Proclamation under the Defamation Act 2005

I, 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 Defamation Act 2005 fix 1 January 2006 as the day on which that Act commences.

12 December 2005

W. J. E. COX

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

JUDY JACKSON

Minister for Justice and Industrial Relations

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 21 December 2005

This proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the proclamation)

This proclamation fixes 1 January 2006 as the day on which the Defamation Act 2005 commences.