Governing the City State - Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate ...

Administrative ArrangementsThe Department was formed as the Attorney-General’s Department at self government, withthe current title of the Department adopted in April 1998. Since then, a number of functionshave been transferred in and out including:• Youth Justice from the Department of Education and Training (DET) in August 1999,subsequently transferred to DHCS in December 2007;• the Emergency Services Agency, created in July 2004, was absorbed in June 2006; and• the Office of Regulatory Services was created in April 2007.In addition to the Department, the portfolio includes:• ACT Corrective Services;• ACT Electoral Commission;• ACT Government Solicitor;• ACT Law Courts and Tribunals Administration;• ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office;• Director of Public Prosecutions;• Human Rights Commission;• Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission;• Legal Aid Commission of the ACT;• Ombudsman of the ACT;• Public Advocate of the ACT;• Public Trustee for the ACT; and• Victims Support ACT.Proposed ChangesThe Review recommends:• the role of the Office of Regulatory Services be expanded to include:o occupational licensing from ACTPLA;o the Traffic Camera Office from TAMS; ando transport regulation and licensing from TAMS;• Justice assume responsibility from TAMS for road safety policy, and driver and vehiclelicensing from TAMS.IssuesOffice of Regulatory ServicesThe Office of Regulatory Services (ORS) was established at the 2006-07 Budget to provide asingle coordinated point of regulation and enforcement of a number of activities previouslyprovided by several areas of government. ORS undertakes licensing, registration andAdministrative Arrangements Changes: 145