{"id":"tas:sr-2014-076","name":"State Service (Restructuring) Order (No. 3) 2014","slug":"state-service-restructuring-order-no-3-2014","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"76 of 2014","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":187613,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2014-076-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. 3) 2014](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2014-076) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order takes effect on 1 July 2014.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Establishment of State authority","content":"### 3 Establishment of State authority\n\n> Tourism Tasmania is established as a State authority.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amalgamation of Government departments, &c.","content":"### 4 Amalgamation of Government departments, &c.\n\n> > (1)  The part of the Department of State Growth known as Sport and Recreation Tasmania is amalgamated with the Department of Premier and Cabinet.\n> \n> > (2)  The part of the Department of State Growth known as Tourism Tasmania is amalgamated with the State authority established as Tourism Tasmania.\n> \n> > (3)  The part of the Department of Education known as Skills Tasmania is amalgamated with the Department of State Growth.\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 25 June 2014\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly the administrative restructuring it purports to do — establishing one authority and transferring three units between departments. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the stated purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (4 operative sections)","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation)","Simple, direct operative provisions using plain language","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward administrative restructuring with clear destination for each transferred function"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a Tasmanian government order that reorganises parts of the state public service, effective from 1 July 2014.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Creates a new State authority** called \"Tourism Tasmania\" — this is a standalone government body with its own legal identity, separate from regular government departments.\n- **Moves three government units around:**\n  - **Sport and Recreation Tasmania** moves from the Department of State Growth to the Department of Premier and Cabinet.\n  - **Tourism Tasmania** (the unit) moves from the Department of State Growth to the newly created Tourism Tasmania authority.\n  - **Skills Tasmania** moves from the Department of Education to the Department of State Growth.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Public servants working in these three units (their employer changes).\n- The ministers responsible for sport, recreation, tourism, and vocational education and training (their administrative responsibilities shift).\n- Businesses and the public dealing with these services (though day-to-day operations likely continue unchanged).\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is machinery-of-government change — it alters which minister and department controls which policy area. Tourism gets elevated to a standalone authority, suggesting the government wanted to give it more focus and independence. Sport and recreation moves closer to the Premier's direct control. Skills training moves to the economic development portfolio (State Growth)."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on available information, the order appears to operate as intended — a routine administrative restructuring of parts of the Tasmanian State Service. There is no evidence in the provided text that its scope expanded or contracted beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow administrative scope — applies only to internal Tasmanian government restructuring","Affects a limited group (public servants in restructured areas) rather than the general public","Standard form of restructuring order with no novel legal concepts","Substantive content not fully available in provided text, reducing ability to assess additional complexity","No apparent interaction with complex regulatory schemes or cross-jurisdictional issues"],"plain_english_summary":"This Tasmanian administrative order restructures parts of the State Service, reallocating functions, staff and resources between government departments and agencies. It doesn’t create new legal rights; it mainly affects public servants whose employment or reporting lines may shift, and potentially the public who deal with moved services.\n\nThe order has been in force since 1 July 2014; the retrieved text lacks the specific list of agencies and functions being reassigned."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The order alters the organisational scope of existing departments by creating Tourism Tasmania as a separate State authority and moving specified parts of three departments between agencies, thereby shifting which agencies hold responsibility for those functions and related staff/budgets (ss2–4)."},"complexity_factors":["Short, focused instrument: only four operative provisions (ss1–4) which reduces interpretive complexity.","Establishment of a new State authority (Tourism Tasmania) requires transfer of functions and assets (s3) which creates administrative steps.","Multiple partial amalgamations across departments (Sport and Recreation Tasmania, Tourism Tasmania unit, Skills Tasmania) require cross-agency coordination and resource reallocation (s4).","Immediate fixed commencement date (1 July 2014) imposes a clear implementation timeline (s2).","Administration is assigned to the Department of Premier and Cabinet, concentrating decision authority for implementation (administration note)."],"plain_english_summary":"This order (effective 1 July 2014) establishes Tourism Tasmania as a State authority (s3) and reallocates parts of existing departments: Sport and Recreation Tasmania to the Department of Premier and Cabinet; Tourism Tasmania’s unit into the new Tourism Tasmania authority; and Skills Tasmania into the Department of State Growth (s4).  \n\nThe changes reassign responsibility for functions, staff and budgets to different agencies and place administrative responsibility for the order with the Department of Premier and Cabinet (commencement s2; administration note)."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-3-2014","history":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-3-2014/history","analysis":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-3-2014/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-3-2014/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-3-2014/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-3-2014/documents"}}