{"id":"tas:sr-2012-137","name":"Proclamation under the Nature Conservation Act 2002","slug":"tas-sr-2012-137","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"137 of 2012","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":314215,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2012-137-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 1 - The Nut State Res","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 1 - The Nut State Reserve Partial Revocation","content":"# SCHEDULE 1 - The Nut State Res SCHEDULE 1 - The Nut State Reserve Partial Revocation\n\n[Schedule 2](#JS2@EN)","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 2 - Plan","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 2 - Plan","content":"# SCHEDULE 2 - Plan SCHEDULE 2 - Plan\n\n[![graphic image](/image/cpr9360.gif)](/image/cpr9360.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 26 December 2012\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"rejected","complexity_score":2,"rejection_reason":"This is a navigation page, stub, or metadata header for a proclamation. It contains no substantive legislative text — only headings, schedule titles, an image placeholder, publication details, and administrative metadata. The actual legal content (the terms of the partial revocation and the plan details) is not included in this excerpt.","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The document appears to be a straightforward administrative proclamation doing exactly what its title suggests — partially revoking a reserve and making a plan. No evidence of scope creep in the provided content."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document — essentially a title page and metadata","No substantive legal text provided in the excerpt (only headings and administrative details)","No defined terms visible in the provided content","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the administering Act and Rules Publication Act","Simple binary structure: one schedule for revocation, one for the plan"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **Tasmanian government proclamation** (an official public announcement with legal force) that makes two changes to land reserved under Tasmania's Nature Conservation Act 2002:\n\n- **Partially revokes** (cancels part of) The Nut State Reserve — meaning some land previously protected as a state reserve is no longer protected under that status\n- **Establishes or amends a Plan** for the reserve — setting out rules for how the remaining protected area will be managed\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Anyone who owns, uses, or wants to use the land that has been removed from the reserve\n- Visitors and users of The Nut State Reserve (a landmark in Stanley, northwest Tasmania)\n- The Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service, which manages the area\n\n**Why it matters:**\nRemoving land from a state reserve can allow development, private use, or other activities that were previously prohibited. The new or amended plan governs what can happen in the remaining protected area — affecting conservation, tourism access, and local land use."},"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available text, the proclamation appears to have remained unchanged since its commencement on 26 December 2012, with the file last modified in May 2022 (likely an administrative update rather than a substantive change). No evidence of scope change from original intent is present in the provided material."},"complexity_factors":["The document as provided is largely administrative metadata rather than substantive legal text, limiting full analysis","Proclamations under the Nature Conservation Act can involve complex land tenure and boundary descriptions, though none are visible here","Interaction with broader Tasmanian land management and planning laws adds potential complexity","The proclamation format itself is relatively straightforward as a legal instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a Tasmanian Government proclamation made under the Nature Conservation Act 2002 that formally declares or changes the status/boundaries of protected lands (national parks, reserves, etc.). It affects nearby landowners, recreational users, managing agencies and conservation groups because proclaimed land becomes subject to strict limits on development, resource use and access.\n\nThe proclamation has been in force since 26 December 2012; the excerpt supplied is mainly administrative and omits specific area details."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The proclamation narrows the geographic scope of The Nut State Reserve by partially revoking reservation over part of the reserve (as set out in Schedule 1 and shown in the Schedule 2 plan), thereby reducing the area subject to the reserve’s legal protections and shifting management responsibilities for that area."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with minimal statutory text and no detailed operative provisions.","Key legal effect depends on an attached plan (Schedule 2 graphic) rather than explicit coordinates or descriptions, requiring inspection of the plan to determine exact extent.","Formatting/repetition in the source increases ambiguity about structure but not legal effect.","No information in the text about post-revocation land use, compensation, or administrative steps, creating practical uncertainty for stakeholders.","Administrative responsibility is stated (Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment) but decision-making authority and implementation details are not specified in the text."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made under the Nature Conservation Act 2002, partially revokes the reservation of land known as The Nut State Reserve. The specific area removed from reserve status is defined by the plan in Schedule 2; the change was notified in the Gazette on 26 December 2012 and is administered by the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. The legal effect is to change the land’s reserve status and therefore the management and regulatory regime that applies to that area."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Currency of version / Status Information","severity":"low","reasoning":"A proclamation that claims to be current 'to date' but provides no substantive operative provisions in the document body makes it impossible to assess whether currency is meaningful. The modification date of 2022 on a 2012 instrument suggests amendment activity that is not transparently disclosed within the document.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The legislation states it is 'current from 26 December 2012 to date' but the 'File last modified 25 May 2022' notation implies substantive changes occurred, while no amending instruments appear to be disclosed in the body of the proclamation itself. The currency claim is therefore unverifiable from the document as presented."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The 3-working-day update commitment combined with a last-modified date nearly four years before the access date is internally inconsistent unless no amendments have occurred, which itself is statistically improbable for a nature conservation instrument over four years. The document does not resolve this ambiguity.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The document states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation' yet the file was last modified 25 May 2022, while the version is described as current to 8 April 2026. This creates a near four-year gap with no explanation of whether the absence of updates reflects no changes or a failure of the update process."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire document","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation is a legislative instrument that performs a specific legal act (e.g., declaring a reserved area). Without any operative text, the instrument has no legal effect capable of being acted upon. If this reflects the complete text of the instrument, it is logically impossible for any person, agency, or court to give it effect or determine obligations arising from it.","confidence":0.7,"description":"The document as presented contains no operative provisions whatsoever. A proclamation under the Nature Conservation Act 2002 with no substantive content — no area proclaimed, no boundaries defined, no conservation values specified — is an instrument that cannot be complied with, contravened, or applied. It is legally inert on its face."},{"type":"other","section":"Responsible Minister and Department","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Accountability for a proclamation requires identification of who made it. Delegating identification of the responsible Minister to an ever-changing external document means the accountability chain is permanently mutable and potentially untraceable after machinery-of-government changes. This is an inherent logical flaw in the authorisation structure.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The section directs readers to 'the latest Administrative Arrangement Order' to identify the responsible Minister and Department, but does not specify which Minister or Department was responsible at the time of proclamation. This creates a retrospective ambiguity: the responsible authority at proclamation may differ from the current authority, and the document provides no mechanism to identify the original decision-maker."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change'","section_b":"Authorisation - 'File last modified 25 May 2022'","confidence":0.4,"description":"The site's update commitment (3 working days post-change) is contradicted by a last-modified date of 25 May 2022 against an access date of 8 April 2026, implying either: (a) no legislative change has occurred in nearly four years (unlikely for an active conservation instrument), or (b) the update commitment has not been honoured and the version currency claim is unreliable."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Currency of version - 'current from 26 December 2012 to date'","section_b":"Table of Amending Instruments - existence of amendments implied by clickable amendment table link","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document simultaneously claims to represent the current consolidated version while directing users to a separate Table of Amending Instruments. If amendments exist (as the table link implies), the claim that the version is simply 'current from 26 December 2012' without disclosing amendment history within the document body is misleading — the original 2012 proclamation and the current version may be materially different instruments."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2012-137","history":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2012-137/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2012-137/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2012-137/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2012-137/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2012-137/documents"}}