{"id":"tas:sr-2014-092","name":"Proclamation under the Youth Justice (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013","slug":"tas-sr-2014-092","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"92 of 2014","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":314112,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2014-092-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Youth Justice (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013","content":"> Proclamation under the Youth Justice (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013\n\nI, the Lieutenant-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 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2013-027#GS2@EN) [Youth Justice (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2013-027) fix 1 September 2014 as the day on which section 18 of that Act commences.\n\n25 August 2014\n\nA. M. BLOW\n\nLieutenant-Governor\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\nJ. Petrusma\n\nMinister for Human Services\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 August 2014\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.","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 a specific section into force on a nominated date. There is no expansion beyond the original purpose of the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: fixes one commencement date for one section","No defined terms","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the parent Act and standard administrative references)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Standard proclamation format — essentially a template document with blanks filled in"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings a specific part of a law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets **1 September 2014** as the date when **section 18** of the *Youth Justice (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013* (Tasmania) starts operating.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Laws often pass through Parliament in one piece, but different sections start at different times. This proclamation \"switches on\" section 18 nearly a year after the Act was passed.\n- Without this proclamation, section 18 would remain inactive, even though Parliament approved it.\n\n**Who is involved:**\n- The **Lieutenant-Governor** (the King's representative in Tasmania) issues the proclamation on advice from the **Executive Council** (the Governor's advisory body made up of senior ministers).\n- The **Minister for Human Services** (J. Petrusma) countersigns, indicating government approval.\n\n**Context:**\n- This is standard procedural machinery. The *Youth Justice (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013* made various changes to how Tasmania deals with young offenders. Section 18 likely contained a specific amendment that the government wasn't ready to implement immediately — perhaps requiring new systems, training, or facilities to be in place first."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not change the substantive scope or content of the Act; it only sets the commencement date for section 18 (made under section 2 of the Act), thereby bringing that existing provision into force without altering its terms."},"complexity_factors":["Single‑issue instrument: fixes commencement date for one section only","No substantive amendments or operative detail in the proclamation text","Clear decision‑maker identified (Lieutenant‑Governor with Executive Council)","Formalities included (Gazette notification, administering department) but no regulatory mechanics","Dependence on the content of section 18 for practical impact (content not in this text)"],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation brings section 18 of the Youth Justice (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013 into force on 1 September 2014. It does not amend the substance of the Act; it only fixes the commencement date under section 2, so anyone governed by section 18 must comply from that date. The Lieutenant‑Governor, acting with Executive Council advice, made the proclamation and it was notified in the Gazette; the Department of Health and Human Services administers it."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A document that has not been modified since 2018 but claims currency 'to date' in 2026 is potentially misleading, though this may simply reflect that no amendments have been made. The tension is between the implied assurance of currency and the static modification date.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 29 August 2014 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 1:25)' while simultaneously stating 'File last modified 24 July 2018'. If the file was last modified in 2018, it cannot be genuinely 'current to date' in 2026 in any meaningful sense, as no updates have occurred in approximately 8 years."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Full document structure","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation with no operative text cannot fulfil its sole legal purpose. It is impossible to determine what date the Youth Justice (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013 was proclaimed to commence, or which provisions were affected. The instrument is legally vacuous as rendered.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The proclamation document contains no operative provisions whatsoever. A proclamation is a formal legal instrument that exists solely to bring legislation or provisions into force on a specified date. This document contains no commencement date, no specification of which provisions are being proclaimed, and no operative legal content of any kind."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the 3-working-day update commitment is taken seriously, and the file has not changed since 2018, either no amendments have occurred (plausible for a proclamation) or the update commitment has not been met. For a proclamation this is less concerning than for substantive legislation, but the structural tension exists.","confidence":0.4,"description":"The update policy states legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation', yet the file has not been modified since 24 July 2018 despite the document purporting to be current as of 8 April 2026. This creates an implied but unfulfilled assurance of timeliness."},{"type":"other","section":"Full document - heading duplication","severity":"medium","reasoning":"While likely a rendering or publication error rather than a drafting flaw in the underlying instrument, the duplication of all content means it is impossible to determine from this version whether the original instrument had any additional operative content that may have been lost or corrupted in publication. A legally authoritative document should not exhibit this kind of structural instability.","confidence":0.9,"description":"Every heading and section in the document is duplicated verbatim, including the document title which appears four times. This structural absurdity renders the document's organisation incoherent and raises questions about the integrity of the published instrument as a reliable legal record."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - 'Version current from 29 August 2014 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 1:25)'","section_b":"Authorisation - 'File last modified 24 July 2018'","confidence":0.5,"description":"The document simultaneously claims to be current as of 8 April 2026 and to have last been modified on 24 July 2018. These two claims are in tension: a file that has not been touched since 2018 cannot reflect any changes, amendments, or updates occurring in the intervening eight years, undermining the assurance of currency."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation'","section_b":"Authorisation - 'File last modified 24 July 2018'","confidence":0.4,"description":"The commitment to update within 3 working days of any change is structurally contradicted by the absence of any modification for approximately 8 years. While it is possible no amendments were made to this instrument in that period, the combination of a currency claim extending to 2026 and a 2018 modification date creates an unresolved tension with the update assurance."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A proclamation has no independent scope of its own — it merely activates the parent Act. There is no indication of any scope change from the original legislative intent of the Youth Justice (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013."},"complexity_factors":["The document itself is extremely short and purely administrative — it is a proclamation rather than substantive legislation","The actual legal complexity sits within the parent Act (Youth Justice (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013), which is not reproduced here","No substantive provisions, operative clauses, or detailed rules are set out in the proclamation itself","Minor complexity arises from understanding the role of proclamations in the Australian legislative process"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation formally brought the Youth Justice (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2013 into operation, making the Act’s changes to how young people are dealt with under Tasmanian law legally effective from 29 August 2014. \n\nIt mainly affects those working in youth justice (police, courts, youth workers, legal aid) and young people/parents by activating procedural and administrative amendments parliament had already approved."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2014-092","history":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2014-092/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2014-092/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2014-092/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2014-092/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2014-092/documents"}}