{"id":"tas:sr-2026-033","name":"Administrative Arrangements Amendment Order (No. 2) 2026","slug":"administrative-arrangements-amendment-order-no-2-2026","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"33 of 2026","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":474001,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2026-033-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-06-09","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"### 1 Short title\n\n> This order may be cited as the [Administrative Arrangements Amendment Order (No. 2) 2026](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/sr-2026-033) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the *Gazette*.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Principal Order","content":"### 3 Principal Order\n\n> In this order, the [Administrative Arrangements Order 2025](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/sr-2025-039) is referred to as the Principal Order.\n\n*\n\n**4.**   \n\n> The amendments effected by this clause have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Administrative Arrangements Order 2025](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/sr-2025-039) .\n\n*\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 9 June 2026\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 4.\n\n> The amendments effected by this clause have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Administrative Arrangements Order 2025](/view/html/inforce/2026-10-02/sr-2025-039) .","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the material supplied, there is no indication this Order expands the scope of government power beyond the ordinary purpose of administrative rearrangement. Administrative Arrangements Amendment Orders normally reallocate administrative responsibility among Ministers and departments without changing the underlying statutory rights or creating new regulatory obligations. Because the operative text/schedules were not provided, I cannot exclude the possibility of specific, substantive changes, but nothing in the available document suggests a significant scope shift beyond routine machinery‑of‑government adjustments."},"complexity_factors":["Instrument type is typically short and administrative rather than regulatory, which lowers complexity","Provided document lacked operative clauses or schedules, reducing visible detail","Likely relies on cross-reference to the principal Administrative Arrangements Order (adds modest cross-referencing complexity)","Potential for multiple short transfer items (each transfer adds conditional detail but usually in a simple list)","Limited number of defined terms and no new substantive rights or obligations expected"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanically)**\n\n- This is an Administrative Arrangements Amendment Order for Tasmania. Instruments of this type reassign responsibility for particular laws, programs, statutory offices or public service functions between Ministers and government departments, and sometimes rename or restructure departments or agencies.\n\n- Mechanically, the Order will typically list one or more short items that say, for example, \"The administration of Act X is allocated to the Minister for Y\" or \"Functions relating to program Z are transferred from Department A to Department B.\" It may also add, remove or amend schedules to the principal Administrative Arrangements Order that set out which Minister/department is responsible for particular matters.\n\n- The copy provided to me contains headings and metadata only (date, status, links) but does not include the operative clauses or schedules. Because the operative text is not present here, I cannot quote specific transfers or name the affected Acts or programs in this particular Order.\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- Ministers and departments: the immediate legal effect is on Ministers (who are accountable for particular statutes and programs) and the departments or agencies that support them. Those entities take on or cease to carry administrative responsibility for the listed matters.\n\n- Public servants: staff, reporting lines and administrative arrangements can change where functions move between agencies. Employment law and enterprise agreements still apply, but line management and operational control shift.\n\n- Businesses, service providers and members of the public who interact with the transferred functions: they may deal with a different agency or Minister for approvals, compliance, grants, licensing or information.\n\n- Courts and regulators: if regulatory oversight is moved, those agencies will take on decision‑making, compliance and enforcement tasks.\n\n**Why it matters (practical effects and mechanics)**\n\n- Responsibility and accountability: the Order changes which Minister and department is legally responsible for administering particular laws or programs. That affects who answers parliamentary questions and who makes policy or administrative decisions.\n\n- Administrative continuity, not substantive law: these Orders typically reallocate administration only; they do not change the underlying law (the statutes themselves) unless the Order explicitly states otherwise. That means legal rights and obligations under statutes generally stay the same, but the identity of the administering agency changes.\n\n- Transaction costs and friction: transfers can create short‑term costs — reissuing guidance, updating websites and forms, redirecting correspondence, and retraining staff. For private parties, the main cost is locating the new responsible agency and adjusting contact points.\n\n- Implementation risk and discretion: the Order centralises the decision on responsibility (the executive/Governor-in-Council makes the allocation). How the receiving department organises functions (e.g. integration vs ring‑fencing) is an administrative choice that affects service quality and compliance burdens.\n\n- Budgets and funding: the Order itself usually does not appropriate new money. Departments bear operational costs or seek budget adjustments. Who ultimately pays (taxpayers) and how priorities shift depends on later budget decisions.\n\n**Testing official purpose-claims against costs and trade-offs**\n\n- Claimed purpose (typical): improve coordination, align functions with ministerial portfolios, or reflect machinery-of-government changes. These claims are plausible mechanically: concentrating related functions under one Minister can reduce overlap and clarify accountability.\n\n- Trade-offs and risks: centralising functions may create transition costs, temporary service disruption, and loss of institutional knowledge if staff or systems are reorganised. There is also a risk that administrative priorities change without corresponding legislative change, affecting how laws are enforced or services are delivered.\n\n**Who pays, who decides, and what behaviour changes**\n\n- Who decides: the executive (Governor-in-Council acting on Cabinet advice) decides to make Administrative Arrangements Orders.\n\n- Who pays: operational costs fall on the affected departments and ultimately on public budgets (taxpayers). Private parties bear time and compliance costs when they must redirect dealings to a new agency.\n\n- Behaviour changes: departments update internal processes; public servants change reporting lines; businesses and the public adjust to new contact points and possibly different administrative practices.\n\n**Caveats**\n\n- This analysis is limited because the operative clauses and schedules of the Order were not included in the provided text. The points above describe the general legal mechanics and likely effects of a Tasmanian Administrative Arrangements Amendment Order, and the specific impacts for this instrument depend on the actual transfers listed in its schedules.\n"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/administrative-arrangements-amendment-order-no-2-2026","history":"/api/acts/administrative-arrangements-amendment-order-no-2-2026/history","analysis":"/api/acts/administrative-arrangements-amendment-order-no-2-2026/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/administrative-arrangements-amendment-order-no-2-2026/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/administrative-arrangements-amendment-order-no-2-2026/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/administrative-arrangements-amendment-order-no-2-2026/documents"}}