000 with no substantive amendments visible in this extract, though the Table of Amendments link suggests changes may have occurred."},"complexity_factors":["Minimal substantive content visible — document is largely a status/metadata page rather than the full proclamation text","Operates under a parent Act (National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970) which adds a layer of legal context needed for full interpretation","Proclamations can have technical land description components (metes and bounds, survey references) that require specialist reading — though none are visible here","Interaction with other Tasmanian planning and land management laws may add complexity in practice"],"plain_english_summary":"This Tasmanian Government proclamation, made under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970, formally declares or alters protected-area status for Crown land — gazetting it as a national park, reserve, or similar. It affects nearby landowners, recreational users, businesses and local councils by imposing strict limits on activities like logging, mining, farming or development.\n\nThe proclamation has been in force since 6 December 2000 and remains current; the extract provided lacks the specific land details."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the file was last modified on 3 December 2024, the version cannot be substantively 'current from 6 December 2000 to date' without amendment history being reflected. The instrument appears to claim both original currency and post-amendment currency simultaneously without reconciling these dates.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The legislation states it is 'current from 6 December 2000 to date' while simultaneously stating 'File last modified 3 December 2024', creating a temporal inconsistency in its own currency representation."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"Embedding a specific future access timestamp (8 April 2026) into a currency description is a metadata artefact rather than a legislative absurdity per se, but it creates a logical oddity where the instrument appears to assert knowledge of future access events as part of its operative currency statement.","confidence":0.35,"description":"The proclamation states it was 'accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:16' which is a future date relative to any plausible drafting date, and the legislation purports to describe its own future access date as a fixed currency timestamp."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version (version current from 6 December 2000)","section_b":"Status Information - Authorisation (file last modified 3 December 2024)","confidence":0.5,"description":"The instrument simultaneously asserts its version has been current since 6 December 2000 with no substantive change indicated, yet records a file modification date of 3 December 2024, nearly 24 years later. If no amendments occurred, no modification should be required; if modifications occurred, the currency start date should reflect this."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs a narrow, specific function exactly as intended by the parent Act's section 16(1) — the power to declare land ceases to be reserved. It does not expand beyond this original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with two straightforward subsections","Only one cross-reference (to the parent Act's section 16(1))","No defined terms within the instrument itself","Simple conditional logic (cessation of status + commencement date)","Historical reference to prior proclamation requires external lookup (Gazette 30 June 1948, page 1847)","Relies on understanding of 'deemed' status under Schedule 2 of the parent Act"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **Tasmanian government proclamation** that removes protected status from a specific piece of land.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Revokes protection** from a parcel of land that had been a protected \"sanctuary\" for birds since 1948\n- The land was originally set aside to protect all bird species in that area\n- Under modern law (the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970), this old sanctuary had been treated as a \"conservation area\" — a class of protected land\n- This proclamation **strips away that protection entirely**, meaning the land ceases to be reserved land\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- The specific area shown on **Plan Number 4877** in Tasmania's Central Plan Register (exact location not specified in this document)\n- Anyone with interests in that land — potentially landowners, developers, or government agencies\n- Environmental groups and bird conservation interests, given the area's 52-year history as a bird sanctuary\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Protected land can be **unprotected** through this legal mechanism\n- The land loses its conservation status and associated legal protections for wildlife and habitat\n- This opens the door for the land to be used for other purposes (development, agriculture, etc.) depending on zoning and ownership\n- It shows how historical protections (dating back to 1948) can be removed by executive action with parliamentary approval"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. The proclamation removes the area shown on Plan Number 4877 from reserved land, reversing its 1948 sanctuary designation and changing the legal regime that applies to that parcel (invoking section 16(1) and Schedule 2). The decision is made by the Governor with Executive Council and parliamentary approval and is administered by the Department named in the proclamation; no compensation or further implementation detail is provided in the text."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete legal action: cessation of reserved-land status for one mapped parcel (Plan No. 4877).","Cross-references to statute: relies on section 16(1) of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 and Schedule 2 definitions.","Formal procedural requirements: proclamation requires advice of Executive Council and approval of each House of Parliament.","Effect timing tied to Gazette notification (administrative timing constraint).","Administrative allocation: specifies the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment as administrator.","Dependence on historical instrument (1948 sanctuary proclamation) for prior status — potential interpretive linkage."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made under section 16(1) of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970, removes the land shown on Plan Number 4877 from reserved-land status — undoing its earlier 1948 sanctuary declaration — and takes effect when notified in the Gazette. The Governor (with Executive Council and parliamentary approval) makes the change and the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment administers it. No compensation, costs or implementation steps are specified in the text."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-204","history":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-204/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-204/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-204/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-204/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-204/documents"}}