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Tasmania - Organisation

Department of Justice and Industrial Relations (1998 - c. 2004)

State of Tasmania

From
1998
To
c. 2004
Categories
Government Department

The Department of Justice and Industrial Relations, replaced the Department of Justice in 1998. It included the Supreme Court, Magistrates Courts, Prison Service, Guardianship and Administration Board, Industrial Relations, the Office of the Ombudsman, the Anti-Discrimination Commission, and Elections and Referendums. In 2003, it became the Department of Justice again.

Timeline

 1824 - 1936 Sherriff and Gaols Department
       1901 - 1924 Sherriff and Gaols Department
             1823 - 1856 Law Officers' Establishment
             1936 - 1944 HM Gaols Department
                   1856 - 1901 Attorney General's Department
                   1944 - 1959 Gaols Department
                         1901 - 1983 Attorney-General's Department
                         1959 - 1983 Prisons Department
                               1983 - c. 1992 Law Department
                                     c. 1992 - 1998 Department of Justice
                                           1998 - c. 2004 Department of Justice and Industrial Relations
                                                 c. 2004 - Department of Justice

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Prepared by: Caroline Evans