New Zealand Legislation: Acts

6 Chief Parliamentary Counsel, and Compiler of Statutes

• (1) The chief officer of the Bill Drafting Department shall be called the Chief Parliamentary Counsel. There shall be appointed one or more Parliamentary Counsel. The Chief Parliamentary Counsel and the Parliamentary Counsel shall be principal officers of the Parliamentary Counsel Office.

  (2) The chief officer of the Compilation Department shall be called the Compiler of Statutes, and shall be a principal officer of the Parliamentary Counsel Office.

  (3) The principal officers of the Parliamentary Counsel Office shall be appointed by the Governor-General upon the advice of the Prime Minister, and shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor-General.

  (4) The staff of the Parliamentary Counsel Office other than the principal officers shall be appointed by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel; but the number of those staff shall not exceed a number determined from time to time by the Attorney-General.

  (5) [Repealed]

  Subsection (1) was substituted, as from 21 November 1973, by section 2(3) Statutes Drafting and Compilation Amendment Act 1973.

  In subsections (2), (3) and (4) the words “Parliamentary Counsel Office” were substituted for the words “Law Drafting Office” by section 2(2)(a) Statutes Drafting and Compilation Amendment Act 1973.

  The reference in the original subsection (4) to the House of Representatives was substituted for a reference to both Houses of Parliament by section 2(4) Legislative Council Abolition Act 1950, and the reference to Speaker was substituted for a reference to Speakers.

  Subsection (4) was substituted, as from 1 October 1985, by section 64 Parliamentary Service Act 1985 (1985 No 128).

  Subsection (5) was repealed, as from 21 November 1973, by section 2(2)(c) Statutes Drafting and Compilation Amendment Act 1973.