{"id":"tas:sr-2022-008","name":"State Service (Restructuring) Order 2022","slug":"state-service-restructuring-order-2022","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"8 of 2022","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":179518,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2022-008-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 2022](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2022-008) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order takes effect on 31 March 2022.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amalgamations","content":"### 3 Amalgamations\n\n> > (1)  The part, of the Department of State Growth, that is primarily responsible for forest policy is amalgamated with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.\n> \n> > (2)  The part, of the Department of State Growth, known as the Forest Practices Authority is amalgamated with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.\n> \n> > (3)  The part, of the Department of State Growth, known as Private Forests Tasmania is amalgamated with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.\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 March 2022\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly what its title suggests — restructuring state service arrangements. There is no scope creep; it is a narrow, specific machinery-of-government instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (3 operative sections)","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation (except standard citation and commencement provisions)","Simple, direct language with no conditional logic or exceptions","Single, straightforward administrative action (departmental amalgamation)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a Tasmanian government order that reorganises which government departments handle forestry matters. Specifically, it moves three forestry-related functions from the Department of State Growth to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania:\n\n- **Forest policy responsibilities**\n- **The Forest Practices Authority** (a body that regulates forest practices)\n- **Private Forests Tasmania** (an agency supporting private forest owners)\n\nThis is essentially an internal machinery-of-government change — it shifts staff, functions and responsibilities between departments without changing the underlying laws about how forests are managed. The change took effect on 31 March 2022."},"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on available information, this order appears to serve its stated administrative purpose of restructuring parts of the Tasmanian State Service. There is no evidence of scope creep or departure from its original intent, though the absence of the full operative text limits certainty on this point."},"complexity_factors":["The document provided contains only metadata and status information — no substantive operative provisions are visible, preventing full analysis.","Restructuring orders as a category can have layered effects across multiple pieces of legislation (e.g., the State Service Act 2000), but the order itself is typically brief and administratively focused.","Interaction with employment law protections for affected public servants adds a modest layer of complexity for those individuals.","Cross-referencing with Administrative Arrangement Orders is required to fully understand responsible ministerial oversight."],"plain_english_summary":"The State Service (Restructuring) Order 2022 (Tas) is an administrative instrument that reorganises parts of the Tasmanian State Service, shifting functions and reporting lines between agencies. It primarily affects Tasmanian public servants whose roles or employers may change and, indirectly, how affected government services are delivered to the public.\n\nThe specific agencies or functions moved aren’t detailed here, but employees retain protections under the State Service Act 2000."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"retroactive_impossibility","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A file cannot be finalised (last modified) on 30 March 2022 if the instrument does not take effect until 31 March 2022 without some form of backdating or administrative fiction. 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The two statements are mutually exclusive under any strict reading.","confidence":0.8,"description":"The legislation states it is 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change' yet simultaneously asserts the version is 'current to date', making it logically impossible to guarantee currency at any given moment of access."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - File last modified 30 March 2022","section_b":"Status Information - Version current from 31 March 2022","confidence":0.7,"description":"The instrument's commencement date (31 March 2022) post-dates the file's last modification date (30 March 2022), creating a contradiction between the official modification record and the stated currency period."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - 'usually updated within 3 working days after a change'","section_b":"Status Information - 'Version current from 31 March 2022 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 14:41)'","confidence":0.78,"description":"The site's own caveat acknowledges a potential 3-working-day lag in reflecting legislative changes, which directly contradicts the implicit representation that the version displayed is the current operative version as at the precise moment of access."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The order changes departmental scope by transferring specified forestry functions from the Department of State Growth to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (s3). This narrows the statutory responsibilities of the Department of State Growth and expands those of the receiving department; the order itself does not set out transitional or operational rules for that change."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, specific legal change: identifies three named parts for amalgamation into the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (s3).","Fixed commencement date creates a single legal cut‑over point (s2).","Administrative responsibility for the order is vested in the Department of Premier and Cabinet (administration note), concentrating implementation oversight.","Instrument contains no transitional, staffing, asset‑transfer, funding or procedural provisions, so practical implementation details are left to administering bodies (absence evident from the text of the order).","Practical impacts on employees, internal organisation, and stakeholder interactions arise from the transfer of functions, but those implementation burdens and costs are not specified in the order (implied by s3)."],"plain_english_summary":"This order moves three forestry-related parts of the Department of State Growth—the unit handling forest policy, the Forest Practices Authority and Private Forests Tasmania—into the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania, effective 31 March 2022. It affects the named agencies, their staff and the stakeholders who deal with forestry administration because responsibility and administration for those functions shift to a different department; the order is administered by the Department of Premier and Cabinet."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2022","history":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2022/documents"}}