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	Parliamentary Counsel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Parliamentary Counsel are counsel (that is, lawyers, usually barristers) who are employed to draft legislation for Parliament.
		In the United Kingdom, they are organised by the Parliamentary Counsel Office.
		In the Republic of Ireland, there is an Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to Government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parliamentary_Counsel (92 words)

	Office of the Attorney General - Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Government
		The mission of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Government (OPC) is to draft Bills on behalf of the Government, and statutory instruments on behalf of the Government and Ministers of the Government, to a consistently high standard.
		Deirbhle Murphy to the position of Chief Parliamentary Counsel in the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Government with effect from 1 June 2003.
		The function of the GLC is to assist the Government in fixing legislative priorities for the forthcoming Parliamentary session and to oversee the implementation of the Government legislation programme.
	www.attorneygeneral.ie /pco/pco.html (1286 words)

	Attorney General - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Attorney General for England and Wales is similarly the chief law officer of the Crown in England and Wales, and advises and represents the Crown and government departments in court.
		The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to Government is a constituent department of the Office of the Attorney General.
		In the Federal Government of the United States, the Attorney General is a member of the Cabinet and as head of the Department of Justice is the top law enforcement officer and lawyer for the government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Attorney_General (1641 words)

	Attorney General (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The office of the Attorney General was by the Constitution of India and attorneys general have the right participate in the proceedings of the Parliament though not to vote.
		The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to Government is a constituent department of the of the Attorney General.
		In the Federal Government of the United States the Attorney General is a member of the Cabinet and is the top law enforcement and lawyer for the government.
	www.freeglossary.com /Attorney_General (845 words)

	Dail Debates Official Report - 06-02-01
		There are seven vacancies for assistant parliamentary counsel at the moment, one at the grade I level and six at grade II level.
		The salary for assistant parliamentary counsel grade II is £37,878 to £48,676.
		The offices of the Taoiseach and Tánaiste are excluded from these regulations and the Minister for Finance and the Taoiseach were given authority to sanction the appointments and salaries of advisers in these Departments.
	www.irlgov.ie /debates-01/6feb/sect1.htm (10301 words)

	Parliamentary Counsel Office - Role of the PCO
		The PCO is constituted as a separate Office of Parliament by the Statutes Drafting and Compilation Act 1920.
		The Chief Parliamentary Counsel is responsible to the Attorney-General under the Public Finance Act 1989 for the financial management and financial performance of the PCO.
		The Attorney-General is the senior Law Officer of the Crown with principal responsibility for the Government's administration of the law.
	www.pco.parliament.govt.nz /corporatefile/summary.shtml (756 words)

	Parliamentary Counsel Office: drafting the law. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Office of the Clerk: The position of Clerk of the House of Representatives is one of the oldest...
		Government and Opposition: There is a tradition of thinking that asserts that ideas change with...
		A Parliamentary Counsel will attend a committee’s confidential consideration of a bill to advise the committee on drafting and to draft the committee’s amendments.
	www.decisionmaker.co.nz /guide2003/hpw/draftlaws.html (565 words)

	Assistant Parliamentary Counsel (Grade II)
		The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Government, which is a constituent part of the Office of the Attorney General, will shortly be looking for Solicitors or Barristers interested in developing their careers in a challenging and modern legal environment.
		The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Government is responsible for the drafting of Government Bills and Government Orders and for the drafting or settling of most statutory instruments made by Ministers of the Government.
		Initially, the Assistant Parliamentary Counsel Grade II will work with senior colleagues on drafts and gradually begin to work on his or her own initiative.
	www.attorneygeneral.ie /footer/Assist_PC_Grade2_rec_09062005.html (536 words)

	History of the Parliamentary Counsel Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Eventually, on 8th February 1869, a Treasury Minute was issued establishing the PCO and appointing Thring as its full-time head, with the title of Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury.
		A third Parliamentary Counsel was appointed in 1917 and a fourth in 1930.
		At that time the PCO was attached to the new Department and changed its name from 'Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury'.
	www.parliamentary-counsel.gov.uk /history/pco.aspx (333 words)

	CLO - About Us - Law Officers of the Crown
		The offices of Attorney-General and Solicitor-General retain the responsibility of being the principal legal advisers to the government and representatives in court.
		The second is that of a Minister of the Crown with ministerial responsibility for the Crown Law Office, the Serious Fraud Office and the Parliamentary Counsel Office.
		The Solicitor-General holds office as an official of government and is also the Chief Executive of the Crown Law Office.
	www.crownlaw.govt.nz /pagepub/docs/about/officers.asp (413 words)

	WebLaw - Government
		The Local Government Association of the Northern Territory (LGANT) is a peak organisation representing the interests of Local Government in the Northern Territory.
		The Association is not a government body, but is an independent, membership-based group representing and supporting the work and the interests of 144 Local Governments statewide.
		The Australian Local Government Association is the national voice of local government, representing 673 councils across the country.
	www.weblaw.edu.au /weblaw/display_page.phtml?WebLaw_Page=Government (3328 words)

	The Justice Portfolio
		Offices of the Attorney-General's Department are located throughout the state of South Australia.
		The Chief Executive's office is located in the central business district of Adelaide.
		The Chief Executive's office is staffed from 8.30 AM to 5.30 PM Monday to Friday.
	www.justice.sa.gov.au /agency_show.asp?id=29 (90 words)

	Parliamentary Counsel Office - Homepage
		The Parliamentary Counsel are a specialised team of lawyers based in Whitehall.
		Their main work is drafting Government Bills for introduction into Parliament and related Parliamentary business.
		Parliamentary Counsel also draft certain Orders in Council and other subordinate legislation when specially instructed.
	www.parliamentary-counsel.gov.uk (153 words)

	Parliamentary Counsel
		The primary function of the Parliamentary Counsel's Office is to develop and draft legislation for introduction into Parliament in accordance with the Government's legislative programme.
		The first Parliamentary Draftsman - by which title the office was known prior to December 1970 - was appointed in August 1856 to draft legislation under the direction of the Attorney General.
		On 1 July 1991 the Parliamentary Counsel became responsible to the Premier to whom the Office reports through the Cabinet Office.
	www.records.nsw.gov.au /cguide/pr/parlco.htm (273 words)

	Lords Hansard text for 8 Feb 2000 (200208w03)
		(a) The Government's primary legislation is mainly drafted by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.
		In these cases, the drafting is done by Counsel on secondment from the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.
		Some Government Bills extending only to Northern Ireland are drafted by the Office of the Legislative Counsel in Belfast by arrangement with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/ld199900/ldhansrd/vo000208/text/00208w03.htm (1604 words)

	The Attorney General's Ministry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is headed by the Attorney General who is of cabinet rank and has ministerial responsibility for the Judiciary, the Registrar General's Office, the Solicitor General's Office, the Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel and Law Revision, the Family Court, and the International Merchant Marine (IMMARBE).
		To provide the administrative support necessary for the efficient functioning of the Solicitor General's Office, the Chief Parliamentary Council and Law Revision office, the family court, the General Registry and the Judiciary (Court of Appeals, Supreme Court, Magistracy Department).
		The Department is staffed with the Chief Parliamentary Counsel, the Law Revision Counsel, and one Parliamentary Counsel.
	www.belize.gov.bz /cabinet/g_smith/welcome.shtml (572 words)

	Appointment of Stephen Laws as First Parliamentary Counsel
		The Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Stephen Laws CB to succeed Sir Geoffrey Bowman KCB, as First Parliamentary Counsel with effect from 1 August 2006.
		He was a legal assistant at the Home Office from 1975 to 1976, joining the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel in 1976.
		The First Parliamentary Counsel is at permanent secretary level.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/page8953.asp (217 words)

	DETE - Address by Minister Michéal Martin on Private Members Motion Dail Eireann (Whistleblowers Protection Bill)
		The Government amendments raised a number of detailed and complex issues which, according to the advice of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Government, would require substantial re-drafting of the Bill.
		The Government decided in June 2002, to restore to the Dáil Order Paper, the 1999 draft Bill - as part of a number of pieces of draft legislation circulated by the Chief Whip on 10 June 2002.
		Against the above background, I ask the House on behalf of the Government, to support the Government in its decisions to proceed on a case by case basis with appropriate whistleblowing provisions, as either enacted by this House or currently before this House, rather than await the possible resolution of wider complex legal issues.
	www.entemp.ie /press/2006/20060307a.htm (2349 words)

	Parliament of Australia: Senate: Publications: Odgers' Guide to Australian Senate Practice - Eleventh Edition - Chapter ...
		For cases of bills stated by government not to be bills imposing taxation, but treated by the Senate as bills imposing taxation, see above, under When requests are required: (a) bills imposing taxation.
		Until late 1994 it was the practice of the Office of Parliamentary Counsel (the government drafters) to place marks on the bottom right hand corner of the first page of bills to indicate a view of their category.
		Usually this arises because of inconsistent interpretations by government advisers of the constitutional provisions.
	www.aph.gov.au /senate/pubs/odgers/chap1313.htm (536 words)

	The Australian Federal Constitution: Net Resources (Discussion #5)
		In the House of Representatives, this development put an end to 'responsible government' as it was understood by the founders, in that governments and Prime Ministers came to control the House through their assurance of a controlled party majority.
		Governments became accustomed to using their control of the House to suppress all legislative activity in that forum.
		Of course the government is elected to govern in the sense that, once the ministry is commissioned, the government can use the vast range of legislation on the statute book and deploy all the resources of the public service to pursue its policies.
	www-personal.edfac.usyd.edu.au /staff/souters/constitution/others.html (11833 words)

	DETE - Speech by the Minister for Labour Affairs Mr. Tony Killeen T.D. on the Government Motion on the Whistleblowers ...
		Arising from the above, my colleague the Government Chief Whip, Tom Kitt, the then Minister for Labour, Trade and Consumer Affairs, announced in the Dáil on 15 June 1999, that he fully supported any meaningful measures to increase the protection of workers and, therefore, would not be opposing the referral of the Bill to Committee.
		In July 2000, following examination of the Bill, this Department, in consultation with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Government, circulated a draft Memorandum for Government to all Government Departments.
		These pieces of legislation were the subject of lengthy discussions during their passage through the Houses, during which the Opposition Parties would have had the opportunity to raise any concerns they might have had in relation to workers who might want to “whistleblow” in good faith.
	www.entemp.ie /press/2006/20060404a.htm (2598 words)

	Office of the House Clerk-Position Descriptions
		Responsible for the daily management of the House Clerk's Office and insures the proper processing of legislation according to statute and rule.
		Represents the Clerk's Office at all formal and informal educational, training, service/contract related and ceremonial gatherings where the duties of the Clerk's Office and legislative procedure require explanation.
		Responsibilities include the daily recording and posting of all actions relating to legislative proceedings; assisting in the House of Representatives floor operations; presiding over the procedure by which legislation, amendments, and other legislative terms are entered into the legislative indices; correspondence and help desk services to Representatives, Senators, agencies and the public.
	www.cga.ct.gov /hco/positions.htm (722 words)

	The Crown Law Office - New Zealand E-government Programme
		The Crown Law Office (CLO) provides legal advice and representation services to the government in matters affecting the Executive Government, particularly in the areas of criminal, public and administrative law.
		CLO does not develop policy, and the services it provides are specifically for government.
		CLO is also considering a secure website to enable government agencies and crown solicitors to have improved access to specific CLO information.
	www.e.govt.nz /resources/research/ready-access-2004/chapter5.2.html (752 words)

	Government Representation at Holland & Knight LLP
		Our Government Representation attorneys assist over 300 local and state governments, including, municipalities, counties, planning and zoning commissions, and international and tribal authorities, regulatory and administrative agencies of all varieties.
		Over the years, we have developed relationships and credibility with a large network of state and local government officials and representatives, enabling us to efficiently and effectively represent private sector businesses in their interaction with governments.
		The Lawyers resident in all offices, unless otherwise indicated in an individual attorney biography, are not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
	www.hklaw.com /Practice/Practice.asp?PAID=416 (296 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: G. Hart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Initially, his draft letter to Parliamentary Counsel reflected the points that were agreed on at that meeting, but he deliberately veered off that safe and well-travelled road into a mine field, unexpectedly raising the issue of the retrospectivity of genocide as an extradition crime.
		The only matter on the agenda of the meeting of 14 June 1968, chaired by Hart, was "A draft letter to Parliamentary Counsel, prepared by Mr.
		On 17 June, the instructions to Parliamentary Counsel on the drafting of the Genocide Convention Bill, drafted by Hart, were sent under the signature of Sir Kenneth Jones, the Legal Adviser of the Home Office to Sir Noël Hutton of the Parliamentary Counsel Office at 36 Whitehall.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Hart_G._453180587.htm (818 words)

	Hinshaw & Culbertson \| Practices \| Government
		Hinshaw is highly experienced in all aspects of local government organization and operations, including general and bond elections, election contests, conflict of interest laws applicable to local government officers and contracts, annexations, budgets and appropriations, meeting requirements and parliamentary procedure, and publication requirements for legal notices.
		For its municipal clients, Hinshaw also provides counsel on environmental issues and legislative advocacy services, including drafting legislation, lobbying before governmental entities, working with legislatures in promoting legislative changes and securing government funding assistance.
		Hinshaw represents companies before all levels of government, and has significant experience in handling bid protests, claims and defective pricing litigation in the federal courts.
	www.hinshawculbertson.com /practices/practice_detail.aspx?id=766 (404 words)

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