{"id":"tas:sr-2009-072","name":"State Service (Agencies and Heads of Agencies) Order 2009","slug":"state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-2009","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"72 of 2009","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":315377,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2009-072-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 2009](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2009-072) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order takes effect on 1 July 2009.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Principal Act","content":"### 3 Principal Act\n\n> In this order, the [State Service Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2000-085) is referred to as the Principal Act.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 4.\n\n> The amendment effected by this clause has been incorporated into the authorised version of the [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 1 July 2009\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available content, the order appears to have maintained its original administrative purpose of listing agencies and their heads within the Tasmanian State Service. Amendments over time likely reflect machinery-of-government changes (renaming or restructuring departments) rather than any expansion or contraction of the order's fundamental scope."},"complexity_factors":["Limited substantive content is visible — the document appears to be largely metadata and status information rather than detailed operative provisions","The order is an administrative instrument rather than complex substantive legislation, dealing with organisational naming and structure","It relies on understanding related instruments (Administrative Arrangement Orders, State Service Act 2000) for full context, adding minor complexity","Has been amended multiple times since 2009, meaning the current version may differ significantly from the original, requiring cross-referencing"],"plain_english_summary":"The State Service (Agencies and Heads of Agencies) Order 2009 is a Tasmanian administrative order that legally defines which bodies make up the State Service and names each agency’s head. It affects public servants, agency leaders, and the public by fixing organisational membership and accountability under the State Service Act 2000, guiding employment structures and ministerial responsibility; it has operated since 1 July 2009 and is updated with restructures."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Order formalises commencement, citation and administrative responsibility and records incorporation of an amendment into the authorised version of the State Service Act 2000. It does not itself expand or narrow the substantive scope of the Principal Act; it operates as an administrative vehicle to bring the named instrument into force and to reflect incorporation of the amendment."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (four clauses only)","Primary effects are administrative: short title, commencement date, principal act reference","Contains a single cross-reference to the State Service Act 2000","Notes incorporation of an amendment into the authorised Act rather than setting out substantive changes","Assigns administrative responsibility to a single department (Department of Premier and Cabinet)","No operative definitions, duties, enforcement mechanisms, or transitional provisions included"],"plain_english_summary":"This Order gives legal effect to the State Service (Agencies and Heads of Agencies) Order 2009 by naming the instrument, fixing its commencement date (1 July 2009) and identifying the State Service Act 2000 as the Principal Act. It records that an amendment has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Principal Act and says the Department of Premier and Cabinet administers the Order. Public sector agencies and their heads must treat the Order as in force from the stated date."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Order has not grown beyond its original purpose; rather, it has shrunk to near-invisibility. It was always intended as a vehicle for amendments to the State Service Act 2000, and now that those amendments are incorporated, the Order serves only as a historical citation tool."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short—only 4 clauses, with clause 4 being a mere note about incorporation","Zero defined terms beyond the standard 'Principal Act' reference","No conditional logic, exceptions, or operative provisions remaining","No cross-references to other legislation beyond naming the parent Act","Essentially a 'spent' instrument—its substantive content has been absorbed into the principal Act"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, technical piece of Tasmanian subordinate legislation (called a 'Statutory Rule') that came into effect on 1 July 2009. It serves two main purposes:\n\n- **It gives itself a name**: The legislation can be officially referred to as the 'State Service (Agencies and Heads of Agencies) Order 2009'.\n- **It links to the main law**: It confirms that the *State Service Act 2000* is the 'Principal Act' that this Order relates to.\n\n**What it actually does**: The Order originally made amendments to the *State Service Act 2000*, but those changes have already been 'incorporated' (merged) into the main Act. This means the Order itself no longer contains active, standalone rules—it's essentially a historical record showing that amendments were made and when they took effect.\n\n**Who it affects**: Public servants in Tasmania's State Service, though practically speaking, they would now look at the updated *State Service Act 2000* rather than this Order.\n\n**Why it matters**: It provides the legal foundation for how Tasmanian government agencies and their heads were structured or renamed at that time. For current operations, its content lives on in the main Act."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A document claiming currency 'to date' (accessed 8 April 2026) while showing a last modification date of 5 July 2017 creates a temporal tension — either the document has not been updated in nearly 9 years (potentially inconsistent with the 'usually updated within 3 working days' assurance), or the modification date is incomplete metadata. This is not a strict legal absurdity but reflects a self-referential credibility problem in the status information.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The legislation states it is 'current from 1 July 2009 to date' while simultaneously stating the file was last modified on 5 July 2017, yet no amendment history or substantive content is visible in the provided text."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information – Update Assurance","severity":"low","reasoning":"An administrative assurance about update timeliness embedded within the instrument itself creates no legal right or remedy for a person who relies on an outdated version. It is a representation that cannot be enforced and is therefore logically superfluous as a legal statement.","confidence":0.45,"description":"The instrument asserts legislation is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change' but provides no enforceable mechanism or obligation to ensure this occurs, rendering the assurance legally meaningless and potentially misleading to readers relying on currency."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Whole instrument as provided","severity":"high","reasoning":"The title and purpose of the instrument is to designate State Service agencies and their heads. Without that operative content, the instrument cannot fulfil its stated legal function. Compliance with or reliance upon the instrument is impossible if no agencies or heads are named. This may reflect a document extraction failure rather than a true legislative defect, but assessed on the text as provided, the instrument is operatively empty.","confidence":0.7,"description":"The substantive operative content of the Order — the actual listing of agencies and heads of agencies — is entirely absent from the provided text. An Order that purports to establish agencies and their heads but contains no such designations is functionally void on its face."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency of version: 'Version current from 1 July 2009 to date (accessed 8 April 2026 at 1:48)'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.5,"description":"The version is represented as current to 8 April 2026, but the file modification date is 5 July 2017. If the instrument or its consolidation was genuinely current to 2026, one would expect a more recent modification date reflecting any amendments or administrative updates made in the intervening ~9 years."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information: 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.45,"description":"The update-timeliness assurance implies ongoing maintenance and prompt reflection of changes, which contradicts the apparent stasis of the file since 5 July 2017 across a nearly 9-year window to the access date of 8 April 2026, unless no amendments at all were made in that period — which for an administrative machinery instrument covering agency structures over nearly a decade would be highly unusual."}]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-2009","history":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-2009/history","analysis":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-2009/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-2009/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-2009/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-2009/documents"}}