{"id":"tas:sr-2012-050","name":"Proclamation under the National Energy Retail Law (Tasmania) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2012","slug":"tas-sr-2012-050","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"50 of 2012","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":314274,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2012-050-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the National Energy Retail Law (Tasmania) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2012","content":"> Proclamation under the National Energy Retail Law (Tasmania) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2012\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](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2012-009#GS2@EN) of the [National Energy Retail Law (Tasmania) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2012](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2012-009) fix 1 July 2012 as the day on which the provisions of that Act, other than [section 14](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2012-009#GS14@EN) , commence.\n\n27 June 2012\n\nPETER G. UNDERWOOD\n\nGovernor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nBRYAN GREEN\n\nMinister for 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 29 June 2012\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a procedural commencement instrument performing exactly the function intended — bringing an Act into force on a specified date with one exclusion. No scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: fixes a commencement date","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation beyond citation of the parent Act and one excluded section","Standard proclamation format — essentially a template document","Total length: approximately 150 words of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The Governor of Tasmania officially declares that the *National Energy Retail Law (Tasmania) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2012* will start operating on **1 July 2012**.\n- **One section is excluded:** Section 14 of the Act does **not** commence on this date — it starts later (or through a separate process).\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Energy retailers and consumers in Tasmania, who become subject to the new national energy retail rules from 1 July 2012.\n- Government agencies responsible for administering energy market regulations.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Without this proclamation, the Act would remain a \"paper law\" — passed by Parliament but not legally active. This document flips the switch, making the substantive rules legally enforceable.\n- It also shows how Australian federalism works: Tasmania is adopting a national scheme (the National Energy Retail Law) through its own legislation, and this proclamation coordinates the timing of that adoption."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the content or substantive scope of the National Energy Retail Law (Tasmania) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2012. It only fixes the commencement date (1 July 2012) for all provisions except section 14, using the proclamation power in section 2, and records signing and notification details and the administering department."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow functional scope: single commencement proclamation fixing a date for an Act's operation.","Explicit exclusion of one provision (section 14) increases a small degree of nuance.","Relies on another statute's proclamation power (s 2 of the referenced Act) rather than creating substantive rules.","Formal legal formalities required: Governor, Executive Council advice, signing and Gazette notification.","Administrative detail: specifies which department administers the proclamation."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 1 July 2012 as the day that the National Energy Retail Law (Tasmania) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2012 begins to operate, except for section 14 which is left out of that commencement. It was made by the Governor on the advice of the Executive Council (under s 2), signed 27 June 2012, notified in the Gazette on 29 June 2012, and is administered by the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A Proclamation of this type has an inherently narrow and fixed scope — its sole purpose is to bring another instrument into force on a specified date. There is no indication of scope drift from that original administrative intent."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself contains almost no substantive legal content — it is purely a commencement instrument","Its effect is entirely dependent on understanding the parent Act it activates, which is not reproduced here","Minimal text is available to analyse — the document appears to consist largely of metadata and status information rather than operative provisions","No definitions, schedules, or complex cross-references are present in the extracted text"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation sets the commencement date—29 June 2012—for the National Energy Retail Law (Tasmania) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2012, bringing Tasmanian law into line with the national framework for electricity and gas retailing.\n\nIt matters because it formally activates those consequential amendments so they have legal effect, affecting Tasmanian consumers, energy retailers and the regulators who enforce the rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2012-050","history":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2012-050/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2012-050/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2012-050/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2012-050/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2012-050/documents"}}