35   Abolition of Department of Information Technology and Management and transfer of branches

(1)  The Office of Information Technology is removed from the Department of Information Technology and Management and added to the Department of Commerce.

(2)  The Forestry Industry Structural Adjustment Unit is removed from the Department of Information Technology and Management and added to the Department of Sustainable Natural Resources.

(3)  The group of staff comprising the Office of Western Sydney in the Department of Information Technology and Management are removed from that Department and added to the Department of State and Regional Development.

(4)  All other branches are removed from the Department of Information Technology and Management and added to the Department of Lands.

(5)  The Department of Information Technology and Management is abolished as a Department of the Public Service.

(6)  In any document, a reference to the Department of Information Technology and Management is to be construed:

(a)  if used in relation to the Office of Information Technology, as a reference to the Department of Commerce, or

(b)  if used in relation to the Forestry Industry Structural Adjustment Unit, as a reference to the Department of Sustainable Natural Resources, or

(c)  if used in relation to the Office of Western Sydney, as a reference to the Office of Western Sydney, Department of State and Regional Development, or

(d)  in any other case, as a reference to the Department of Lands.