{"id":"tas:sr-2000-232","name":"Proclamation under the Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Act 1998","slug":"tas-sr-2000-232","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"232 of 2000","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318853,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2000-232-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Act 1998","content":"> Proclamation under the Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Act 1998\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(2) of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1998-045#GS2@Gs2@EN) [Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1998-045) fix 27 December 2000 as the day on which [section 6](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1998-045#GS6@EN) of, and [Schedule 2](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1998-045#JS2@EN) to, that Act commence.\n\n18 December 2000\n\nG. S. M. GREEN\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nP. A. LENNON\n\nMinister for Infrastructure, Energy and Resources\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 27 December 2000\n\nThis proclamation is administered by Forestry Tasmania.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on available information, the proclamation appears to operate within the intended scope of the Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Act 1998 — formally classifying land as envisaged by that Act. There is no evidence of scope creep or expansion beyond the original legislative intent, though the absence of the full substantive text limits certainty."},"complexity_factors":["Operates within a layered intergovernmental framework involving both Commonwealth and Tasmanian laws (Regional Forest Agreements are joint Commonwealth-State instruments)","Land classification decisions require cross-referencing maps, schedules, and potentially other legislation such as the Forestry Act 1920 (Tas) and Commonwealth RFA legislation","The substantive content of the proclamation (the actual land classifications) is not present in the provided text, making full analysis impossible without the complete instrument","Proclamations as a legislative form are less familiar to laypeople than Acts of Parliament","Long operational lifespan (25+ years) means it may interact with many subsequent legislative and policy changes"],"plain_english_summary":"This Tasmanian government proclamation, made under the Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Act 1998, formally classifies specified forest land in Tasmania under the RFA framework. Its classifications determine which areas are available for timber harvesting or reserved for conservation, affecting forestry operators, nearby communities, conservation groups and government land managers. It has been in force since 27 December 2000."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward commencement instrument performing exactly the function intended — bringing specified provisions into force. No scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: fixes one commencement date","No defined terms","No conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references beyond citation of the parent Act sections","Standard proclamation format — essentially a template with blanks filled in","Total length: approximately 150 words of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings specific parts of a Tasmanian law into force on a particular date.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Activates **section 6** and **Schedule 2** of the *Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Act 1998*\n- Sets the start date as **27 December 2000**\n\n**Who made it:**\n- The **Governor of Tasmania** (acting on advice from the Executive Council, which is the formal body of senior ministers)\n- Signed by Governor G. S. M. Green and Minister P. A. Lennon\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis proclamation was the legal trigger that actually put into operation key parts of Tasmania's Regional Forest Agreement framework. Without this proclamation, those sections of the Act would have remained dormant — written into law but not yet active. The sections being commenced likely dealt with land classification matters related to Tasmania's forests, which was a politically significant issue involving conservation and logging interests.\n\n**Key point:** Many laws are passed by Parliament but don't start immediately. A proclamation like this is the formal mechanism used to \"switch on\" specific provisions when the government decides the time is right."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"retroactive_impossibility","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A document cannot credibly assert currency 'to date' at a future access timestamp (8 April 2026) while simultaneously showing a last-modified date of 3 December 2024. Either the currency claim is speculative about future validity or the access timestamp is erroneous. A legislative instrument cannot guarantee its own currency for a period that has not yet occurred at the time of its last modification.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 27 December 2000 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:16)' but the access date of 8 April 2026 is in the future relative to any realistic drafting or review date, and the file was last modified 3 December 2024, creating a temporal impossibility in the currency claim."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"Asserting simultaneous currency 'to date' while admitting updates only 'usually' occur within 3 working days creates a logical gap: there exist scenarios where the published version is not current, directly undermining the currency guarantee. The instrument thus cannot reliably assert the version is current at any given access moment.","confidence":0.78,"description":"The statement that 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation' is internally inconsistent with the claim that the version is 'current to date', since the qualifier 'usually' admits of exceptions where the published version may not in fact be current."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Title and Header (entire document)","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation under the Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Act 1998 must, at minimum, classify land in accordance with the Act's empowering provisions. A proclamation with no operative content cannot achieve compliance with the empowering Act, cannot be administered, and cannot be enforced. Any person or authority attempting to act 'under' this instrument has nothing to act upon.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The proclamation text contains no substantive operative provisions whatsoever. A proclamation is a formal legal instrument intended to bring about legal effects, yet the document as reproduced contains only metadata, status information, and formatting artefacts, with no actual land classifications, schedules, maps, or operative clauses."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Responsible Minister and Department","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Delegating the identification of responsible authority entirely to an external, mutable instrument (the Administrative Arrangement Order) without any embedded identification creates a compliance gap. Administrative Arrangement Orders change with each change of government or machinery-of-government reform, meaning the responsible authority for this proclamation is perpetually indeterminate from the face of the instrument itself.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The instrument directs readers to 'see the latest Administrative Arrangement Order' to identify the responsible minister and department, but provides no fallback identification. If the Administrative Arrangement Order is itself silent, amended, or unavailable, the instrument is ungovernable with no identifiable responsible authority."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Currency of version - 'current from 27 December 2000 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:16)'","section_b":"Authorisation - 'File last modified 3 December 2024'","confidence":0.74,"description":"The currency claim asserts the instrument is current through 8 April 2026, but the file was last modified on 3 December 2024, meaning any changes occurring between 3 December 2024 and 8 April 2026 would not be reflected in the file, directly contradicting the currency assertion."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency of version - 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change'","section_b":"Currency of version - 'Version current from 27 December 2000 to date'","confidence":0.8,"description":"The qualifier 'usually' in the update frequency statement directly contradicts the unqualified currency guarantee. If updates only 'usually' occur within 3 working days, the version cannot be stated without qualification to be 'current to date' at any point of access."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation does not change the substantive scope or content of the Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Act 1998. It only fixes the commencement date for specified provisions (section 6 and Schedule 2), thereby activating those pre-existing legal provisions on 27 December 2000."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete action: fixes a single commencement date for specific provisions (section 6 and Schedule 2).","Narrow legal authority: made under section 2(2) of the Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Act 1998.","Limited scope: does not amend wording of the Act, only brings existing provisions into force.","Administrative clarity: identifies the administering body (Forestry Tasmania) and the operative date, reducing interpretive ambiguity.","Implementation consequence: triggers any compliance, administrative or operational duties already contained in the commenced provisions."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, issued by the Governor of Tasmania with Executive Council advice, sets 27 December 2000 as the day when section 6 and Schedule 2 of the Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Act 1998 come into force in Tasmania. Mechanically, it activates those parts of the 1998 Act so the powers, duties or rules contained in them apply from that date. It is administered by Forestry Tasmania and therefore affects agencies and parties subject to land-classification arrangements under that Act."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-232","history":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-232/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-232/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-232/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-232/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-232/documents"}}