{"id":"tas:sr-2009-071","name":"State Service (Restructuring) Order 2009","slug":"state-service-restructuring-order-2009","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"71 of 2009","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":315370,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2009-071-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 (Restructuring) Order 2009](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2009-071) .","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":"Amalgamation of Government departments, &c.","content":"### 3 Amalgamation of Government departments, &c.\n\n> > (1)  Arts Tasmania and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, parts of the Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts, are amalgamated with the Department of Economic Development and Tourism.\n> \n> > (2)  The parts of the Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts, except Arts Tasmania and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, are amalgamated with the Department of Primary Industries and Water.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Change of name of Departments","content":"### 4 Change of name of Departments\n\n> > (1)  The name of the Government department known as the Department of Economic Development and Tourism is changed to the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts.\n> \n> > (2)  The name of the Government department known as the Department of Primary Industries and Water is changed to the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Abolition of Department","content":"### 5 Abolition of Department\n\n> The Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts is abolished.\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":4}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly the administrative restructuring it purports to do—merging specific agencies, renaming departments, and abolishing one department. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the stated purpose of restructuring the State Service."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (5 sections, approximately 200 words)","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the Rules Publication Act 1953 in the footer)","Simple, direct operative provisions with no conditional logic or exceptions","Straightforward administrative restructuring with clear, unambiguous language"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a Tasmanian government order from 2009 that reorganises state government departments. It does three main things:\n\n**1. Merges parts of departments**\n- **Arts Tasmania** and the **Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery** (previously part of the Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts) are moved into the Department of Economic Development and Tourism.\n- The **remaining parts** of the Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts (everything except the arts bits mentioned above) are moved into the Department of Primary Industries and Water.\n\n**2. Renames departments**\n- The Department of Economic Development and Tourism becomes the **Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts** (reflecting that it now looks after arts functions).\n- The Department of Primary Industries and Water becomes the **Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment** (reflecting that it now looks after parks and environment functions).\n\n**3. Abolishes a department**\n- The **Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts** ceases to exist entirely—its functions are split between the other two departments as described above.\n\n**Why this matters:** This is machinery of government (administrative restructuring) legislation. It changes which minister is responsible for which areas, how government services are delivered, and how public servants are organised. For example, national parks management moved from one department to another, and arts policy moved to a different minister's portfolio."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Order confines itself to specified departmental amalgamations, name changes and the abolition of one department. It does not expand its scope beyond those structural changes or introduce new powers, funding mechanisms or regulatory duties within the text of the Order (ss 2–5; final note)."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple structural actions in a single instrument: amalgamation of parts of a department, transfer of functions, renaming of two departments, and abolition of one (s3–s5).","Immediate commencement date creates a short implementation window for affected agencies (s2).","No transitional arrangements, funding allocations, or staffing/industrial arrangements are specified in the Order, leaving implementation detail to departments and central administration (implicit across s3–s5 and final note).","Administrative control assigned to the Department of Premier and Cabinet, concentrating responsibility for implementation and coordination (final note).","Potential need to reassign statutory functions, assets and liabilities to receiving departments — operational and legal adjustments required though not set out in the Order (s3–s5).","Renaming of departments changes legal nomenclature used in other instruments and contracts, requiring downstream updates (s4)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Order reorganises several Tasmanian government departments: it merges specified arts agencies into the economic development department, transfers the remaining environment/parks/heritage functions into the primary industries department, renames those two receiving departments, and abolishes the former Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts. It takes effect on 1 July 2009. (ss 2–5)\n\nThe change affects departmental budgets, staff reporting lines and administrative responsibility and will be administered by the Department of Premier and Cabinet; the Order sets structural outcomes but does not specify transitional funding, staffing or operational details. (s3, s4, final note)"},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, the order has remained unchanged since its commencement on 1 July 2009, suggesting its scope has not materially expanded or contracted from its original intent. However, the absence of the substantive text means this assessment is based on metadata only."},"complexity_factors":["The document provided contains only metadata and status information — no substantive legal provisions are visible, limiting analysis","Restructuring orders are generally administrative instruments with narrow, technical scope","Cross-referencing with other instruments (Administrative Arrangement Orders) may be needed to understand full effect","The order has been stable since 2009, suggesting limited ongoing complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"The State Service (Restructuring) Order 2009 (Tas.) is an administrative instrument that legally reorganises parts of the Tasmanian public service—transferring functions, agencies and staff between departments and creating, abolishing or renaming bodies.  \n\nIt affects the public servants and agencies involved by determining new departmental employers and responsibilities while preserving existing employment conditions, making an executive machinery-of-government reshuffle legally binding."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2009","history":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2009/history","analysis":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2009/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2009/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2009/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2009/documents"}}