Functions of Government
The structure and functions of the Departments were re-organised with effect from 1 April 2010. The existing Departments, except the Treasury and the Departments of Education and Home Affairs, were dissolved, and the Department of Education was renamed "the Department of Education and Children". The Departments and their functions are now as follows:
- Treasury
- taxation, internal audit, currency, census, elections
- Department of Community, Culture and Leisure
- passenger transport, culture, sport and recreation
- Department of Economic Development
- tourism, employment, merchant shipping, civil aviation, trade, industry, intellectual property, companies, information technology, e-business, financial services
- Department of Education and Children
- education
- Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture
- agriculture, fisheries, animal health and welfare, plant health, food safety, burial and cremation, water pollution, environmental health, medicinal products
- Department of Health
- health services
- Department of Home Affairs
- police, fire services, prisons, probation, emergency planning, civil defence
- Department of Infrastructure
- local government, road traffic, highways, harbours, airports, health and safety at work, planning and conservation, building control, waste disposal, public utilities, mines and minerals, licensing and registration of vehicles
- Department of Social Care
- social services, social security, mental health, social housing
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