{"id":"tas:sr-2024-028","name":"State Service (Restructuring) Order 2024","slug":"state-service-restructuring-order-2024","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"28 of 2024","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":177032,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2024-028-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 2024](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2024-028) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order takes effect on 1 July 2024.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amalgamation","content":"### 3 Amalgamation\n\n> The following parts of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania are amalgamated with the Department of State Growth:\n> \n> > > (a) the part known as Private Forests Tasmania;\n> > \n> > > (b) the part known as the Forest Practices Authority;\n> > \n> > > (c) the part known as Forest Policy.\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 26 June 2024\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward machinery-of-government order doing exactly what its title suggests – restructuring state services through amalgamation. The scope matches the title precisely with no expansion beyond the stated purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short – only 3 operative sections","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of Rules Publication Act in administrative footer)","Simple, unqualified directive language ('are amalgamated with')","No exceptions, conditions, or procedural requirements","Single, clear operative provision with a straightforward list of three items"],"plain_english_summary":"This order reorganises parts of the Tasmanian government by moving three forestry-related groups from the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania into the Department of State Growth.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Amalgamates** (merges/combines) three specific units into a different department:\n  - **Private Forests Tasmania** – an agency supporting private landowners with forestry\n  - **Forest Practices Authority** – the regulator overseeing forest operations and compliance\n  - **Forest Policy** – the policy unit dealing with forest-related government strategy\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Public servants working in these three units (their employer changes)\n- The two departments involved (their responsibilities and budgets shift)\n- Anyone dealing with these agencies (businesses, landowners, environmental groups) – they'll now interact with State Growth instead of Natural Resources\n\n**Why it matters:**\nGovernment restructuring changes who makes decisions and how services are delivered. This consolidates forestry functions under one department (State Growth), potentially streamlining economic development and natural resource management – though critics might worry about reducing environmental oversight by moving regulators away from the environment department."},"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on available information, this appears to be a standard machinery-of-government restructuring order with no evidence of scope expanding beyond its original administrative reorganisation purpose. Such orders are routine and tightly constrained by the enabling legislation (State Service Act 2000)."},"complexity_factors":["Administrative/machinery-of-government instrument — inherently procedural rather than substantive","Operative provisions are not visible in the provided text, preventing full analysis","Requires cross-referencing with the State Service Act 2000 (Tas) and Administrative Arrangements Orders to understand full effect","Impact on individual public servants may require reading alongside employment instruments and Awards","Amendments table suggests the Order has been modified, adding a layer of version tracking"],"plain_english_summary":"The State Service (Restructuring) Order 2024 reorganises parts of the Tasmanian Public Service, moving, renaming, or reassigning agencies and functions within government. It took effect 1 July 2024.\n\nIt affects public servants, service users, and contractors by shifting departmental accountability and contact points — jobs and conditions are generally protected — but the specific transfers aren’t detailed in the provided text."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The order effects a direct statutory amalgamation of the three specified parts into the Department of State Growth as stated (s3). The text contains no indication of a change in scope from that stated purpose and does not add or remove functions beyond the named transfer."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, clearly defined action: statutory amalgamation of three named parts into another department (s3).","Single fixed commencement date reduces temporal complexity (s2).","No substantive legal detail beyond the transfer — minimal drafting complexity (whole instrument).","Absence of expressed transitional, funding, staffing or asset-transfer provisions in the text increases administrative implementation uncertainty (see s3 and whole instrument).","Administration responsibility is identified, providing a clear decision point for execution (administration line: Department of Premier and Cabinet).","Gazette notification date recorded, evidencing formal publication (notified 26 June 2024).","Practical implementation will require cross-department coordination (implied by the organisational transfer; see s3)."],"plain_english_summary":"This order legally transfers three named parts of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania — Private Forests Tasmania, the Forest Practices Authority and Forest Policy — into the Department of State Growth, taking effect 1 July 2024. Administration of the order is assigned to the Department of Premier and Cabinet; the instrument sets the structural change and commencement (secs 2–3) but does not itself specify funding, staffing, asset or transitional arrangements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2024","history":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-2024/documents"}}