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Office of Parliamentary Counsel PS ActGGS℗

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Aliases

Office of Parliamentary Counsel

Link

https://www.opc.gov.au/

Portfolio

ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S

Governance Characteristics

Type of Body

Non-corporate Commonwealth entity

Accountable authority

First Parliamentary Counsel

Lead Body

No

Institutional sector classification

General Government Sector - (GGS)

Employment instruments

Public Service Act 1999

Establishing instruments

Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970

Annual Report Requirements

Additional annual report requirement in establishing legislation

No

Corporate Plan Requirements

Section 35 of the PGPA Act applies

Yes

Section 35(3) of the PGPA Act applies

Yes

Current Budget Characteristics

Outcome #1: A body of Commonwealth laws and instruments that give effect to intended policy, and that are coherent, readable and readily accessible, through the drafting and publication of those laws and instruments.

#	Program	Body	Contribution
1.1	Office of Parliamentary Counsel Program 1.1	Office of Parliamentary Counsel	OPC contributes to the outcome by working with government agencies to draft high quality Bills and instruments in accordance with the government's legislative programs, ensuring that they are legally effective, and as simple to understand as possible, managing the Federal Register of Legislation, including by registering legislative instruments, preparing compilations of Commonwealth legislation, delivering legislative instruments for tabling in the Parliament, and providing free access to the Australian public to all Commonwealth legislation

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Government Finance Statistics (GFS) Classification
Key	Description
GGS	General Government Sector (GGS) - All Commonwealth entities and Commonwealth companies are part of the GGS unless stipulated by a GFS classification below.
F	Public Financial Corporation
T	Public Non-financial Corporation (Trading)

Definitions
Key	Description
Listed Entities	A listed entity is a non-corporate Commonwealth entity prescribed by an Act or the PGPA Rule. All non-corporate Commonwealth entities are “listed entities” except for Departments of State and Parliamentary Departments.

Government Requirements
Key	Description
℗	Subject to the requirements of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs). All non-corporate Commonwealth entities are subject to the CPRs.
X	Entities that are exempt, or partially exempt, from government policy orders (section 22 of the PGPA Act).

Governance Structure or Characteristics
Key	Description
B	Prescribed as Government Business Enterprises under the PGPA Rule.
E	Executive Agency, through an Order made by the Governor General, under subsection 65(1) of the Public Service Act 1999
HC	The Attorney-General’s portfolio includes the High Court of Australia, which is part of the Commonwealth, is an “agency” named in the annual Appropriation Acts and is in the “General Government Sector”. However, it is not a Commonwealth entity under the PGPA Act, due to its status under its enabling legislation, which also sets its employment framework.
I	Inter-jurisdictional entities in nature (interacts with State, Territory or foreign governments)
M	Material entities and companies (comprising 99% of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities of the total General Government Sector). All Departments of State are considered material in nature.
R	Corporate Commonwealth entities established by regulation under an Act and/or by a rule under the PGPA Act.
*	3 entities have a body corporate status but are prescribed as noncorporate Commonwealth entities

Employment Arrangements
Key	Description
PS Act	Officials are taken to be employed under Public Service Act 1999.
^	Entities that do not engage staff under the PS Act.
#	Entities can engage officials under enabling legislation as well as PS Act. These include Defence entities under the Defence Act 1903.
▲	Has officials employed under the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.

Type of Body
Key	Description
	Non-corporate Commonwealth entity is a Commonwealth entity that is not a body corporate.*
	Corporate Commonwealth entity is a Commonwealth entity that is a body corporate.*
	A Commonwealth company is a Corporations Act 2001 company that the Commonwealth controls.

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