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Agency:
Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources
Agency Number:
Start Date:
18 Sep 1998
End Date:
30 Jun 2014
Description:
The incoming Labor government restructured the Tasmanian State Service on 18 September 1998. The Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources was created by amalgamating the Department of Transport, Mineral Resources Tasmania, Private Forests Tasmania, the Workplace Standards Authority, that part of the Local Government Office dealing with building, plumbing and related matters, and Racing Tasmania. The Department was merged with the Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts on 1 July 2014 to form the Department of State Growth.
Legislation Administered:
Statutory rules 1998 No. 124 pp. 1312-1316 and 1326-1327;;Beauty Point Landslip Act 1970; Forestry (Fair Contract Codes) Act 2001; Lawrence Vale Landslip Act 1961; Mineral Resources Development Act 1995; Mining (Strategic Prospectivity Zones) Act 1993; Private Forests Act 1994; Rosetta Landslip Act 1992; Electricity - National Scheme (Tasmanis) Act 1999; Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995; Electricity Supply Industry Restructuring (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Act 1995; Electricity Wayleaves and Easements Act 2000; Energy Co-ordination and Planning Act 1995; Gas Act 2000; Gas Pipelines Access (Tasmania) Act 2000; Gas Pipelines Act 2000; Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982; Abt Railway Development Act 1999; Aerodrome Fees Act 2002; Air Navigation Act 1937; Burnie to Waratah Railway Act 1939; Civil Aviation (Carrier's Liability) Act 1963; Common Carriers Act 1874; Commonwealth Powers (Air Transport) Act 1952; Damage by Aircraft Act 1963; Emu Bay Railway Acts 1965 and 1976;Highways Act 1951; Marine and Safety Authority Act 1997; Metro Tasmania (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997; Metro Tasmania Act 1997; Motor Vehicles Securities Act 1984; Passenger Transport (Consequential and Transitional) Act 1997; Passenger Transport (Transitional Regulations Validation) Act 2002; Passenger Transport Act 1997; Port Companies Act 1997; Printing Authority of Tasmania Act 1994; Rail Safety Act 1997; railway Management Act (Repeal) Act 1997; Roads and Jetties Act 1935; Tamanian Ports Corporation Act 2005; Taxi and Luxury Hire Car Industries Act 1995; Traffic Act 1925; Transport Act 1981; TT-ZLine Arrangments Act 1993; Van Dieman's Land Company's Waratah and Zeehan Railway Acts 1896, 1896 and 1948; Vehicle and Traffic (Transitional and Consequential) Act 1999; Vehicle and Trafffic Act 1999; Lyons Trust Act 1993; Racing Regulation Act 2004; Racing Regulation (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2004; Repeal of Racing Regulation Regulations Postponement Act 2003; TOTE Tasmania Act 2000; TOTE Tasmania (Racing Regulation) Act 2004; TOTE Tasmania (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2000.
Legislation Creating:
Statutory Rules 1998 No. 122
Legislation Abolishing Agency:
State Service (Restructuring) Order (No. 2) 2014 (S.R. 2014, No. 53)
Subsequent Agencies:
Department of State Growth (TA2061)01 Jul 2014
Series Created By Agency:
TC1 Staff Files.01 Jan 193931 Dec 2003