{"id":"tas:sr-2015-031","name":"State Service (Restructuring) Order (No. 2) 2015","slug":"state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2015","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"31 of 2015","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":186420,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2015-031-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 (No. 2) 2015](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2015-031) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order takes effect on 1 July 2015.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amalgamation","content":"### 3 Amalgamation\n\n> The parts of the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment consisting of the Service Tasmania shops, the Shop Operations Group and the Integrated Tasmanian Government Contact Centre are 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 13 May 2015\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument effects a specified amalgamation of named units into the Department of Premier and Cabinet; it does not itself purport to alter statutory functions or wider departmental powers and contains no text indicating an expansion or narrowing of scope beyond that transfer (s3)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, unit‑level transfer naming specific operational groups reduces legal ambiguity about what moves (s3).","Immediate commencement date requires prompt administrative action but imposes no phased implementation detail (s2).","Order assigns administration to the receiving department, concentrating discretion over implementation and follow‑up (administration note).","The instrument is short and self‑contained; it does not set out transitional arrangements for staff, assets or contracts, implying administrative work will be needed outside the order (s3).","No cross‑references to other statutes or amendment mechanisms are included, lowering legislative complexity but increasing reliance on departmental processes."],"plain_english_summary":"This order transfers specified Service Tasmania customer‑service units (Service Tasmania shops, the Shop Operations Group and the Integrated Tasmanian Government Contact Centre) from the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment into the Department of Premier and Cabinet, shifting administrative control and decision‑making to Premier and Cabinet (s3). It takes effect on 1 July 2015 and places operational responsibility — including budget, staff and contracts — with the receiving department (s2; administration note)."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available content, there is no indication that the scope of this order changed from its original intent. It appears to be a standard administrative restructuring instrument that has remained in force unchanged since 1 July 2015, though the Table of Amending Instruments suggests some amendments may exist."},"complexity_factors":["The document as provided contains almost no substantive legislative content — only metadata, version information, and administrative headers","Restructuring orders of this type are generally straightforward administrative instruments","No complex legal definitions, cross-references, or multi-stage provisions are visible in the provided text","The narrow administrative nature of restructuring orders limits interpretive complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This administrative order formalises parts of a 1 July 2015 Tasmanian State Service reorganisation, reallocating functions between departments and transferring affected public servants so their employment entitlements carry over. It affects Tasmanian government employees, the agencies receiving or losing functions, and members of the public who deal with those departments. The text supplied is mainly metadata, so detailed specifics of the restructures aren’t available here."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A restructuring order typically has a single operative moment of effect — the transfer of employees/functions occurs on a specified date. Describing such an instrument as perpetually 'current' implies ongoing legal effect, yet no operative provisions are visible in the reproduced text to sustain that currency. The 'currency' descriptor may be a systemic artefact of the publication platform rather than a substantive legal claim, but it creates a logical tension nonetheless.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The document states it is 'current from 1 July 2015 to date' while simultaneously stating the file was last modified on 5 July 2017. If the instrument is a restructuring order of limited operative effect (a one-time administrative transfer), it is logically incoherent to describe it as having ongoing currency extending to 2026 without any substantive operative provisions being present in the reproduced text."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information — Table of Amending Instruments / File last modified 5 July 2017","severity":"low","reasoning":"Restructuring orders under the State Service Act 2000 (Tas) effect a transfer of employees or functions at a fixed point in time. Once operative, there is ordinarily nothing to amend. A modification two years later either reflects an error correction (raising questions about what legal effect the original instrument had) or an amendment to an instrument whose operative effect has already been spent, which is legally questionable.","confidence":0.5,"description":"The instrument is identified as a 2015 Restructuring Order with a commencement date of 1 July 2015, yet the file was last modified on 5 July 2017 — two years after commencement. For a restructuring order (which is typically a once-and-done operative instrument), post-commencement modification is anomalous and potentially contradictory to the nature of the instrument."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document structure — entire reproduced text","severity":"high","reasoning":"A restructuring order must, at minimum, identify: (a) the agencies involved in the restructure; (b) the employees or functions being transferred; (c) the operative date. None of these elements appear in the reproduced text. Any person or agency purporting to comply with or give effect to this instrument as reproduced would have no legal guidance to follow. Whether this is a reproduction failure or an intrinsic drafting flaw cannot be determined from the text provided.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The reproduced legislative text contains no operative provisions whatsoever. The document as reproduced consists entirely of metadata, status information, and navigation elements, yet purports to be a legislative instrument capable of being analysed for legal content. It is impossible to assess compliance with, or give effect to, an instrument whose operative clauses are entirely absent."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Currency of version: 'Version current from 1 July 2015 to date (accessed 5 April 2026 at 17:48)'","section_b":"Authorisation: 'File last modified 5 July 2017'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The instrument is represented as unmodified and current from its 1 July 2015 commencement, yet the file was modified on 5 July 2017. These two statements are in tension: if the version is 'current from 1 July 2015', it implies no changes have been made since that date, yet the file modification date of 5 July 2017 suggests alteration after commencement."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This order performs exactly the limited administrative function its title suggests: restructuring parts of the state service through amalgamation. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 3 operative sections","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the Rules Publication Act in the footer)","Single, straightforward administrative action with no conditions, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Plain language throughout with no technical legal concepts"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a Tasmanian government order that reorganises parts of the public service. It takes three specific groups from the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment and moves them into the Department of Premier and Cabinet:\n\n- **Service Tasmania shops** (the government's retail service centres where people can access government services in person)\n- **The Shop Operations Group** (the administrative team supporting those shops)\n- **The Integrated Tasmanian Government Contact Centre** (the call centre handling government enquiries)\n\n**Why this matters:** This is machinery of government (administrative) change. It shifts responsibility for frontline service delivery from one department to another, likely to centralise customer service functions under the Premier's department. This affects which minister answers questions about these services in Parliament and which department's budget pays for them."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2015","history":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2015/documents"}}