Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The functions of the Office of Parliamentary Counsel are:
(a) the drafting of proposed laws for introduction into either House of the Parliament; and
(b) the drafting of amendments of proposed laws that are being considered by either House of the Parliament; and
(c) the drafting of subordinate legislation; and
(d) the preparing of compilations and reprints of, and information relating to, laws of the Commonwealth; and
(e) the publishing, and the making of arrangements for the printing and publishing, of:
(i) laws, and proposed laws, of the Commonwealth; and
(ii) compilations and reprints of laws of the Commonwealth; and
(iii) information relating to laws of the Commonwealth; and
(f) the preparing and publishing of Government Notices Gazettes, including Special and Periodic Gazettes; and
(g) functions conferred on the Office (or on First Parliamentary Counsel) under the Legislation Act 2003 and any other laws of the Commonwealth; and
(h) with the written approval of the Minister--the provision of assistance to a foreign country in relation to the drafting, printing or publishing of laws of the country or information relating to those laws; and
(i) functions conferred by the regulations; and
(j) functions incidental to any of the preceding functions.
(2) The fact that an activity is within the functions of the Office of Parliamentary Counsel does not of itself exclude other persons or bodies from engaging in the activity. However, directions under section 55ZF of the Judiciary Act 1903 may affect the extent to which other persons or bodies may engage in the activity.
(3) An approval under paragraph ( 1)(h) is not a legislative instrument.
(4) In this section:
"laws" of the Commonwealth include Acts and subordinate legislation.
"publishing" includes publishing electronically.
"subordinate legislation" includes:
(a) Ordinances, Proclamations, regulations, rules and other legislative instruments made under laws of the Commonwealth; and
(b) other instruments that:
(i) are made under laws of the Commonwealth; or
(ii) have or are given the force of Commonwealth law; or
(iii) are otherwise related to, or have effect for the purposes of, laws of the Commonwealth.