{"id":"tas:sr-2021-091","name":"State Service (Restructuring) Order (No. 2) 2021","slug":"state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2021","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"91 of 2021","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":182402,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2021-091-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) 2021](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2021-091) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order takes effect on 1 December 2021.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Change of name of department","content":"### 3 Change of name of department\n\n> The name of the Government department known as the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment is changed to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amalgamation","content":"### 4 Amalgamation\n\n> The part, of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania, known as EPA Tasmania, other than –\n> \n> > > (a) the section, within that part, that is known as Waste Initiatives and the section, within that part, that is known as Analytical Services; and\n> > \n> > > (b) the part, of EPA Tasmania, that is primarily responsible for the administration of legislation and that is within the section, known as Environmental Policy and Support Services, of the branch known as Policy and Business –\n> \n> is amalgamated with the Environment Protection Authority.\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 November 2021\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A file cannot be last modified before the version it represents became current. Either the commencement date is wrong, the modification date is wrong, or the instrument was backdated. While administratively explicable (drafting occurred before commencement), it creates a minor logical inconsistency on the face of the document: the authoritative version of a law that commenced 1 December 2021 was apparently finalised in its pre-commencement form and never touched again, raising questions about whether last-minute changes were properly recorded.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The instrument states it is 'current from 1 December 2021 to date' while simultaneously stating the file was 'last modified 26 November 2021' — five days before the instrument came into force."},{"type":"circular_definition","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"A caveat about the accuracy of the published version of an instrument is embedded within the published version of that instrument. If the site is not updated within 3 working days, the very warning about potential inaccuracy may itself be inaccurate or absent. This is a presentational rather than substantive flaw but is logically self-undermining.","confidence":0.65,"description":"The statement 'Legislation on this site is usually updated within 3 working days after a change to the legislation' appears within the body of the legislation itself, creating a self-referential absurdity: the legislation contains a disclaimer about how reliably it will reflect changes to itself."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - Currency of version ('Version current from 1 December 2021 to date')","section_b":"Authorisation ('File last modified 26 November 2021')","confidence":0.6,"description":"The instrument is stated to be current from 1 December 2021, yet the underlying file was last modified on 26 November 2021 — four to five days prior to the stated commencement of currency. This creates a contradiction between when the document was last changed and when it purportedly became the authoritative current version."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward machinery-of-government order that does exactly what its title suggests: restructuring state services. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of renaming a department and amalgamating specific agency functions."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (4 operative sections)","Only 1 defined term implicitly used (the department name)","Single conditional structure in section 4 with two nested exceptions (parts (a) and (b))","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the standard Rules Publication Act citation","Straightforward administrative machinery with no substantive legal rights or obligations created"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:**\n\nThis is a Tasmanian government administrative order that makes two main changes to how government departments are organised:\n\n1. **Renames a department:** The \"Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment\" gets a shorter new name: the \"Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania\".\n\n2. **Moves part of a government agency:** Most of \"EPA Tasmania\" (the environmental protection arm within that department) is split off and merged into a separate body called the \"Environment Protection Authority\". \n\n   However, **three specific parts stay behind** in the department:\n   - The \"Waste Initiatives\" section\n   - The \"Analytical Services\" section  \n   - The part of EPA Tasmania that handles administering (running) environmental laws, which sits within the \"Environmental Policy and Support Services\" section\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Tasmanian public servants working in these agencies\n- Anyone dealing with environmental regulation in Tasmania (businesses, developers, community groups) — though day-to-day operations likely continue unchanged, just under different departmental structures\n\n**Why it matters:**\nGovernment restructuring orders like this are usually about clarifying roles, reducing duplication, or preparing for policy shifts. Here, it appears the government is separating the \"regulator\" function (Environment Protection Authority) from the \"policy and services\" functions that stay in the department. This creates clearer lines between those who make environmental policy and those who enforce it."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on available metadata, there is no indication that the scope of this order changed from its original intent. It appears to have operated as a standard administrative restructuring instrument consistent with its title and type. No amendments altering its scope are evident from the information provided."},"complexity_factors":["The operative content of the order is not included in the provided text, preventing detailed substantive analysis.","Restructuring orders of this type are generally administrative and formulaic in nature, following standard templates.","The order operates within a well-established Tasmanian State Service framework, reducing interpretive complexity.","Impact is largely limited to internal government administration rather than broader public rights or obligations."],"plain_english_summary":"This administrative order restructures parts of the Tasmanian State Service, shifting teams, roles or responsibilities between government departments and agencies. It primarily affects Tasmanian public servants and the agencies that employ them, and may change who delivers particular government services. Its importance lies in altering where staff sit within government and how services are organised and provided."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument implements a departmental rename and a targeted amalgamation as stated (sections 3–4). The text contains no indication that its scope was altered from its stated measures; it effects the specified transfers and exclusions and sets a commencement date (section 2)."},"complexity_factors":["Targeted carve-outs in the amalgamation require close textual interpretation (section 4).","Change of statutory department name requires alignment across instruments and records (section 3).","Fixed commencement date creates a single implementation milestone to coordinate administrative action (section 2).","Administrative responsibility is assigned to the Department of Premier and Cabinet, implying central coordination (administration note).","Short instrument with limited cross‑references but precise organisational effects reduces legal ambiguity while requiring operational adjustments (sections 3–4)."],"plain_english_summary":"This order renames the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment as the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania and, from 1 December 2021, transfers most of the part known as EPA Tasmania into the Environment Protection Authority while excluding specified sections. It affects departmental organisation and which agency holds particular environmental functions. The order is administered by the Department of Premier and Cabinet and takes effect on 1 December 2021."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2021","history":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2021/documents"}}