{"id":"tas:sr-2018-023","name":"State Service (Restructuring) Order 2018","slug":"state-service-restructuring-order-2018","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"23 of 2018","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":184960,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2018-023-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 (Restructuring) Order 2018](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2018-023) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order takes effect on 1 July 2018.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amalgamation","content":"### 3 Amalgamation\n\n> The Agency known as the Tasmanian Health Service is amalgamated with the Department of Health and Human Services.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Establishment of department","content":"### 4 Establishment of department\n\n> The Department of Communities Tasmania is established.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amalgamation","content":"### 5 Amalgamation\n\n> > (1)  The part, of the Department of Health and Human Services, that is referred to as Children and Youth Services, is amalgamated with the Department of Communities Tasmania.\n> \n> > (2)  The part, of the Department of Health and Human Services, that is referred to as Housing, Disability and Community Services, is amalgamated with the Department of Communities Tasmania.\n> \n> > (3)  The part, of the Department of Health and Human Services, that is referred to as the Communities Tasmania Transition Group, is amalgamated with the Department of Communities Tasmania.\n> \n> > (4)  The part, of the Department of Health and Human Services, that consists of persons made available, under section 6(1) of the [Commissioner for Children and Young People Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2016-002) , to the Commissioner for Children and Young People, is amalgamated with the Department of Communities Tasmania.\n> \n> > (5)  The part, of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, that is referred to as the Communities, Sport and Recreation Division, is amalgamated with the Department of Communities Tasmania.\n> \n> > (6)  The part, of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, that is referred to as Silverdome, is amalgamated with the Department of Communities Tasmania.\n> \n> > (7)  The part, of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, that is referred to as the Communities Tasmania Transition Group, is amalgamated with the Department of Communities Tasmania.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Renaming of department","content":"### 6 Renaming of department\n\n> The Department of Health and Human Services is renamed the Department of Health.\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 27 June 2018","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"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"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation performs exactly the administrative restructuring it purports to do. It has not grown beyond its original purpose as a machinery of government order."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (6 operative sections)","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation except one incidental reference to the Commissioner for Children and Young People Act 2016","Straightforward administrative actions (amalgamation, establishment, renaming) with no conditional logic or exceptions","Simple sequential structure with no nested provisions or sub-subsections beyond basic numbering"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a Tasmanian government order that reorganises parts of the state public service, effective from 1 July 2018.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Creates a new department**: Establishes the \"Department of Communities Tasmania\" as a new government department.\n- **Merges health services**: Combines the Tasmanian Health Service (an Agency) into the Department of Health and Human Services.\n- **Moves community services**: Transfers several groups out of the Department of Health and Human Services and into the new Department of Communities Tasmania, including:\n  - Children and Youth Services\n  - Housing, Disability and Community Services\n  - Staff supporting the Commissioner for Children and Young People\n  - Various transition and coordination groups\n- **Moves sport and recreation**: Transfers the Communities, Sport and Recreation Division and Silverdome (a sports facility) from the Department of Premier and Cabinet to the new Department of Communities Tasmania.\n- **Renames a department**: Changes the name of the Department of Health and Human Services to simply the Department of Health (reflecting that community/human services have moved elsewhere).\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Tasmanian public servants whose jobs move between departments\n- People who use Tasmanian government health, housing, disability, child protection, and community services\n- The organisations and staff who work with these government departments\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is machinery of government (administrative restructuring) legislation. It changes which minister is responsible for which services, how government departments are organised, and where public servants work. For the public, it affects which department they contact for housing support, disability services, or child and youth services. It also reflects a policy decision to separate health services from community and social services into distinct departments."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument reorganises departmental structures and transfers specified functions between existing agencies; it does not create new regulatory powers or materially change the substantive legal scope of government responsibilities beyond relocating them (ss 3–6)."},"complexity_factors":["Straightforward structural changes (amalgamation and renaming) with limited novel legal mechanisms (ss 3–6).","Cross‑references to other legislation for staff arrangements (eg Commissioner for Children and Young People Act 2016 s 6(1) in s 5(4)), introducing inter‑statute linkage.","Operational complexity lies in administrative implementation: staff transfers, asset/liability allocation and budget reallocation rather than new regulatory rules.","Absence of detailed transitional provisions in the text increases practical implementation uncertainty and reliance on administrative decisions.","Low legislative discretion: order effects are prescriptive rather than delegatory, reducing interpretive complexity but raising execution risk at agency level."],"plain_english_summary":"This order reorganises Tasmanian state agencies: it merges the Tasmanian Health Service into the Department of Health and Human Services, creates a new Department of Communities Tasmania and moves several child, housing, disability and community functions (and some divisions) into it, then renames the Department of Health and Human Services as the Department of Health (ss 3–6). The changes affect public agencies, staff, budgets and service‑delivery arrangements and impose implementation and compliance costs on the agencies and employees required to move or be reallocated."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available metadata, there is no indication the scope changed from its original intent. The order appears to be a standard, targeted administrative restructuring instrument that commenced as planned on 1 July 2018 and has remained in force without apparent significant amendment to its core purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Limited substantive content available — the document provided is largely metadata and formatting rather than operative legal provisions","Restructuring orders can involve cross-referencing multiple pieces of legislation (e.g., the State Service Act 2000 (Tas)) to understand full effect","Impact on individual employees may require understanding of employment law and industrial instruments","No detail provided on which specific agencies or functions were transferred, making full assessment impossible from this text"],"plain_english_summary":"The State Service (Restructuring) Order 2018 (Tas) is an administrative instrument that reorganises parts of the Tasmanian State Service, reallocating functions, staff and reporting lines between government departments and agencies. It affects public servants whose employing department or role changes and citizens who deal with moved services, and it legally formalises those employment and administrative changes from 1 July 2018."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2018","history":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2018/documents"}}