Agency:
Transport Department
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Nov 1981
End Date:
01 Jul 1990
Description:
To co-ordinate, regulate and control all forms of transport in Tasmania, other than rail services and services operated by the Metropolitan Transport Trust; control of traffic engineering and the Precision Tool Annexe. As part of a general re-organisation of the Tasmanian State Service the Transport Department began to integrate its operation with the Department of Roads and Transport after July 1989, formal amalgamation occurring on 1 July 1990.
Legislation Administered:
Air Navigation Act 1937, Burnie to Waratah Railway Act 1939, Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liabaility) Act 1963, Common Carriers Act 1874, Commonwealth Power (Air Transport) Act 1952, Damage by Aircraft Act 1963
Legislation Creating:
Transport Act 1981
Legislation Abolishing Agency:
1990 S/R No.107 Tasmanian State Service (ReStructuring) Order - Transport Department amalgamated with the Department of Roads and Transport.
Functions Performed:
Transport
Previous Agencies:
| Transport Commission, Road Transport Branch (TA1741) | 01 Jan 1938 | 01 Nov 1981 |
| Transport Commission, Road Transport Services Branch (TA1742) | 01 Jan 1949 | 01 Nov 1981 |
| Transport Commission (TA90) | 01 Jan 1938 | 01 Nov 1981 |
Related Agencies:
| Metropolitan Transport Trust (TA355) | 21 Dec 1954 | 02 Feb 1998 |
Subsequent Agencies:
| Department of Roads and Transport (TA922) | 17 Jul 1989 | 03 Feb 1993 |
Series Created By Agency:
| AE284 Plans of the Mv Mangana Vehicular Ferry | 11 Jun 1929 | 23 May 1930 |
| TC1 Staff Files. | 01 Jan 1939 | 31 Dec 2003 |
| TC22 General Correspondence. | 01 Jan 1946 | 31 Dec 1996 |
| AD852 Registration Certificates and associated Papers for Departmental Vessels. | 01 Jan 1947 | 31 Dec 1983 |
| AB984 Marine Division - General Correspondence. | 01 Jan 1958 | 31 Dec 1993 |
| AD755 Index to General Correspondence. | 01 Jan 1959 | 31 Dec 1996 |
| AD756 Alphabetical Register of File Titles. | 01 Jan 1959 | 31 Dec 1996 |
| AC703 Unregistered Files. | 01 Jan 1979 | 31 Dec 1984 |
| AE308 Reports of the Master of the M V Straitsman | 09 Jun 1983 | 13 Feb 1991 |
| AA443 Secretariat Division - Report on Eye Testing for Vdu Operators and Release Forms in Respect of Refusals to Undergo Eyetesting. | 01 Jan 1985 | 31 Dec 1985 |
| AG352 Major Inquiries | 01 Jan 1985 | 31 Dec 1990 |
| AC704 Plans. | 01 Jan 1989 | 31 Dec 1990 |