Parliamentary Counsel's Office

ACT drafting and publishing practice

PCO strives to provide best-practice drafting and publishing. PCO continually assesses drafting and publishing practice to achieve greater simplicity and clarity and better accessibility. PCO's drafting and publishing practices are set out in the documents published here.

The documents will be updated as drafting and publishing practices evolve.

The following documents provide a guide to ACT drafting and publishing practice:

• Drafting Practice Guide
• Words and Phrases Guide
• Spelling, Abbreviations and Symbols Guide
• Amending Guide
• Technical Amendments Guidelines and Practice Note
• Legislation Act Explanatory Material
• Legislation Act Index
• PCO’s Editorial Renumbering Publishing Practice

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