(1)  Tasmania Development and Resources, Tourism Tasmania and the following parts of Government departments are amalgamated to form a Government department to be called the Department of State Development:

(a) Major Projects Tasmania, part of the Department of Premier and Cabinet;

(b) the Office of Sport and Recreation, part of the Department of Education;

(c) the Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, part of the Department of Education;

(d) the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, part of the Department of Education;

(e) the Office of Antarctic Affairs, part of the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.

(2)  The Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries and the Government Analytical and Forensic Laboratory, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, are amalgamated with the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.

(3)  Private Forests Tasmania, the Department of Transport, the Workplace Standards Authority and the following parts of Government departments are amalgamated to form a Government department to be called the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources:

(a) Mineral Resources Tasmania, part of the Department of State Development;

(b) that part of the Local Government Office within the Department of Premier and Cabinet which deals with building, plumbing and related matters;

(c) Racing Tasmania, part of the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.

(4)  TAFE Tasmania and the Tasmanian Secondary Assessment Board are amalgamated with the Department of Education.

(5)  The Tasmania Fire Service is amalgamated with the Department of Health and Human Services.

(6)  The following parts of Government departments are amalgamated with the Department of Justice and Industrial Relations:

(a) the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Tribunal, part of the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources;

(b) the Tasmanian Industrial Commission, part of the Department of Premier and Cabinet;

(c) the Office of the Enterprise Commissioner, part of the Department of Premier and Cabinet;

(d) the Industrial Relations Branch, part of the Department of Premier and Cabinet.

(7)  The following parts of Government departments are amalgamated with the Department of Premier and Cabinet:

(a) the Office of the Status of Women, part of the Department of Education;

(b) the Office of Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs, part of the Department of Education;

(c) the Office of Aboriginal Affairs, part of the Department of Education.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 18 September 1998

This order is administered in the Department of Premier and Cabinet.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the order)

This order effects a restructuring of the State Service by –

(a) changing the name of certain Government departments; and

(b) amalgamating Government departments, State authorities and parts of Government departments –

(i) with other Government departments; and

(ii) to form Government departments.