{"id":"tas:sr-2019-039","name":"Proclamation under the Valuation of Land Act 2001","slug":"tas-sr-2019-039","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"39 of 2019","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":313880,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2019-039-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 2019 as the date on and after which the fresh valuations of all lands within the valuation districts comprising the municipal areas of Break O’Day, Brighton, Burnie, Central Coast, Circular Head, Clarence, George Town, Meander Valley and Northern Midlands come 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\n18 June 2019\n\nC. WARNER\n\nGovernor\n\nBy Her Excellency's Command,\n\nGUY BARNETT\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 26 June 2019\n\nThis proclamation is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The proclamation does not alter the substantive scope or powers of the Valuation of Land Act 2001. It simply exercises the Act's power under s20(9) to nominate the date (1 July 2019) on which fresh valuations for the listed valuation districts take legal effect and declares the instrument's commencement tied to Gazette notification."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow legal effect: only sets commencement date for fresh valuations rather than changing substantive law or valuation methodology.","Limited geographic scope: applies to nine specifically named municipal valuation districts (Break O’Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Coast; Circular Head; Clarence; George Town; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands).","Statutory basis explicitly cited: made under Valuation of Land Act 2001, s20(9).","Timing mechanic: proclamation takes effect on Gazette notification (administrative trigger), which creates a clear, binary start point.","Administrative responsibility identified: administered by the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment — centralises implementation.","Low actor discretion: the instrument fixes a date rather than delegating substantive decision‑making, reducing interpretive complexity.","Limited compliance burden: impacts mainly those whose land valuations change; no new procedural requirements are introduced in the text."],"plain_english_summary":"This proclamation, made under section 20(9) of the Valuation of Land Act 2001, fixes 1 July 2019 as the date new land valuations come into force for nine named municipal valuation districts. It declares the proclamation takes effect on the day it is notified in the Gazette (notified 26 June 2019) and is administered by the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment. Landowners in those municipalities are the primary parties affected because the legal valuation of their land changes on the stated date."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"While not a logical flaw in the substantive law itself, the currency guarantee is rendered untestable in context — if no amendments have occurred, the promise of 3-day updates is vacuous and unfalsifiable for this instrument.","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 26 June 2019 and is described as current 'to date' (accessed 8 April 2026). This creates a near 7-year gap with no recorded amendments, raising the question of whether the '3 working day' update guarantee is meaningful or verifiable for instruments that may never be amended."},{"type":"other","section":"Document Structure - All headings","severity":"high","reasoning":"A legislative instrument that repeats its own headings and structural elements verbatim throughout creates genuine ambiguity about which instance of each section constitutes the authoritative text. This is not merely a formatting error — for a Proclamation, which derives its legal effect from its precise terms, duplicated operative sections could render the instrument's scope and intent legally uncertain.","confidence":0.95,"description":"Every heading and section title in the document is duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Proclamation under the Valuati Proclamation under the Valuation of Land Act 2001', 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). The document is structurally self-referential and internally incoherent as a legislative instrument."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Proclamation - Operative content","severity":"high","reasoning":"A Proclamation is a formal exercise of executive power under a statute. Without any operative text declaring or proclaiming anything, there is nothing for any person or body to comply with, nothing that amends the legal landscape, and nothing that could lawfully be given effect. The instrument's title implies legal consequences that its content entirely fails to deliver.","confidence":0.92,"description":"The document presents itself as a Proclamation under the Valuation of Land Act 2001 but contains no operative proclamation whatsoever — no declaration, no commencement date being proclaimed, no land being declared, and no exercise of any statutory power. A Proclamation with no operative text is a legal nullity purporting to be a binding instrument."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version (first instance)","section_b":"Status Information - Currency of version (second instance)","confidence":0.88,"description":"The document contains two complete, separately rendered 'Status Information' sections with identical content under headings that are themselves duplicated. If both instances are operative, there is no mechanism to resolve which governs in the event of any future divergence. If only one is operative, the document provides no indication of which that is."},{"severity":"high","section_a":"Title: 'Proclamation under the Valuation of Land Act 2001'","section_b":"Document body: contains no operative proclamation text","confidence":0.91,"description":"The title and repeated headings assert this is a binding Proclamation made under a specific Act, which legally implies the Governor has exercised a specific statutory power. The body of the document contradicts this by containing only administrative metadata, with zero statutory content, creating a direct contradiction between the instrument's claimed legal character and its actual content."}]},"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 commencement dates for valuations in specified districts. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with two straightforward sub-paragraphs","No defined terms requiring interpretation","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the empowering section","Simple conditional trigger (Gazette notification for commencement)","Extremely short document (under 200 words of substantive content)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **Tasmanian government proclamation** that sets the official date when new property valuations take effect for nine specific local council areas.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Fixes **1 July 2019** as the date when updated land valuations come into force for properties in: Break O'Day, Brighton, Burnie, Central Coast, Circular Head, Clarence, George Town, Meander Valley, and Northern Midlands.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Property owners in those nine Tasmanian municipal 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 owners pay. This proclamation triggers the legal switchover to new valuation figures, ensuring councils can bill ratepayers based on up-to-date property values. Without this official proclamation, the new valuations couldn't be used for rating purposes.\n\n**How it works:**\nThe Governor (acting on ministerial advice) uses powers under the *Valuation of Land Act 2001* to formally \"switch on\" the new valuations. The proclamation itself took legal effect when published in the *Tasmanian Government Gazette* on 26 June 2019."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available text, there is no indication of scope change from the original intent. The Proclamation appears to operate within the standard administrative framework of the Valuation of Land Act 2001, though the absence of operative text makes a definitive assessment impossible."},"complexity_factors":["The document as provided contains only metadata and administrative status information — no operative legal text is visible, severely limiting analysis","Proclamations are generally short, single-purpose instruments with limited complexity","The parent Act (Valuation of Land Act 2001) can itself be moderately complex, but this instrument's standalone complexity appears low","No amending instruments are described in the visible text, reducing complexity further"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation, made under Tasmania’s Valuation of Land Act 2001, is a formal step that can bring parts of the Act into force or set dates/areas for land valuation. It affects landowners, local councils and state revenue bodies because valuations drive council rates and land tax.\n\nThe document provided lacks the Proclamation’s operative text, so its precise legal effect (e.g., whether it triggers a revaluation) cannot be determined from the available material."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2019-039","history":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2019-039/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2019-039/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2019-039/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2019-039/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tas-sr-2019-039/documents"}}