- Parliamentary Counsel
Parliamentary Counsel are
counsel (that is,lawyer s) who are employed to draftlegislation forParliament .In the
United Kingdom , there is theParliamentary Counsel Office , which drafts legislation for theParliament of the United Kingdom , and theOffice of the Scottish Parliamentary Counsel , which drafts legislation for theScottish Parliament .In the
Republic of Ireland , there is anOffice of the Parliamentary Counsel to Government .In Australia, each State, Territory and the Federal government has an Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.
In the United Kingdom, the PCO is located at 36 Whitehall next to Horseguards' Parade.
External links
* [http://www.opc.gov.au/calc/ Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel]
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