{"id":"tas:sr-2024-061","name":"State Service (Restructuring) Order (No. 2) 2024","slug":"state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2024","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"61 of 2024","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":177060,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2024-061-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) 2024](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2024-061) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order takes effect on 1 November 2024.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amalgamation","content":"### 3 Amalgamation\n\n> > (1)  The part of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, known as Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania, is amalgamated with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.\n> \n> > (2)  The following parts of the Department of Premier and Cabinet are amalgamated with the Department of State Growth:\n> > \n> > > > (a) the part known as Strategic Regional Partnerships;\n> > > \n> > > > (b) the part known as the State Planning Office.\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 29 October 2024\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":2}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"retroactive_impossibility","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"medium","reasoning":"A file cannot logically be finalised and last modified on 29 October 2024 if the instrument does not come into force until 1 November 2024. While pre-publication drafting is normal, the authorisation metadata records the last modification date as prior to commencement, creating an internal temporal inconsistency: the authoritative record of the document's final state predates the legal event (commencement) the document itself creates.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The instrument states it is 'current from 1 November 2024 to date' yet the file was 'last modified 29 October 2024' — three days before it purportedly came into force."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version (header metadata)","severity":"low","reasoning":"Wholesale duplication of entire structural sections within a single legislative instrument creates interpretive ambiguity: if one duplicate is amended or read in context differently, it is unclear which version governs. While likely a rendering/formatting artefact, in a strict legal instrument duplicated operative or quasi-operative provisions can produce genuine uncertainty about which instance is authoritative.","confidence":0.85,"description":"The heading 'Status Information', 'Currency of version', 'Table of Amending Instruments', 'Responsible Minister and Department', and 'Authorisation' sections are each duplicated verbatim at least twice within the document, with no differentiation in content or purpose."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Status Information - Table of Amending Instruments","severity":"high","reasoning":"A restructuring order under the State Service Act 2000 (Tas) must identify the agencies, employees, or positions being transferred or restructured. This instrument as reproduced contains zero operative provisions. Affected employees, agencies, or decision-makers cannot identify their obligations, rights, or the legal effect of the order. If the substantive content exists only behind an external hyperlink, it raises questions about what constitutes the legally authoritative text of the instrument itself.","confidence":0.78,"description":"The instrument references a 'Table of Amendments' via hyperlink but provides no substantive content — no transfer of employees, no machinery-of-government changes, no operative provisions — making it impossible to determine what the instrument actually does or requires compliance with."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - File last modified 29 October 2024","section_b":"Status Information - Version current from 1 November 2024","confidence":0.68,"description":"The document records its last modification as 29 October 2024, yet declares itself operative and current only from 1 November 2024. These two dates are irreconcilable if 'last modified' is taken to mean the document reached its final authoritative form before the date on which it legally exists."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Status Information (first instance) - heading and body content","section_b":"Status Information (second instance) - identical heading and body content","confidence":0.8,"description":"The document contains two complete, identical reproductions of the entire 'Status Information' block including all sub-headings and body text. In the event of future amendment to one instance but not the other, the two sections would directly contradict each other with no mechanism in the instrument to resolve which governs."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available text, the order appears to fulfil its stated purpose of reorganising parts of the Tasmanian State Service. There is no indication of scope creep or deviation from the original administrative restructuring intent. However, the limited visible content means this assessment is based on the instrument type rather than full substantive review."},"complexity_factors":["The legislation is a narrow administrative instrument rather than a broad policy law, keeping complexity low","Restructuring orders follow a well-established legal template under the State Service Act 2000 (Tas), with predictable legal mechanisms","The published extract contains only metadata — no substantive provisions are visible, preventing deeper structural analysis","No cross-jurisdictional elements or interaction with Commonwealth law is evident","Limited interpretive ambiguity typical of this instrument type"],"plain_english_summary":"This administrative order reorganises parts of the Tasmanian State Service, transferring functions, staff or reporting lines between agencies. It affects public servants whose roles or agencies may change and Tasmanians who rely on services that get shifted.\n\nThe published extract is mostly procedural metadata, so the specific departments, positions and functional changes aren’t visible here — the precise impacts can’t be determined from this text alone."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument itself specifies particular amalgamations and an effective date (s2–s3) and contains no language indicating a change from an earlier or different scope. There is no textual evidence in the order that the scope has been broadened or narrowed relative to an earlier intent."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, specific scope: only three named parts are affected (s3).","Clear commencement date reduces temporal uncertainty (s2).","Terminology is direct—uses 'amalgamated'—but the order contains no procedural or transitional provisions describing how amalgamation is implemented (s3).","Administrative responsibility for the instrument is stated, providing a clear point of accountability (administration note).","Absence of detail about staffing, assets, functions or transitional arrangements increases practical coordination burden on the departments named (s3).","Notified in the Gazette, fulfilling publication formality (metadata)."],"plain_english_summary":"This order takes effect on 1 November 2024 (s2) and moves parts of the Department of Premier and Cabinet into two other departments: Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania into the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania, and Strategic Regional Partnerships and the State Planning Office into the Department of State Growth (s3). Mechanically it reallocates administrative responsibility and accountability and is administered by the Department of Premier and Cabinet; the order contains no transitional details, so implementation and timing must be coordinated by the named departments (s3)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward administrative restructuring order that does exactly what its title suggests. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of amalgamating specific agency units."},"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)","Simple, unconditional directive language ('is amalgamated with')","No exceptions, conditions, or temporal limitations beyond the commencement date","Plain identification of affected entities by name rather than technical legal descriptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This order reorganises parts of the Tasmanian State Service by moving three specific units between government departments.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Moves Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania** from the Department of Premier and Cabinet to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania.\n- **Moves two units** from the Department of Premier and Cabinet to the Department of State Growth:\n  - Strategic Regional Partnerships\n  - State Planning Office\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Public servants working in these three units (their employer changes)\n- The two receiving departments (they gain staff, functions, and responsibilities)\n- The Department of Premier and Cabinet (it loses these functions)\n- Tasmanians who interact with these services (Aboriginal heritage protection, regional development, and planning services)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nGovernment restructuring orders like this are administrative machinery changes. They shift where work happens without necessarily changing what work gets done. The move of Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania to the environment department may reflect a policy view that heritage protection fits better with natural resource management. Moving planning and regional partnerships to State Growth may signal a focus on economic development priorities."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2024","history":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-2-2024/documents"}}