Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL ACT 1970 - SECT 2

  (1)   There is hereby established an Office to be known as the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.

  (2)   There shall be a First Parliamentary Counsel and 2 Second Parliamentary Counsel.

  (3)   The Office of Parliamentary Counsel shall consist of the First Parliamentary Counsel, the Second Parliamentary Counsel and the staff referred to in section   16.

  (4)   The First Parliamentary Counsel shall, under the Minister, control the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.

  (5)   For the purposes of the finance law (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 ):

  (a)   the Office of Parliamentary Counsel is a listed entity; and

  (b)   the First Parliamentary Counsel is the accountable authority of the Office; and

  (c)   the persons referred to in subsection   ( 3) are officials of the Office; and

  (d)   the purposes of the Office include the functions of the Office referred to in section   3.