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Administrative Changes Orders
Historical version for 1 July 2011 to 4 August 2011 (accessed 20 May 2013 at 12:22) Current version
Public Sector Employment and Management (Departmental Amalgamations) Order 2009Public Sector Employment and Management (Departmental Amalgamations) Order 2009Part 3Division 8Subdivision 1

Subdivision 1 Establishment of DSTA and merger with other agencies

27   Establishment of Department of Services, Technology and Administration

(1)  The Department of Services, Technology and Administration is established as a Division of the Government Service.
(2)  The Department is responsible to the following Ministers:
(a)  Minister for Commerce,
(b)  Minister for Fair Trading,
(c)  Minister for Industrial Relations,
(d)  Minister for Small Business,
(e)  Treasurer.

28   Amalgamation of certain Divisions with new Department

(1)  All branches are removed from each of the following Divisions of the Government Service and added to the Department of Services, Technology and Administration:
(a)  Department of Commerce,
(b)  Internal Audit Bureau Division.
(2)  Each of the Divisions referred to in subclause (1) (a) and (b) is abolished as a Division of the Government Service.
(3)  In any document, a reference to any of the Divisions of the Government Service abolished under this clause is to be construed as a reference to the Department of Services, Technology and Administration.
(4)  This clause is subject to clause 14.

29   Transfer of certain other branches to new Department

(1) Transfer of certain DET staff
The group of staff employed in the Department of Education and Training to enable the Teacher Housing Authority to exercise its functions are removed from that Department and added to the Department of Services, Technology and Administration.
(2) Transfer of Retail Tenancy Unit
The Retail Tenancy Unit is removed from the Department of State and Regional Development and added to the Department of Services, Technology and Administration.
(3) Construction of certain references
A reference in the Retail Leases Act 1994 to the Department of State and Regional Development is to be construed as a reference to the Department of Services, Technology and Administration.
(4)  In any other document, a reference to the Department of State and Regional Development is to be construed as a reference to the Department of Services, Technology and Administration if the reference is used in relation to the Retail Tenancy Unit.
(5) Transfer of certain corporate services staff
The groups of staff in the Department of Lands and the Office of the State Property Authority who, in the opinion of the Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, are principally involved in the provision of corporate services and who the Director-General determines are required in connection with the Department of Services, Technology and Administration are removed from the Department of Lands or the Office of the State Property Authority (as the case requires) and added to the Department of Services, Technology and Administration.
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