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About PCO > What we do
We are here to
- draft legislation (mainly Acts, regulations and rules of court) for
the ACT Government, individual members of the Legislative Assembly and
ACT courts
- analyse legislative proposals and provide advice to clients on their
policy, legal and constitutional implications and on alternative ways
of achieving policy objectives
- draft amendments of legislation being considered by the Assembly
- arrange for printing of ACT bills and subordinate legislation
- ensure that the Legislation Act 2001 remains a high-quality,
easily understood source of the law dealing with the 'life cycle' of
legislation
- prepare republications and annual volumes of ACT legislation, tables
and other information about ACT legislation, and arrange to make them
available in printed and electronic form
- manage the technical amendments program for ACT legislation to ensure,
as far as practicable, ACT legislation forms a cohesive statute book
of the highest standard
- edit republished legislation using the Legislation Act 2001
to ensure, as far as practicable, ACT legislation reflects current legislative
drafting practice
- notify new legislation and legislative instruments on the ACT legislation
register
- maintain the ACT legislation register to facilitate public access
to up-to-date, authorised ACT legislation.
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