Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes-Miscellaneous) Order 2015 (NSW)

New South Wales

Administrative Arrangements

(Administrative Changes—Miscellaneous)

Order 2015

under the

Constitution Act 1902

DAVID HURLEY, Governor

I, General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d), Governor of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of Part 7 of the Constitution Act 1902, make the following Order.

Dated, this 2nd day of September 2015.

By His Excellency’s Command,

MIKE BAIRD, MP
Premier
Contents

Page

1	Name of Order	3
2	Commencement	3
3	Abolition of Institute of Sport Staff Agency	3
4	Amendment of Schedule 1 to Government Sector Employment Act 2013
(Public Service agencies)	3
5	Construction of references in Skills Board Act 2013	3
6	Construction of references in certain water legislation	3
7	Amendment of Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—
Public Service Agencies) Order (No 2) 2015	4

Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—

Miscellaneous) Order 2015

under the

Constitution Act 1902

1      Name of Order

This Order is the Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—
Miscellaneous) Order 2015.

2      Commencement

(1)	This Order commences on 2 September 2015 (except as provided by subclause (2)) and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.
(2)	Clause 7 is taken to have commenced on 1 July 2015.

3      Abolition of Institute of Sport Staff Agency

(1)	The persons employed in the Institute of Sport Staff Agency are transferred to the Office of Sport.
(2)	The Institute of Sport Staff Agency is abolished.
(3)	A reference in any Act or statutory or other instrument, or in any contract or agreement to the Institute of Sport Staff Agency is to be construed as a reference to the Office of Sport.

4 Amendment of Schedule 1 to Government Sector Employment Act 2013 (Public Service agencies)

Part 2 Executive agencies related to Departments

Omit the matter relating the Institute of Sport Staff Agency.

5 Construction of references in Skills Board Act 2013

A reference in section 5 (1) (b) of the Skills Board Act 2013 to the Chief Executive of the Office of Education, Department of Education and Communities is to be construed as a reference to the Secretary of the Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development.

6      Construction of references in certain water legislation

(1)	The reference in section 52 of the Hunter Water Act 1991 to the Director of the Department of Water Resources is to be construed as a reference to the Secretary of the Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development.
(2)	The reference to the Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability in the definition of Department in the Dictionary to the Water Industry Competition Act 2006 is to be construed as a reference to the Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development.
(3)	The reference to the Director-General of the Department in the definition of Director-General in the Dictionary to the Water Industry Competition Act 2006 is to be construed as a reference to the Secretary of the Department (as defined in that Act).
(4)	The reference to the Director-General of the Department of Water and Energy in paragraph (b) of the definition of relevant Department Head in clause 2 (3) of Schedule 2 to the Water Industry Competition (General) Regulation 2008 is to be construed as a reference to the Secretary of the Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development.

7      Amendment of Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order (No 2) 2015

(1) Clause 5 Ministers to whom Public Service agencies responsible

Omit “Minister for Veterans Affairs” from the matter relating to the Department of

Justice in clause 5 (1).

(2)	Clause 5 (2)
Insert “Minister for Planning” before “Minister for the Environment” in the matter relating to the Office of Environment and Heritage.
(3)	Clause 19 Effect of abolition of Public Service agency
Omit “and a continuation of the abolished agency”.
Insert instead “of the abolished agency and, in the case of the Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development, also a continuation of the abolished agency”.