{"id":"tas:sr-2010-069","name":"State Service (Restructuring) Order 2010","slug":"state-service-restructuring-order-2010","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"69 of 2010","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":314983,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2010-069-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 2010](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2010-069) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order takes effect on 21 July 2010.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amalgamation","content":"### 3 Amalgamation\n\n> The Tasmanian Community Fund Secretariat, part of the Department of Treasury and Finance, is amalgamated with the Department of Premier and Cabinet.\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 21 July 2010\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 text, there is no indication that the scope of this Order changed from its original intent. It appears to be a straightforward administrative restructuring instrument that has remained in force since 21 July 2010. However, the Table of Amending Instruments may record changes that cannot be assessed from the metadata alone."},"complexity_factors":["Limited substantive text provided — only metadata and status information is visible, making full analysis impossible","Administrative restructuring orders can involve cross-referencing multiple other instruments (e.g., Administrative Arrangement Orders, Awards, Enterprise Agreements) to understand full effect","Impact on individual employment conditions may require reading alongside the State Service Act 2000 and relevant industrial instruments","The order has been in force since 2010 with potential amendments recorded in the Table of Amending Instruments, adding a historical layer to interpretation"],"plain_english_summary":"## State Service (Restructuring) Order 2010 (Tasmania)\n\nThis is a **Tasmanian government administrative order** that reorganises parts of the Tasmanian State Service — essentially, it shuffles government departments, functions, or employees around as part of a restructure of the public service.\n\n**Who does this affect?**\n- Tasmanian public servants (state government employees) whose roles, departments, or reporting lines may have changed\n- Government agencies or departments that were reorganised, merged, split, or renamed\n- Potentially, members of the public who deal with affected government agencies\n\n**What does it do in practice?**\nUnder Tasmania's *State Service Act 2000*, the Governor can make orders to restructure the State Service — moving staff between agencies, abolishing or creating units, or transferring functions from one department to another. This Order implements one such restructure that took effect from **21 July 2010**.\n\n**Why does it matter?**\nFor affected public servants, this type of order determines who their employer is, which award or agreement covers them, and who their manager is. Getting this wrong has real consequences for employment entitlements. For the public, it affects which department or agency handles a particular service.\n\n> ⚠️ **Note:** The actual substantive content of the Order (which specific departments or staff were moved) is not fully reproduced in the text provided — only the status and metadata information is visible. A full assessment of its practical impact requires the complete Order text."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"If the version is current 'to date' with no amendments reflected in the visible text, but the file was last modified in 2017, the document does not adequately explain what changed in 2017 or whether that modification affects the 'current' version presented. The currency claim is undermined by an unexplained modification date.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 21 July 2010 to date' while simultaneously stating 'File last modified 5 July 2017', creating an internal inconsistency about the document's own currency and modification history."},{"type":"other","section":"Document Structure / Entire document","severity":"high","reasoning":"A restructuring order should contain operative clauses specifying which agencies, positions, or functions are being restructured, transferred, or abolished. The reproduced text contains no such provisions — only metadata and headers repeated twice each. While this may be a rendering/extraction error rather than a drafting flaw in the original instrument, as presented the document is incapable of performing any legal function because no operative provisions exist to comply with, interpret, or enforce.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The document as reproduced contains wholesale duplication of every heading, section title, and substantive content block, rendering the instrument almost entirely composed of redundant repetition with no operative legislative provisions visible."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Status Information — Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Users relying on this instrument for legal compliance cannot confirm its currency without following an external hyperlink that may change or become unavailable. The self-referential assurance of currency without accessible amendment history within the document itself is logically insufficient as a legal representation.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The instrument purports to be current from 21 July 2010 'to date' (8 April 2026), a span of nearly 16 years, yet the Table of Amending Instruments is merely a hyperlink with no visible content. It is impossible to verify whether the version presented is genuinely current or whether amendments have been incorporated, creating an unverifiable currency claim."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency of version — 'Version current from 21 July 2010 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation — 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The document simultaneously claims to be an unchanged version current since 21 July 2010 and discloses that the file was last modified on 5 July 2017, nearly seven years after the stated commencement date. These two statements are in direct tension: if no amendments changed the operative content, the modification date is unexplained; if the modification was substantive, the version date is misleading."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward machinery-of-government order with a single, narrow purpose: amalgamating one agency with another. There is no indication of scope creep; the order does exactly what its title suggests and nothing more."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 3 substantive sections","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the Rules Publication Act 1953 in the administrative footer)","Single, straightforward operative provision with no conditions, exceptions, or nested logic","Plain language throughout ('is amalgamated with')","No schedules, tables, or technical appendices"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short, administrative order from Tasmania that merges two government offices. Specifically, it moves the **Tasmanian Community Fund Secretariat** (previously part of the Department of Treasury and Finance) into the **Department of Premier and Cabinet**. \n\n**What it does:**\n- Combines two parts of the Tasmanian State Service into one department\n- Transfers staff, functions, and responsibilities from the Treasury department to the Premier's department\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Public servants working in the Tasmanian Community Fund Secretariat\n- The two departments involved (Treasury and Finance; Premier and Cabinet)\n- People or organisations that deal with the Community Fund (a grants program that supports community projects)\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- This type of \"machinery of government\" change is common when governments want to reorganise how they deliver services\n- It can affect where people apply for grants, which minister is responsible, and how the Fund is managed"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2010","history":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2010/history","analysis":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2010/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2010/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2010/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2010/documents"}}