(1) There shall be an office of Parliament to be called the Parliamentary Counsel Office.
(2) The Parliamentary Counsel Office shall be under the control of the Attorney-General. If during any period there shall be no Minister of the Crown who is Attorney-General, the office shall during such period be under the control of the Prime Minister.
The words “Parliamentary Counsel Office”
were substituted, as from 21 November 1973, for the words “Law Drafting Office”
by section 2(2)(a) of the Statutes Drafting and Compilation Amendment Act 1973 (1973 No 102).