{"id":"tas:sr-2022-100","name":"State Service (Restructuring) Order (No. 7) 2022","slug":"state-service-restructuring-order-no-7-2022","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"100 of 2022","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":179777,"registerId":"tas-tas:sr-2022-100-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. 7) 2022](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2022-100) .","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This order takes effect on 1 December 2022.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amalgamation","content":"### 3 Amalgamation\n\n> > (1)  The part, of the Department of Communities Tasmania, relating to housing is amalgamated with Homes Tasmania.\n> \n> > (2)  The part, of the Department of Communities Tasmania, that was formerly known as Community Services Grants and that was within the part of that Department that was formerly known as Grants Services, is amalgamated with the Department for Education, Children and Young People.\n> \n> > (3)  The part, of the Department of Communities Tasmania, that was formerly known as Grant Services Communities, Sport and Recreation and that was within the part of that Department that was formerly known as Grants Services, is amalgamated with the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Abolition of Department","content":"### 4 Abolition of Department\n\n> The Department of Communities Tasmania is abolished.\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 30 November 2022\n\nThis order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available text, this order appears to fulfil its standard purpose as an administrative restructuring instrument. There is no evidence of scope creep or departure from the original intent of reorganising State Service functions. These orders are routine and tightly constrained by the enabling legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Minimal legislative text is visible — the substance of the restructuring is not detailed in the provided excerpt, limiting analytical depth","These orders follow a standard, well-established template under the State Service Act 2000 (Tas), making their legal mechanism straightforward","Administrative in nature with no novel legal concepts introduced","Narrow scope — affects internal government organisation rather than broad public rights or obligations"],"plain_english_summary":"## State Service (Restructuring) Order (No. 7) 2022\n\nThis is a Tasmanian government administrative order that restructures parts of the **Tasmanian State Service** — the body of public servants who work for the Tasmanian government.\n\n**What does it do?**\nThis type of order is used to reorganise government departments, agencies, or functions — for example, moving a team or responsibility from one department to another, renaming a body, or shifting staff between agencies. The specific details of *what* was restructured are not fully visible in the text provided, but the order took effect from **1 December 2022**.\n\n**Who does it affect?**\n- **Tasmanian public servants** whose roles, departments, or reporting lines may have changed\n- **Government agencies** involved in the restructure\n- Members of the public who deal with the affected departments (services may be delivered differently or under a new name)\n\n**Why does it matter?**\nGovernment restructuring orders can affect employment conditions, which minister is responsible for a particular function, and how public services are organised and delivered. For affected employees, it can mean a change in employer (within the public service), a new chain of command, or altered job descriptions — though their core employment entitlements are generally protected under the *State Service Act 2000* (Tasmania).\n\n**Bottom line:** This is a housekeeping order that reshuffles parts of the Tasmanian public service. If you're a Tasmanian public servant, check whether your agency or role was affected. If you deal with a Tasmanian government department, the team or office you contact may have moved or been renamed."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"While not legally fatal, there is a temporal oddity: the authoritative file was finalised before the instrument's operative date. This raises a minor question about whether any modifications made on 1 December 2022 (commencement day) would be captured in the archived file, creating a potential gap between the authorised text and the operative text.","confidence":0.55,"description":"The instrument states it is 'current from 1 December 2022 to date' while simultaneously stating the file was 'last modified 30 November 2022' — i.e., the day before it came into force."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"Document structure - entire instrument","severity":"high","reasoning":"A 'State Service (Restructuring) Order' derives its legal purpose entirely from its operative clauses (typically transferring employees between agencies or restructuring State Service bodies under the State Service Act 2000 (Tas)). The reproduced text contains only metadata, status information, and navigation elements repeated multiple times. If this reproduction accurately reflects the instrument's content, the Order has no legal effect and cannot be acted upon by any agency, employee, or tribunal. This may be a reproduction error, but as presented the instrument is legally vacuous.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The instrument as reproduced contains no operative provisions whatsoever — no transfer of employees, no restructuring of agencies, no definitions, and no substantive clauses — rendering it impossible to comply with, enforce, or give effect to."},{"type":"other","section":"Document structure - headings and metadata","severity":"medium","reasoning":"While duplication of headings is likely a rendering/HTML artefact rather than a substantive legal defect, in the absence of any operative text it is impossible to determine whether the duplication has also affected substantive provisions. If operative clauses were similarly duplicated, conflicting or redundant obligations could arise for affected State Service employees.","confidence":0.65,"description":"Every heading, section title, and block of text in the instrument is duplicated verbatim (e.g., 'Status Information Status Information', 'Authorisation Authorisation', 'Currency of version Currency of version'), suggesting either a systemic formatting defect or that the instrument was inadvertently published in a corrupted state."},{"type":"other","section":"Status Information - update policy","severity":"low","reasoning":"Persons relying on the consolidated online version for legal certainty cannot know whether the version they are reading reflects the current law, because the publisher expressly disclaims timeliness. This is a systemic issue with Tasmanian online legislation publication rather than specific to this instrument, but it is nonetheless a logical flaw in presenting a version as 'current' while simultaneously disclaiming currency.","confidence":0.8,"description":"The status notice states legislation 'is usually updated within 3 working days after a change' — the qualifier 'usually' introduces an unenforceable and legally indeterminate standard into an official status declaration."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"low","section_a":"Status Information - 'Version current from 1 December 2022 to date'","section_b":"Authorisation - 'File last modified 30 November 2022'","confidence":0.6,"description":"The instrument is declared operative from 1 December 2022, yet the authoritative file is stated to have been last modified on 30 November 2022 — the day before commencement. This creates a contradiction between the declared currency of the version and the date of its last authorised modification."},{"severity":"high","section_a":"Title - 'State Service (Restructuring) Order (No. 7) 2022'","section_b":"Document body - absence of any operative restructuring provisions","confidence":0.7,"description":"The instrument's title and legal character (a restructuring order under the State Service Act 2000 (Tas)) necessarily implies the existence of operative clauses effecting a restructure. The complete absence of such clauses in the body of the instrument directly contradicts its stated legal nature and purpose."}]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This order performs exactly what its title suggests: restructuring state service departments. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of amalgamating specific parts of one department with others and abolishing the original department."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (4 operative sections)","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation (except citation of the Rules Publication Act 1953 in the footer)","Simple, direct operative provisions with no conditional logic or exceptions","Straightforward administrative restructure with clear, unambiguous transfers of functions"],"plain_english_summary":"This order breaks up and shuts down the **Department of Communities Tasmania**, moving its different functions to three other government departments.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Housing functions** → moved to **Homes Tasmania** (a government housing authority)\n- **Community Services Grants** → moved to the **Department for Education, Children and Young People**\n- **Communities, Sport and Recreation grants** → moved to the **Department of Premier and Cabinet**\n- The Department of Communities Tasmania itself is then **abolished** (shut down completely)\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Public servants working in these areas (they now work for different departments)\n- People who rely on these services (housing, community grants, sport and recreation funding)\n- The three receiving agencies, which take on new responsibilities\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is a machinery of government change — a bureaucratic restructure that shifts who delivers services without necessarily changing the services themselves. It reflects a decision to split up a department that previously handled housing, community grants, and sport/recreation funding, and distribute those functions to agencies seen as better placed to manage them."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-7-2022","history":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-7-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-7-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-7-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-7-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/state-service-restructuring-order-no-7-2022/documents"}}