{"id":"tas:sr-2001-182","name":"Proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970","slug":"tas-sr-2001-182","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"182 of 2001","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318656,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2001-182-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 1 - Areas of land","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 1 - Areas of land","content":"# SCHEDULE 1 - Areas of land SCHEDULE 1 - Areas of land","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Little Beach Conservation Area","content":"# Part 1 Little Beach Conservation Area","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Low Head Conservation Area","content":"# Part 2 Low Head Conservation Area","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Recherche Bay Nature Recreation Area","content":"# Part 3 Recherche Bay Nature Recreation Area","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Part 4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Seymour Conservation Area","content":"# Part 4 Seymour Conservation Area","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 2 - Plans","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 2 - Plans","content":"# SCHEDULE 2 - Plans SCHEDULE 2 - Plans","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, there is no evidence of scope change from original intent. The proclamation has remained in force since 26 December 2001, though amendments have occurred. Without the operative text, a definitive assessment of scope drift cannot be made."},"complexity_factors":["The document provided contains only metadata and administrative wrapper — no operative legal content is present, making substantive analysis impossible","Proclamations under this Act can involve complex land description schedules (metes and bounds, cadastral references), but none are visible here","The enabling Act (National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970) is itself moderately complex, but this instrument appears to be a narrow, single-purpose declaration","Has been amended at least once (Table of Amending Instruments referenced), adding a layer of version-tracking complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This 2001 Tasmanian government proclamation, made under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970, formally alters the legal status of land for conservation—likely declaring or modifying a national park, reserve, or protected area. It affects landowners, nearby communities, recreational users, conservation managers and developers by changing who controls the land and which activities are permitted. The provided document lacks the operative details, so the exact area and rules are not specified."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation serves its original narrow purpose: to declare specific parcels of land as protected areas under the parent Act. It has not expanded beyond this straightforward land reservation function. The document is a standard administrative instrument for creating conservation areas."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (approximately 200 words of substantive content)","No defined terms section or interpretation provisions","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Simple structure: two schedules listing four geographic areas and referring to maps","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act and Rules Publication Act","Operates as a 'naked' proclamation - the substantive rules are contained in the referenced management plans (the images/maps) rather than the text itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a **proclamation** (an official government announcement with legal force) made under Tasmania's National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970. It formally declares four specific areas of land as protected conservation areas:\n\n- **Little Beach Conservation Area**\n- **Low Head Conservation Area** \n- **Recherche Bay Nature Recreation Area**\n- **Seymour Conservation Area**\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Creates legal protection** for these four parcels of land by classifying them under the Act\n- **Attaches management plans** to each area (shown in Schedule 2 as maps/images)\n- **Sets the rules** for how these areas can be used, accessed, and managed\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Visitors to these Tasmanian coastal and natural areas (rules about camping, fishing, access)\n- Land managers and park rangers (responsibilities for protection)\n- Neighbouring landowners and businesses (restrictions on surrounding activities)\n- Traditional owners and Indigenous communities (cultural heritage considerations)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this proclamation, these areas wouldn't have formal legal protection under the National Parks system. The document essentially draws lines on maps and says \"these specific places are now protected, and here's how they must be managed.\" It prevents development, mining, or inappropriate use of these natural areas.\n\nThe proclamation was made in 2001 and is administered by Tasmania's environment department."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation implements the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 by declaring specified lands and providing plans; it does not itself expand or reduce the Act’s statutory powers or alter the Act’s substantive scope. It is an exercise of the declaration power under that Act rather than a change to the Act’s core scope."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, concrete subject-matter: only four named areas are listed (Schedule 1, Parts 1–4), reducing breadth of legal issues.","Administrative form: instrument is a proclamation (procedural/declaratory) rather than a complex regulatory code or statutory amendment.","Reliance on external statute: substantive legal effects depend on the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 (the proclamation does not reproduce the Act’s regulatory provisions).","Spatial dependence: applicability and limits depend on attached graphic plans (Schedule 2, Parts 1–4), requiring map interpretation for precise boundaries.","Limited operational detail: no new compliance regimes, fees, or enforcement procedures are specified here — those follow from the administering Department and the parent Act.","Clear administrative assignment: specifies the administering Department, which centralises decision and enforcement responsibility."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation formally declares four named parcels of land — Little Beach, Low Head, Recherche Bay (Nature Recreation Area) and Seymour — as areas under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 and attaches graphic plans for each (Schedules 1–2). The executive made the declaration and administration is assigned to the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, so those lands will be managed and regulated under the Act’s existing regime."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Currency of version / Status Information","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A document cannot be definitively 'current to' a date that has not yet occurred at the time of its last modification. The claim of currency to 8 April 2026 when last modified 4 December 2024 presupposes no further amendments will occur in that intervening period, which is an unverifiable and logically presumptuous claim baked into the status information itself.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The legislation states it is 'current from 26 December 2001 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:10)' but the file was 'last modified 4 December 2024'. This implies the document simultaneously claims to be current to a future date (8 April 2026) while having a past modification date, suggesting the 'current to date' claim is either pre-emptively false or the access timestamp is fabricated."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Update Policy","severity":"low","reasoning":"Asserting a document is 'current' in the same instrument that disclaims timely updating creates a logical tension: the currency claim and the update disclaimer cannot both be fully true simultaneously. Users relying on the currency statement may be misled given the acknowledged lag.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The status information states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation.' The qualifier 'usually' creates a situation where the currency guarantee is self-undermining — the document may be described as current while acknowledging it may not actually be current."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document Structure - All Headings","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 must, at minimum, identify the land being proclaimed as a park or reserve. This document contains zero operative content. It is impossible for any person or body to comply with, enforce, or give effect to a proclamation that contains no proclamation. The instrument is an empty legal shell.","confidence":0.95,"description":"Every heading and section title in this instrument is duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). A legislative instrument containing duplicated headings with no substantive body text whatsoever — no proclaimed boundaries, no reserved land descriptions, no operative provisions — is functionally void as a proclamation."},{"type":"other","section":"Title","severity":"low","reasoning":"While likely a rendering artefact, in strict legal interpretation a truncated and duplicated title could create ambiguity as to which Act the proclamation is made under, particularly if 'Nationa' is read as a different Act name. This undermines the instrument's self-identification.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The title alternates between 'Proclamation under the Nationa Proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970' (truncated and repeated) and the correct full title. A truncated title appearing in official consolidated legislation raises questions about whether this is the same instrument referenced in the Table of Amending Instruments."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Currency of version (accessed 8 April 2026 at 3:10)","section_b":"Authorisation - File last modified 4 December 2024","confidence":0.78,"description":"The document claims to be current as of 8 April 2026, but the file was last modified on 4 December 2024. These two statements are in tension: if the file has not been modified since December 2024, the basis for asserting currency to April 2026 is absent, as any amendments made between December 2024 and April 2026 would not be reflected."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - 'usually updated within 3 working days'","section_b":"Currency statement - 'Version current from 26 December 2001 to date'","confidence":0.68,"description":"The unconditional currency claim ('current to date') directly contradicts the conditional update policy ('usually updated within 3 working days'). The currency claim is absolute while the update mechanism it depends upon is explicitly qualified as non-guaranteed, making the absolute claim logically unsupportable on the face of the same document."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2001-182","history":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2001-182/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2001-182/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2001-182/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2001-182/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2001-182/documents"}}