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Public Sector Employment and Management (Planning and Natural Resources) Order 2005

Public Sector Employment and Management (Planning and Natural Resources) Order 2005

Gazette No 108 of 26.8.2005, p 6383

1   Name of Order

This Order is the Public Sector Employment and Management (Planning and Natural Resources) Order 2005.

2   Commencement

This Order commences on 29 August 2005.

3   Definition

In this Order:

document means any Act or statutory instrument, or any other instrument, or any contract or agreement.

4   Establishment of Department of Planning

The Department of Planning is established as a Department of the Public Service responsible to the Minister for Planning.

5   Establishment of Department of Natural Resources

The Department of Natural Resources is established as a Department of the Public Service responsible to the Minister for Natural Resources.

6   Abolition of Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources and transfer of branches

(1)  All branches (other than the staff referred to in subclauses (2)–(6)) are removed from the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources and added to the Department of Planning.
(2)  The following are removed from the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources and added to the Department of Natural Resources:
(a)  the Corporate Services Branch and the Finance Branch,
(b)  such staff in the Government and Executive Coordination Unit as the Director-General of the Premier’s Department determines are required in connection with the Department of Natural Resources,
(c)  such staff in the Media and Communications Branch as the Director-General of the Premier’s Department determines are required in connection with the Department of Natural Resources,
(d)  such staff who, in the opinion of the Director-General of the Premier’s Department, are principally involved in the administration of legislation administered by the Minister for Natural Resources.
(3)  The group of staff in the Office of Major Projects in the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources who, in the opinion of the Director-General of the Premier’s Department, are principally involved in major infrastructure and project coordination are removed from the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources and added to the Premier’s Department.
(4)  The group of staff in the Metropolitan Water Directorate in the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources who, in the opinion of the Director-General of the Premier’s Department, are principally involved in the administration of the Metropolitan Water Strategy (policy and implementation) are removed from the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources and added to the Cabinet Office.
(5)  The group of staff in the Transport Network Unit of the Transport Information Branch in the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources who, in the opinion of the Director-General of the Premier’s Department, are principally involved in providing transport network advice are removed from the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources and added to the Ministry of Transport.
(6)  The group of staff in the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources who, in the opinion of the Director-General of the Premier’s Department, are principally involved in the administration of the Electricity Demand Management Project are removed from the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources and added to the Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability.
(7)  The Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources is abolished as a Department of the Public Service.
(8)  In any document, a reference to the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources is to be construed:
(a)  if used in relation to the group of staff referred to in subclause (2), as a reference to the Department of Natural Resources, or
(b)  if used in relation to the group of staff referred to in subclause (3), as a reference to the Premier’s Department, or
(c)  if used in relation to the group of staff referred to in subclause (4), as a reference to the Cabinet Office, or
(d)  if used in relation to the group of staff referred to in subclause (5), as a reference to the Ministry of Transport, or
(e)  if used in relation to the group of staff referred to in subclause (6), as a reference to the Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability, or
(f)  in any other case, as a reference to the Department of Planning.

7   Amendment of Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002

Schedule 1 (Departments) to the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002

(Clause 7)

[1]   Schedule 1 Departments

Omit the following matter:
  

Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources

Director-General of the Department

[2]   Schedule 1

Insert in alphabetical order of Departments:
  

Department of Natural Resources

Director-General of the Department

Department of Planning

Director-General of the Department

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