34   Abolition of Department of Public Works and Services and transfer of branches

(1)  The group of staff in the Department of Public Works and Services who, in the opinion of the Director-General of the Premier’s Department, are principally responsible for asset and procurement policy are removed from that Department and added to the Treasury.

(2)  All other branches are removed from the Department of Public Works and Services and added to the Department of Commerce.

(3)  The Department of Public Works and Services is abolished as a Department of the Public Service.

(4)  In any document, a reference to the Department of Public Works and Services is to be construed:

(a)  if used in relation to that part of the Department referred to in subclause (1), as a reference to the Treasury, or

(b)  in any other case, as a reference to the Department of Commerce.