{"id":"tas:sr-2000-243","name":"Proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970","slug":"tas-sr-2000-243","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"243 of 2000","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318861,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2000-243-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 1 - Cradle Mountain-L","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 1 - Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park","content":"# SCHEDULE 1 - Cradle Mountain-L SCHEDULE 1 - Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 2 - Plan","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 2 - Plan","content":"# SCHEDULE 2 - Plan SCHEDULE 2 - Plan\n\n[![graphic image](/image/cpr4878.gif)](/image/cpr4878.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 27 December 2000\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Insufficient substantive content is present in the provided document to assess whether the scope changed from the original intent. The document contains only administrative metadata. No amendments or scope-altering changes can be identified from this excerpt, though the Table of Amendments reference suggests amendments may exist."},"complexity_factors":["The document as provided contains only metadata and status information — no substantive legal content is visible, making detailed analysis impossible","Proclamations under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 can involve technical land description (metes and bounds, cadastral references) which can be complex in practice","Interaction with broader Tasmanian land management, planning, and environmental law adds potential complexity in context","As a subordinate instrument (a proclamation rather than primary legislation), it sits within a layered legal framework requiring reference to the parent Act"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a Tasmanian Government proclamation made under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 to declare, alter, or revoke the boundaries of a protected area. It affects landowners, users, and anyone with interests or activities (e.g., farming, tourism or recreation) in or near the area, so it can change access, land use and property boundaries.\n\nThe proclamation has been in force since 27 December 2000. The provided text contains only metadata, so the specific land and exact change are not visible here."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"rejected","complexity_score":2,"rejection_reason":"The provided text is a navigation stub or header page only. It contains no substantive legislative content — the actual Schedules with park boundaries and management plan provisions are missing. Only metadata (notification date, administering department, graphic placeholder) is present.","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation appears to serve its original purpose: formally declaring park boundaries and management plans under the parent Act. No evidence of scope creep in the visible metadata."},"complexity_factors":["Document is a stub/fragment — only header metadata and structural labels are present","Actual Schedules 1 and 2 containing substantive content (boundaries and management plan details) are not included in the provided text","No defined terms, cross-references, or conditional provisions visible in the excerpt","Standard proclamation boilerplate only (administering department, notification date, Rules Publication Act reference)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **Tasmanian government proclamation** made under the *National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970* (Tasmania). It formally declares or updates the boundaries and management plan for **Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park** — one of Tasmania's most famous protected areas and a World Heritage site.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Schedule 1** establishes or amends the park's boundaries and legal description\n- **Schedule 2** sets out the **management plan** — the rules for how the park will be run, what activities are allowed, and how the environment will be protected\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Visitors to the park (bushwalkers, tourists, campers)\n- Tour operators and commercial activity providers\n- Traditional owners and Indigenous communities with connections to the area\n- The Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service (who administer it)\n- Anyone conducting business or research in the park\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this proclamation, the park's legal status and protection would be unclear. The document gives the government authority to:\n- Restrict certain activities (like logging, mining, or off-track driving)\n- Charge entry fees\n- Enforce conservation rules\n- Manage tourism infrastructure\n\nThis particular version was notified in December 2000, updating the park's governance framework."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 that contains zero operative content — no boundaries described, no area proclaimed, no conditions imposed — cannot be meaningfully assessed for currency or compliance. The instrument as presented is a procedural shell with no legal substance to be 'current'.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The legislation states it is 'current from 27 December 2000 to date' while also stating 'File last modified 3 December 2024', creating an implicit acknowledgment that amendments have occurred, yet the proclamation text provided contains no substantive operative provisions whatsoever."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The promise of timeliness is contradicted by the gap between the last modification date and the access date. Either no amendments occurred (making the Table of Amending Instruments reference potentially stale) or the update guarantee was not honoured. The document cannot confirm which scenario applies.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change' but the file was last modified 3 December 2024, while the access date is 8 April 2026 — over 16 months later. If amendments occurred in that interval without file modification, the currency guarantee is self-undermining."},{"type":"other","section":"Document structure — all headings","severity":"medium","reasoning":"While likely a rendering or republication error rather than a drafting flaw in the original instrument, a consolidated legislation database presenting duplicated headings creates genuine ambiguity about document integrity. If the operative text of the proclamation were similarly duplicated with variations, it could produce irreconcilable legal obligations.","confidence":0.85,"description":"Every heading and section title in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). This renders the document structurally incoherent and raises questions about which version of any given provision is authoritative."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Proclamation title","severity":"high","reasoning":"The entire legal purpose of a proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 is to enact a specific legal outcome (typically reserving or de-reserving land). An instrument that names itself a proclamation but contains no substantive operative clause cannot be complied with, enforced, or interpreted. It is impossible to determine what conduct it requires or permits.","confidence":0.9,"description":"The proclamation is titled 'Proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970' but contains no operative proclamation — no land is proclaimed, no reservation is made, no rights are granted or extinguished. A proclamation with no operative content is a logical nullity."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information — 'Version current from 27 December 2000 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation — 'File last modified 3 December 2024'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The version currency claim asserts continuous currency from 2000, while the file modification date of 2024 implies substantive changes were made to the instrument approximately 24 years after its commencement. These two statements are in tension: either the instrument is unchanged since 2000 (making the 2024 modification date anomalous) or it has been materially amended (making the unqualified 'current from 27 December 2000' claim misleading as to continuity)."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments — implies amendments exist (link provided)","section_b":"Operative content — no substantive text present","confidence":0.7,"description":"The existence of a Table of Amending Instruments hyperlink necessarily implies that one or more amending instruments have been made. However, there is no base operative text visible in this proclamation that could have been amended. Amendments to a void or content-free instrument are a logical contradiction — there is nothing to amend."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The text contains no indication that the proclamation alters a previously stated scope. It declares the park and fixes boundaries by the attached plan; any change from prior arrangements is not stated in the instrument itself."},"complexity_factors":["Short, narrowly framed proclamation with no substantive regulatory text or procedural conditions.","Operative effect depends on an external, attached plan/graphic that must be consulted to determine exact boundaries.","Cross-reference to the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 and the Rules Publication Act 1953 required to understand legal effect and formal display/numbering.","Assigns administrative responsibility to a department, creating an administrative implementation task but no new compliance regime in the proclamation itself.","Formatting/repetition in the source text (duplicated headings) may cause minor drafting ambiguity but not substantive legal complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation establishes the Cradle Mountain–Lake St Clair area as a national park under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 and fixes its boundaries by reference to an attached plan (map). It was published in the Gazette on 27 December 2000 and is administered by the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.\n\nMechanically, the proclamation makes the department responsible for managing the mapped area (bearing management costs and duties); people using or occupying land inside the mapped boundaries must follow the park rules that apply there."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-243","history":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-243/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-243/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-243/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-243/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2000-243/documents"}}