{"id":"tas:sr-2015-075","name":"Proclamation under the Firearms (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2015","slug":"tas-sr-2015-075","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"75 of 2015","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":314045,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2015-075-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Proclamation under the Firearms (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2015","content":"> Proclamation under the Firearms (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2015\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 of the [Firearms (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2015](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2015-014) fix 4 November 2015 as the day on which sections 1-4, inclusive, 5, 6, 8 12, 13, 19, 21, 22, 27, 32, 33, 37, 38, 40-43, inclusive, 45, 47, 48-55, inclusive, 57, 60, 61 and 64 of that Act commence.\n\n26 October 2015\n\nC. WARNER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nM. T. (RENE) HIDDING\n\nMinister for Police and Emergency Management\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 4 November 2015\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Police and Emergency Management.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substantive content of the Firearms (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2015. It simply fixes the commencement date for a specified list of sections (under the power in section 2 of that Act) and assigns administrative responsibility to the Department of Police and Emergency Management; no expansion or contraction of the Act's subject-matter is effected."},"complexity_factors":["Instrument is a commencement proclamation rather than substantive legislative change (mechanical operation only).","Commences a non-trivial list of individual sections rather than the whole Act, requiring administrators to track which provisions are in force.","Made by the Governor acting with the advice of the Executive Council (formal executive step referenced in the text).","Administrative responsibility assigned to the Department of Police and Emergency Management (implementation and compliance oversight).","Gazette notification and formal display/numbering requirements add procedural steps for legal effect and public notice."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation sets 4 November 2015 as the commencement date for specified sections of the Firearms (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2015, making those amendments legally effective on that day. It affects the Tasmanian executive (which fixed the date), the Department of Police and Emergency Management (which administers it), police, firearm owners and sellers, who must meet any newly active legal or administrative requirements and associated compliance costs."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A proclamation with no discernible operative provisions cannot meaningfully be described as having a 'current version' or having been 'modified', as there is no substantive content to modify or keep current. The currency and modification metadata are therefore logically vacuous.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The proclamation states it is 'current from 4 November 2015 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 1:24)' while the file was last modified on 14 August 2023, yet the document contains no visible substantive provisions, amendments, or operative text that could have been modified."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"While this is likely a dynamic system-generated date, as a captured static legislative instrument it purports to assert facts about future access dates, which is logically incoherent in a fixed document context.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The legislation states it is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change' yet the access date of 8 April 2026 is in the future relative to any realistic drafting or publication date, creating a temporal absurdity if taken at face value as a fixed statement rather than a dynamic timestamp."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire document","severity":"high","reasoning":"A proclamation is a specific legal instrument used to bring legislation or provisions into force on a specified date. Without any operative text specifying what is being proclaimed or when, the instrument cannot achieve its stated legal purpose. Persons seeking to comply with or rely upon the proclamation have no actionable content to work with, rendering compliance or reliance logically impossible.","confidence":0.85,"description":"This instrument is titled and presented as a legally operative Proclamation under the Firearms (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2015, but contains no operative provisions whatsoever — no commencement date is proclaimed, no sections are brought into force, and no substantive legal effect is identifiable."},{"type":"circular_definition","section":"Title block (repeated)","severity":"low","reasoning":"While likely a formatting or rendering artefact, the repeated duplication of identical headings at the same hierarchical level creates a document that references itself as its own content, which is a structural absurdity in a legal instrument that must be unambiguous.","confidence":0.6,"description":"The title 'Proclamation under the Firearms (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2015' and associated headings are reproduced verbatim at least four times within the document, including the heading structure duplicating itself, suggesting the document is structurally self-referential and potentially circular in its organisation."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information - File last modified 14 August 2023","section_b":"Status Information - Version current from 4 November 2015 to date","confidence":0.65,"description":"The proclamation claims to have been in continuous force since 4 November 2015 without amendment, yet the file was last modified on 14 August 2023, implying a change was made approximately eight years after commencement that is unacknowledged in the version history as presented."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Table of Amending Instruments (hyperlink reference to amendments)","section_b":"Status Information - Version current from 4 November 2015 to date","confidence":0.7,"description":"The document provides a hyperlink to a 'Table of Amendments', implying amendments exist, while simultaneously representing the instrument as having a single continuous version from 4 November 2015 to date with no version breaks indicated. If amendments exist, the single-version claim is contradicted; if no amendments exist, the table of amendments hyperlink is misleading."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard commencement proclamation performing exactly its intended function — bringing specified provisions of an amending Act into force. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: fixing a commencement date","No defined terms","No conditional logic or exceptions","Simple list of section numbers with no cross-references to other legislation","Standard proclamation format used routinely across all Australian jurisdictions"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **commencement proclamation** — a formal government notice that brings specific parts of a firearms law into effect.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The Governor of Tasmania (acting on ministerial advice) has officially set **4 November 2015** as the date when most sections of the *Firearms (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2015* become law.\n\n**Which parts start on that date:**\n- Most sections of the Act (sections 1–4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 19, 21, 22, 27, 32, 33, 37, 38, 40–43, 45, 47, 48–55, 57, 60, 61 and 64)\n- Notably, **some sections are excluded** — meaning they started on a different date or haven't started yet (sections 7, 9–11, 14–18, 20, 23–26, 28–31, 34–36, 39, 44, 46, 56, 58–59, 62–63, and 65 onwards if they exist)\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Tasmanian firearms owners, dealers, and police\n- Anyone who needs to comply with the amended firearms laws\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Laws passed by Parliament don't automatically take effect immediately. This proclamation is the \"switch\" that turns the amendments on, giving certainty about when the new rules apply."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"A commencement proclamation by nature has a fixed and narrow scope — its sole purpose is to activate another piece of legislation on a specified date. There is no indication of scope change from original intent. It performs exactly the function such instruments are designed to perform."},"complexity_factors":["The document is purely procedural — it is a commencement proclamation with no substantive legal content of its own","The actual legal changes are contained in the parent Act, not this instrument, making it impossible to assess the full legal impact from this document alone","Minimal text is available — the document is largely metadata and status information rather than operative legal provisions","No discretionary powers, definitions, offences, or rights are created by the proclamation itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation, issued by the Governor of Tasmania, brings the Firearms (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2015 into force from 4 November 2015. It activates a package of miscellaneous changes to Tasmania’s firearms laws.\n\nIt affects firearms licence holders, dealers, applicants and Tasmania Police (the licensing authority). The Proclamation is administrative — the specific legal changes are in the Act itself."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2015-075","history":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2015-075/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2015-075/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2015-075/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2015-075/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2015-075/documents"}}