{"id":"tas:sr-2006-022","name":"State Service (Agencies and Heads of Agencies) Order (No. 2) 2006","slug":"state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-no-2-2006","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"22 of 2006","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":316135,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2006-022-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 (No. 2) 2006](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2006-022) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order takes effect on 5 April 2006.","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 5 April 2006\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 available text, there is no indication that the scope of this order changed from its original intent. It appears to have remained a straightforward administrative designation instrument since commencement in April 2006, with the last file modification in July 2017 likely reflecting minor administrative updates rather than substantive scope changes."},"complexity_factors":["Very limited substantive content available in the extracted text — mostly metadata, status information, and formatting artefacts","Narrow administrative/structural purpose with no complex legal rights or obligations created directly","Requires cross-referencing with the State Service Act 2000 and Administrative Arrangement Orders to fully understand effect","Multiple amendments noted but not visible in the provided text, adding minor uncertainty"],"plain_english_summary":"## State Service (Agencies and Heads of Agencies) Order (No. 2) 2006\n\nThis is a **Tasmanian government administrative order** — essentially a formal document that sets out which bodies count as official government agencies under Tasmania's State Service, and who leads them.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Designates specific Tasmanian government bodies as official 'agencies' under the *State Service Act 2000* (Tasmania's law governing how the public service is organised and run)\n- Identifies the head of each agency (the most senior official responsible for running it)\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Tasmanian public servants working in agencies named in the order\n- Senior public service leaders (Heads of Agencies) whose authority and responsibilities flow from this designation\n- Members of the public who deal with those agencies, since the order clarifies which bodies have official government status\n\n**Why it matters:**\nUnder Tasmanian law, being designated an 'agency' carries legal consequences — it determines things like employment conditions, accountability obligations, and how the organisation sits within the broader structure of government. This order is essentially the paperwork that makes it official.\n\n**Practical impact on most people:** Minimal and indirect. This is a machinery-of-government document — it shapes how the bureaucracy is organised behind the scenes rather than directly changing rights or obligations for everyday Tasmanians."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The version currency claim ('5 April 2006 to date') conflicts with the modification date of '5 July 2017'. If the file was modified in 2017, then the version cannot be accurately described as current 'from 5 April 2006' without qualification. Either the modification was administrative/metadata only (in which case the currency claim is misleading) or the substantive content was altered (in which case the currency date should reflect 2017). Neither scenario is adequately explained.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The instrument states it is 'current from 5 April 2006 to date' while simultaneously indicating the file was last modified 5 July 2017, yet it purports to be current as accessed on 8 April 2026. This creates an unresolved ambiguity about whether the substantive instrument has been unchanged since 2006 or since 2017."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Update Commitment","severity":"low","reasoning":"The 3-working-day update undertaking is a procedural guarantee that presupposes changes will occur and be reflected. An instrument of this administrative nature (designating agencies and heads of agencies) covering a 20-year span with apparent zero substantive amendments strains credibility given the well-documented machinery-of-government changes in Tasmania over that period, suggesting either the instrument is outdated or the update commitment has not been honoured.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The instrument states legislation 'is usually updated within 3 working days after a change' yet the file modification date is 5 July 2017 while the instrument purports to remain current through 8 April 2026 — a gap of nearly 9 years with no recorded amendment. This is not inherently impossible but the update commitment clause becomes meaningless if no updates have occurred over such an extended period."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency of version: 'current from 5 April 2006 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.7,"description":"The version currency header asserts the instrument has been operative and current from its commencement date of 5 April 2006, implying no substantive change, yet the authorisation metadata records a file modification on 5 July 2017. These two statements are in tension: if the file was modified in 2017, the version currency should reflect that date as the start of the current version, not 2006."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This order appears to have served its original limited purpose — making a specific amendment to the State Service Act 2000. There is no evidence of scope creep; it has simply become spent as its content was incorporated into the principal Act."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 4 clauses, two of which are purely mechanical (short title and commencement)","Zero defined terms beyond the label \"Principal Act\"","No conditional logic, exceptions, or operative provisions remaining in force","No cross-references to other legislation except the parent Act being amended","Clause 4 explicitly states the order's only substantive content has been absorbed into the principal Act, leaving this as a shell document"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short administrative order made under Tasmanian law (not Commonwealth, despite the user's framing — I'll note this gently). It does two simple things:\n\n- **Names itself**: The \"State Service (Agencies and Heads of Agencies) Order (No. 2) 2006\" — essentially a label for filing purposes.\n- **Starts the clock**: It took effect on 5 April 2006.\n- **Amends another law**: It made changes to the *State Service Act 2000* (Tasmania's public service law), but those changes have already been \"incorporated\" into the main Act — meaning this order is now just a historical record of the amendment, not a standalone rule anyone needs to follow today.\n\n**Who it affects**: Tasmanian public servants and government agencies, though only indirectly and historically. The order itself doesn't create any current rights or obligations.\n\n**Why it matters**: It doesn't, really — except for legal historians or anyone tracing when particular public service structures were established. It's a \"spent\" instrument: the living law is now in the *State Service Act 2000* itself."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-no-2-2006","history":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-no-2-2006/history","analysis":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-no-2-2006/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-no-2-2006/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-no-2-2006/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-and-heads-of-agencies-order-no-2-2006/documents"}}