Function Term:
Sport and recreation
Function Number:
Function Description:
Development and promotion of sport, fitness, general physical activity and leisure opportunities for the general community. Includes financial support and government involvement in local, national and international sporting and recreational events. Also includes specialist programs for athletes and drug monitoring in sport. See CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE for management of sporting and recreational facilities. For management of the gaming industry, see FINANCE MANAGEMENT.
Non - Government - For records of sporting and recreational organisations and individuals involved see RECREATION AND SPORTING CLUBS
Agencies Performing Function:
Salmon Commissioners (TA45) | 01 Jan 1861 | 31 Dec 1889 |
Commissioners of Fisheries (TA44) | 28 Oct 1889 | 11 Dec 1925 |
Scenery Preservation Office (TA29) | 01 Jan 1915 | 31 Dec 1971 |
Scenery Preservation Board (TA27) | 26 Nov 1915 | 01 Nov 1971 |
National Park Board (TA427) | 01 Jan 1917 | 31 Dec 1947 |
Salmon & Freshwater Fisheries Commission (TA46) | 11 Dec 1925 | 18 Dec 1959 |
Animals and Birds Protection Board (TA28) | 01 Jan 1929 | 31 Dec 1971 |
Cradle Mountain Reserve Board (TA434) | 01 Jan 1930 | 31 Dec 1947 |
Betting Control Board (TA318) | 01 Dec 1932 | 31 Mar 1953 |
Port Arthur and Eaglehawk Neck Reserves Board (TA435) | 01 Jan 1938 | 31 Dec 1947 |
National Fitness Council (TA77) | 01 Jan 1939 |
Mount Barrow Scenic Reserve Board (TA440) | 01 Jan 1940 | 31 Dec 1947 |
Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park Board (TA426) | 01 Jan 1947 | 31 Dec 1968 |
Mount Field National Park Board (TA433) | 01 Jan 1947 | 31 Dec 1968 |
Port Arthur Scenic Reserves Board (TA436) | 01 Jan 1947 | 31 Dec 1950 |
Northern Scenery Board (TA438) | 01 Jan 1947 | 31 Dec 1968 |
Tasmanian Racing Commission (TA319) | 01 Mar 1953 | 31 May 1974 |
Office of the Minister for Racing and Gaming (TA418) | 01 May 1959 | 31 Dec 1989 |
Inland Fisheries Commission (TA43) | 21 Aug 1959 | 15 Dec 1999 |
Tasman Peninsula Board (TA437) | 01 Jan 1962 | 31 Dec 1968 |
Tasmanian Trotting Association (TA1956) | 03 Jun 1962 | 10 Aug 1976 |
Board of Inquiry Into Sunday Observance Act (TA292) | 01 Jan 1966 | 31 Dec 1966 |
South West National Park Board (TA439) | 01 Jan 1968 | 31 Dec 1969 |
National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council (TA30) | 01 Jan 1971 |
National Parks and Wildlife Service (TA26) | 01 Nov 1971 |
Office of the Minister for Sport and Recreation (TA419) | 17 Apr 1974 |
Tasmanian Racing & Gaming Commission (TA924) | 01 May 1974 | 13 Feb 1984 |
South West Advisory Committee (TA472) | 01 Jan 1975 | 31 Dec 1977 |
Racing Trust (TA1959) | 17 Feb 1975 |
Licensing Board of Tasmania (TA354) | 10 Aug 1976 |
Tasmanian Trotting Control Board (TA1957) | 16 Sep 1976 |
Ben Lomond Advisory Committee (TA339) | 01 Jan 1979 |
Totalizator Agency Board (TA1585) | 01 Jan 1983 | 05 Mar 2001 |
Tasmanian Gaming Commission (TA918) | 13 Feb 1984 |
Tasmanian Racing Directorate (TA930) | 13 Feb 1984 | 12 Sep 1990 |
Department of Sport and Recreation (TA388) | 01 Jan 1985 | 31 Dec 1989 |
Tasmanian Institute of Sport (TA1584) | 01 Jan 1985 |
Department of Lands, Parks and Wildlife (TA901) | 01 May 1987 | 17 Jul 1989 |
Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation (TA895) | 17 Jul 1989 | 27 Mar 1996 |
Department of Parks, Wildlife and Heritage (TA913) | 17 Jul 1989 | 02 Feb 1993 |
Sport and Recreation Tasmania (TA2060) | 01 Jan 1990 |
Tasmanian Racing Authority (TA1552) | 12 Sep 1990 | 01 May 1998 |
Office of the Minister for Inland Fisheries (TA1544) | 01 Jan 1992 |
Department of Environment and Land Management (TA1018) | 02 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Parks and Wildlife Service (TA1837) | 02 Feb 1993 |
Wellington Park Management Trust (TA1734) | 10 Sep 1993 |
Office of Sport and Recreation (TA1558) | 27 Mar 1996 |
Racing Tasmania (TA1630) | 01 May 1998 | 01 Dec 1999 |
Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment (TA1542) | 18 Sep 1998 | 05 Apr 2006 |
Office of Racing Integrity (TA1631) | 01 Dec 1999 |
Inland Fisheries Service (TA1740) | 01 Jan 2000 |
Tote Tasmania (TA1632) | 05 Mar 2001 |
Department of Tourism, Parks, Heritage and the Arts (TA1644) | 01 Aug 2002 | 05 Apr 2006 |
Department of Tourism, Arts & the Environment (TA1708) | 05 Apr 2006 | 11 Feb 2008 |
Department of the Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts (TA1752) | 12 Feb 2008 | 30 Jun 2009 |
Tasmanian Racing Board (TA1839) | 01 Jan 2009 | 24 Jun 2009 |
Tasracing (TA1840) | 24 Jun 2009 |
Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (TA1807) | 01 Jul 2009 |
Department of State Growth (TA2061) | 01 Jul 2014 |
Community Sport and Recreation (TA2178) | 01 Jul 2014 |
Department of Communities Tasmania (TA2176) | 01 Jul 2018 |
Sport and Recreation (TA2236) | 01 Jul 2022 |