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Administrative Changes Orders
Historical version for 28 March 2011 to 2 April 2011 (accessed 25 May 2013 at 21:36) Current version
Public Sector Employment and Management (Departmental Amalgamations) Order 2009Public Sector Employment and Management (Departmental Amalgamations) Order 2009Part 3Division 8Subdivision 2

Subdivision 2 Land and Property Management Authority

30   Establishment of Land and Property Management Authority

(1)  The Land and Property Management Authority is established as a Division of the Government Service.
(2)  The Division is responsible to the following Ministers:
(a)  Minister for Finance,
(b)  Minister for the Hunter,
(c)  Minister for Lands.
(d)  (Repealed)

31   Amalgamation of certain Divisions with new Division

(1)  All branches are removed from each of the following Divisions of the Government Service and added to the Land and Property Management Authority:
(a)  Department of Lands,
(b)  Office of the State Property Authority.
(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 Land and Property Management Authority.
(4)  In any document, a reference to the Director-General of the Department of Lands is to be construed as a reference to the Chief Executive of the Land and Property Management Authority.
(5)  This clause is subject to clause 29 (5).

32   Transfer of certain other branches to new Division

(1) Transfer of Hunter Development Corporation staff
The group of staff employed in the Department of Planning to enable the Hunter Development Corporation to exercise its functions are removed from that Department and added to the Land and Property Management Authority.
(2)  A reference, in the Growth Centres (Development Corporations) Act 1974:
(a)  to the Director-General of the Department of Planning is to be construed as a reference to the Chief Executive of the Land and Property Management Authority, or
(b)  to the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning (required by previous orders to be construed as a reference to the Department of Planning) is to be construed as a reference to the Land and Property Management Authority,
      if the reference is used in relation to the Hunter Development Corporation.
(3)  A reference in any other document to the Department of Planning is to be construed as a reference to the Land and Property Management Authority if the reference is used in relation to the Hunter Development Corporation.
(4) Transfer of Office of Biofuels
The Office of Biofuels is removed from the Department of State and Regional Development and added to the Land and Property Management Authority.
(5) Construction of certain references
A reference, in the Biofuel (Ethanol Content) Act 2007:
(a)  to the Department of State and Regional Development is to be construed as a reference to the Land and Property Management Authority, or
(b)  to the Director-General of the Department of State and Regional Development is to be construed as a reference to the Chief Executive of the Land and Property Management Authority.
(6)  A reference in any other document to the Department of State and Regional Development is to be construed as a reference to the Land and Property Management Authority if the reference is used in relation to the Office of Biofuels.
(7) Transfer of certain DECC staff
The group of staff in the Department of Environment and Climate Change who, in the opinion of the Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, are principally involved in the administration of the Lake Illawarra Authority Act 1987 are removed from the Department of Environment and Climate Change and added to the Land and Property Management Authority.
(8) Construction of certain reference
The reference in section 7 (2) of the Lake Illawarra Authority Act 1987 to an officer of the Department of Land and Water Conservation nominated by the Director of that Department is to be construed as a reference to a member of staff of the Land and Property Management Authority nominated by the Chief Executive of the Authority.
(9) Transfer of certain staff in Office of Strategic Lands
Such staff in the Office of Strategic Lands in the Department of Planning as the Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet determines are required in connection with the Land and Property Management Authority are removed from the Department of Planning and added to the Land and Property Management Authority.
(10)  A reference in any document to the Department of Planning is to be construed as a reference to the Land and Property Management Authority if the reference is used in relation to the group of staff referred to in subclause (9).
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