Parliamentary Counsel Office (New Zealand)

Parliamentary Counsel Office
Te Tari Tohutohu Pāremata
Agency overview
Annual budgetTotal budget for 2019/20
Vote Parliamentary Counsel
$23,253,000
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Cassie Nicholson, Chief Parliamentary Counsel
Websitehttps://www.pco.govt.nz/

The Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO; Māori: Te Tari Tohutohu Pāremata) is New Zealand's law drafting office. It drafts New Zealand Government Bills (except Inland Revenue Bills) and Legislative Instruments. It also publishes all New Zealand Bills, Acts, and Legislative Instruments in print and on the New Zealand Legislation website. It was established as the Law Drafting Office in 1920 and renamed the Parliamentary Counsel Office in 1973.

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