{"id":"tas:sr-2022-101","name":"State Service (Agencies) Order (No. 2) 2022","slug":"state-service-agencies-order-no-2-2022","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"101 of 2022","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":179780,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2022-101-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","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) Order (No. 2) 2022](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2022-101) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order takes effect on 1 December 2022.","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 30 November 2022\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 text, there is no evidence of scope creep beyond the instrument's apparent original intent of updating or reorganising the designated agencies within the Tasmanian State Service. It appears to be a routine machinery-of-government order consistent with the powers granted under the State Service Act 2000."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with minimal substantive content available in the text provided","Operates within a well-established legislative framework (State Service Act 2000) that is itself moderately complex, but this order simply applies it","Primarily administrative and structural in nature — no novel legal concepts","Limited text available for analysis, reducing ability to assess any nuanced provisions","Cross-references to Administrative Arrangement Orders add a minor layer of complexity for those trying to trace ministerial responsibilities"],"plain_english_summary":"## What is this law?\n\nThis is a **Tasmanian government administrative order** that defines or reorganises which bodies count as 'agencies' within Tasmania's State Service (the public service). Essentially, it draws the official map of how the Tasmanian bureaucracy is structured.\n\n## Who does it affect?\n- **Tasmanian public servants** — it determines which department or agency employs them and who their head of agency is\n- **Tasmanian government departments** — it formally establishes or reorganises their legal status as agencies\n- **Members of the public** dealing with Tasmanian government — it determines which agency is responsible for particular government functions\n\n## Why does it matter?\n\nUnder Tasmania's *State Service Act 2000*, the Premier has power to declare which bodies are 'agencies' within the State Service. This order exercises that power. Getting the agency structure right matters because it determines:\n- **Who has authority** over public servants\n- **Which minister** is responsible for which agency\n- **Employment entitlements and obligations** for staff\n- **Accountability lines** within government\n\n## What triggered this?\n\nThis is Order No. 2 for 2022, suggesting it was made to reflect a **machinery of government change** — typically a reshuffle of ministerial responsibilities or a restructure of government departments, often following an election or cabinet reorganisation.\n\n## Bottom line\nThis is a housekeeping instrument that keeps the official structure of Tasmania's public service legally up to date. It has limited direct impact on the general public but is foundational to how government operates."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"While this is a metadata/publication artefact rather than a substantive legal provision, it creates a logical inconsistency: if the file was last modified 24 February 2023, and the site updates within 3 working days of any change, then asserting currency 'to date' (5 April 2026) implies no amendments have occurred in over three years — yet that assertion is baked into a static timestamp, not a live verification. The instrument cannot logically self-certify its own ongoing currency at all future access moments.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The legislation states it is 'current from 1 December 2022 to date' where 'date' is identified as '5 April 2026 at 14:46', yet the file was last modified on 24 February 2023. This creates a temporal absurdity where the instrument purports to be current through a future access date beyond its last modification, while simultaneously claiming it is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change.'"},{"type":"circular_definition","section":"Status Information (duplicated headers throughout)","severity":"low","reasoning":"This appears to be a rendering/publication defect rather than intentional legislative drafting. However, insofar as these duplicated headings constitute the totality of the published text, the instrument as presented contains no discernible operative provisions whatsoever — meaning it purports to be a legally operative 'Order' establishing State Service agencies while containing no actual agency designations or substantive directions.","confidence":0.7,"description":"Every heading in the instrument appears to be duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Status Information Status Information', 'Currency of version Currency of version', 'Authorisation Authorisation'). If taken as the operative text of the Order, each provision would describe itself twice, creating circular or redundant operative effect."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Entire instrument as published","severity":"high","reasoning":"An Order under the State Service Act must contain operative provisions to have legal effect. An instrument that names itself an 'Agencies Order' but designates no agencies cannot be complied with, interpreted, or applied by any person or body. Any obligation or right that was intended to flow from this Order is impossible to identify, rendering compliance literally impossible for want of any discernible command.","confidence":0.8,"description":"The instrument is titled 'State Service (Agencies) Order (No. 2) 2022', implying it designates or modifies State Service agencies under the State Service Act 2000 (Tas). However, the published text contains no operative provisions — no agency is named, established, abolished, or modified. The instrument consists entirely of metadata, status information, and navigation text."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency of version — 'current from 1 December 2022 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 14:46)'","section_b":"Authorisation — 'File last modified 24 February 2023'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The instrument claims to be current and up to date as accessed on 5 April 2026, but the underlying file was last modified on 24 February 2023. These two statements are in tension: if the file has not been modified since February 2023, it cannot have been updated in response to any legislative changes occurring between February 2023 and April 2026, yet the currency statement implicitly asserts it reflects the current state of the law."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Order performs exactly the function it was designed for: updating the agency schedules in the State Service Act 2000. It has not expanded beyond its original administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short (4 clauses, approximately 100 words of substantive content)","No defined terms beyond standard references to the Principal Act","No conditional logic or nested exceptions","Single purpose: amendment of agency schedules in the parent Act","The amendment itself is not even reproduced in the Order (incorporated by reference into the authorised version)","Standard boilerplate commencement and citation clauses"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, technical piece of Tasmanian legislation that makes a specific change to the **State Service Act 2000**.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Updates the list of government agencies (departments and public bodies) that fall under Tasmania's State Service Act\n- The actual change itself has already been merged into the main Act (the \"authorised version\"), so this Order is essentially the formal record that the change happened\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Tasmanian public servants and the agencies they work for\n- Anyone dealing with Tasmanian government departments who needs to know which agencies are covered by the State Service Act\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- The State Service Act sets the rules for employment, conduct, and management of Tasmania's public sector. When agencies are added to or removed from this list, it changes which legal framework applies to their staff.\n- This particular Order is \"No. 2\" for 2022, suggesting it's one of several updates made that year to keep the agency list current as government structures change."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-order-no-2-2022","history":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-order-no-2-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-order-no-2-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-order-no-2-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-order-no-2-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/state-service-agencies-order-no-2-2022/documents"}}