{"id":"tas:sr-2002-088","name":"State Service (Agencies and Heads of Agencies) Order 2002","slug":"state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-2002","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"88 of 2002","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":318552,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2002-088-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","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 [State Service (Agencies and Heads of Agencies) Order 2002](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2002-088) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order takes effect on 9 August 2002.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 3.\n\n[State Service Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2000-085)\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 August 2002\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, the Order appears to have remained consistent with its original intent — formally listing Tasmanian State Service agencies and their heads. Amendments over time reflect machinery-of-government changes (agencies being restructured, renamed, etc.) rather than any expansion or contraction of the Order's fundamental purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Administrative instrument rather than substantive legislation — relatively straightforward in purpose","Subject to ongoing amendments as government structure changes, requiring cross-referencing with amending instruments","Must be read alongside the parent Act (State Service Act 2000) and the current Administrative Arrangement Order to be fully understood","Only metadata/status information was provided — the actual operative content (the list of agencies and heads) is not visible, limiting full analysis","Low interpretive complexity — it is largely a definitional/listing instrument with little ambiguity in its legal operation"],"plain_english_summary":"The Order is the legal list of Tasmanian State Service agencies and names the head of each agency, effectively giving the public sector its official organisational chart. It affects public servants, senior agency heads and the public who deal with agencies, because it fixes who is legally responsible for running each body and underpins accountability for decisions, complaints and legal duties. In force from 9 August 2002, it has been amended over time."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"rejected","complexity_score":1,"rejection_reason":"This is a fragment containing only the preliminary provisions (short title, commencement, and citation of enabling Act). The actual substantive content establishing agencies and heads of agencies — which is the purpose of this Order — is not included. This is essentially a navigation page or stub showing only metadata about the instrument rather than its operative provisions.","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This appears to be the standard preliminary section of a statutory order. The visible content shows only the short title, commencement date, and citation of the enabling Act — exactly what would be expected for the opening of such an instrument. There is no evidence of scope creep in these preliminary provisions."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 3 sections shown","No defined terms in the visible text","No cross-references to other sections within this instrument","No conditional logic or exceptions","Purely administrative/declaratory content (naming, commencement, administering department)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, formal document that gives a name to a legal order and sets when it starts operating.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Names the law**: It officially calls this legal instrument the \"State Service (Agencies and Heads of Agencies) Order 2002\". This is just a label so people can find and reference it easily.\n- **Sets the start date**: It says the order takes effect on 9 August 2002.\n- **Shows its legal basis**: It notes that this order is made under the *State Service Act 2000* (the main law that gives power to make this order).\n\n**Who it affects:**\nThis particular excerpt doesn't contain the actual rules about agencies or their heads — it only contains the \"machinery\" provisions (the basic administrative details). The real substance of the order (which agencies exist and who leads them) would appear in later sections not shown here.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nEvery legal document needs these basic details so people know what it's called, when it applies, and what law authorises it. Without this information, the order would be legally unidentifiable and potentially unenforceable."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"No change in scope is apparent from the supplied text: the order sets its short title, commencement date, Gazette notification and the administering department, and does not itself expand, limit or reallocate functions under the State Service Act 2000."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument limited to title and commencement (ss 1–2)","No substantive regulatory obligations, definitions, powers, or schedules included","Only administrative metadata and Gazette notification recorded","No cross-references or amendment mechanics in the supplied text","Low interpretive ambiguity given the document's purely formal content"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument gives the order a formal short title and fixes when it starts: it took effect on 9 August 2002 (ss 1–2). It also records Gazette notification on that date and names the Department of Premier and Cabinet as the administering agency. The text supplies administrative metadata only; it does not, in the excerpts provided, create substantive duties, powers or financial obligations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-2002","history":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-2002/history","analysis":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-2002/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-2002/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-2002/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-2002/documents"}}