{"id":"tas:sr-2007-041","name":"Proclamation under the Valuation of Land Act 2001","slug":"tas-sr-2007-041","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"41 of 2007","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":315954,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2007-041-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Valuation of Land Act 2001","content":"> Proclamation under the Valuation of Land Act 2001\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 20(9) of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2001-102#GS20@Gs9@EN) [Valuation of Land Act 2001](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2001-102)  –\n\n> > (a) fix 1 July 2007 as the date on and after which the fresh valuation of all lands within the valuation districts comprising the municipal areas of George Town, Circular Head, Burnie, Central Coast, Break O'Day, Northern Midlands, Meander Valley, West Tamar, Clarence and Brighton comes into force; and\n> \n> > (b) declare that this proclamation takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the *Gazette*.\n\n25 June 2007\n\nW. J. E. COX\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nD. E. LLEWELLYN\n\nMinister for Primary Industries and Water\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 28 June 2007\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Primary Industries and Water.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation implements an existing power in the Valuation of Land Act 2001 by fixing the commencement date and specifying the municipal areas for a fresh valuation cycle. It does not expand the Act's subject-matter or confer additional powers beyond setting timing and territorial application."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, territorial application to a specific list of municipal areas","Procedural instrument (proclamation) that fixes an effective date rather than creating new rights or duties","Depends on an existing statutory power (Valuation of Land Act 2001, s.20(9)) rather than adding new legislative content","Effect tied to Gazette notification (timing/commencement certainty)","Low ambiguity: clear parties (Governor/Executive Council, administering department) and clear administrative outcome"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does:** This proclamation brings fresh land valuations under the Valuation of Land Act 2001 into force for the listed municipal areas and fixes 1 July 2007 as the date from which those valuations apply; it takes effect when notified in the Gazette.\n\nWho it affects and why it matters: Landowners in the named districts and local rate-setting bodies are affected because updated valuations determine property valuation outcomes; the Governor made the proclamation on Executive Council advice and the Department of Primary Industries and Water administers it."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"There is insufficient operative content in the provided text to determine whether the scope of this Proclamation changed from any original intent. Only metadata and administrative information is present."},"complexity_factors":["The document is almost entirely administrative metadata with no substantive operative text provided, making meaningful legal analysis impossible","The parent Act (Valuation of Land Act 2001) can be complex in its own right, but this instrument as presented contains no content to evaluate","Proclamations are generally simpler instruments than full Acts or detailed regulations"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a Proclamation made under Tasmania’s Valuation of Land Act 2001 that, in general, would affect property owners, local councils and the Valuer‑General by triggering or declaring matters related to land valuation (which underpin council rates and land tax). The provided document contains only administrative metadata; the actual operative declaration or commencement details that would explain what changes or valuations are being made are not included."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A modification date of 5 July 2017 that post-dates the stated currency date of 28 June 2007 without producing a new version entry is internally inconsistent. Either the file modification was substantive (in which case a new version date should exist) or it was non-substantive (in which case the modification date is misleading as an indicator of legal currency).","confidence":0.6,"description":"The proclamation states it is 'current from 28 June 2007 to date' yet the file was last modified on 5 July 2017, creating an ambiguity as to whether the instrument has been substantively amended or merely administratively touched without triggering a new version date."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The promise of timely updates is contradicted by a decade-long gap between the instrument's currency date and a documented file modification, with no new version reflected. Either a change occurred and was not versioned (violating the update promise) or no change occurred and the modification date is spurious.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The status information claims legislation on the site is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation', yet the version has remained static since 28 June 2007 while the file was modified in 2017 with no corresponding version update recorded. This renders the 3-working-day update promise meaningless in the context of this instrument."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version ('current from 28 June 2007 to date')","section_b":"Authorisation ('File last modified 5 July 2017')","confidence":0.65,"description":"The instrument purports to have a single, unchanged version dating from 28 June 2007, yet records a file modification on 5 July 2017 with no corresponding new version or amendment entry. These two statements cannot both be accurate: if the file was modified in 2017 in a legally material way, a new version date is required; if the modification was immaterial, recording it as an authorisation date is misleading."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This proclamation performs exactly the function intended by section 20(9) of the Valuation of Land Act 2001 — fixing valuation dates for specified districts. It has not expanded beyond this narrow administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with two straightforward sub-paragraphs","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the empowering section (s 20(9) of the parent Act)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Total length: approximately 150 words of substantive content","Simple temporal trigger (Gazette notification) for commencement"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **Tasmanian government proclamation** (an official public announcement with legal force) that sets a specific date for new property valuations to take effect across ten local council areas.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Fixes **1 July 2007** as the date when fresh (updated) land valuations come into force for properties in ten Tasmanian municipalities: George Town, Circular Head, Burnie, Central Coast, Break O'Day, Northern Midlands, Meander Valley, West Tamar, Clarence, and Brighton.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Property owners in those ten council areas\n- Local councils (who use these valuations to calculate rates)\n- The Valuer-General's office\n\n**Why it matters:**\nLand valuations determine how much **council rates** (property taxes) property owners must pay. This proclamation triggers a new valuation cycle, meaning rate bills could go up or down based on updated property values. The proclamation itself takes legal effect when published in the *Tasmanian Government Gazette* (the official public record of government decisions) — which happened on 28 June 2007."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2007-041","history":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2007-041/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2007-041/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2007-041/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2007-041/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2007-041/documents"}}