Contents

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Office of Parliamentary Counsel ......................................................... 1

3............ Functions of the Office of Parliamentary Counsel .............................. 1

4............ Appointment of First and Second Parliamentary Counsel ................... 1

5............ Tenure of office ................................................................................... 2

6............ Remuneration and allowances ............................................................. 2

7............ Leave of absence ................................................................................. 2

8............ Resignation ......................................................................................... 2

9............ First or Second Parliamentary Counsel not to undertake other work .. 2

10.......... Termination of appointment ................................................................ 3

14.......... Oath or affirmation of allegiance and office ........................................ 3

15.......... Acting appointments ........................................................................... 3

16.......... Staff .................................................................................................... 4

16A....... Annual report ...................................................................................... 4

17.......... Regulations ......................................................................................... 4

The Schedule                                                                                                                              6

OATH                                                                                                                             6

AFFIRMATION                                                                                                           6

Notes                                                                                                                                                7

Notes to the Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970

Note 1

The Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 8, 1970 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 1 October 2001 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement		Application, saving or transitional provisions
Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970	8, 1970	15 May 1970	12 June 1970
Salaries Act 1971 (a)	22, 1971	4 May 1971	14 Jan 1971		--
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973		Ss. 9(1) and 10
Statute Law Revision Act 1981	61, 1981	12 June 1981	S. 115: Royal Assent (b)		--
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1983	39, 1983	20 June 1983	S. 3: 18 July 1983 (c)		--
Public Service Reform Act 1984	63, 1984	25 June 1984	S. 151(1): 1 July 1984 (see Gazette 1984, No. S245) (d)		S. 151(9)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1988	38, 1988	3 June 1988	S. 3: Royal Assent (e)		S. 5(1), (5)
Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act 1991	122, 1991	27 June 1991	Ss. 4(1), 10(b) and 15-20: 1 Dec 1988 Ss. 28(b)-(e), 30 and 31: 10 Dec 1991 (see Gazette 1991, No. S332) Remainder: Royal Assent		--
Statute Law Revision Act 1996	43, 1996	25 Oct 1996	Schedule 4 (item 118): Royal Assent (f)		--
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (items 725-727): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (g)		--
Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001	159, 2001	1 Oct 2001	29 Oct 2001	Sch. 1 (item 97) [see Table A]
Statute Law Revision Act 2008	73, 2008	3 July 2008	Schedule 4 (item 412): 4 July 2008	--
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011	46, 2011	27 June 2011	Schedule 2 (items 903, 904) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011	Sch. 3 (items 10, 11) [see Table A]

(a)     The Salaries Act 1971 was repealed by section 7 of the Statute Law Revision Act 1973. That section provides that the repeal does not affect the operation of any amendment made by the repealed Act or any provision made by it for the citation of an Act as so amended.

(b)     The Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970 was amended by section 115 only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1981, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(c)     The Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1983, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(d)     The Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970 was amended by subsection 151(1) of the Public Service Reform Act 1984, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:

                 (4)   The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such day as is, or on such respective days as are, fixed by Proclamation.

(e)     The Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1988, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(f)      The Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970 was amended by Schedule 4 (item 118) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(g)     The Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 725-727) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

                 (2)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 2......................................	am. No. 61, 1981; No. 38, 1988
S. 3......................................	am. No. 216, 1973; No. 39, 1983; No. 38, 1988
S. 4......................................	am. No. 216, 1973; No. 61, 1981; No. 38, 1988
S. 5......................................	am. No. 61, 1981; No. 38, 1988; No. 159, 2001
S. 6......................................	am. No. 22, 1971
	rs. No. 61, 1981
	am. No. 43, 1996
S. 7......................................	am. No. 38, 1988
	rs. No. 122, 1991
	am. No. 146, 1999
S. 8......................................	rs. No. 38, 1988
S. 9......................................	am. No. 38, 1988
S. 10....................................	am. No. 61, 1981; No. 38, 1988; No. 122, 1991; No. 73, 2008
S. 11....................................	am. No. 216, 1973
	rep. No. 61, 1981
S. 12....................................	rep. No. 61, 1981
S. 13....................................	rep. No. 216, 1973
S. 14....................................	am. No. 61, 1981; No. 38, 1988
S. 15....................................	rs. No. 61, 1981
	am. No. 38, 1988; No. 46, 2011
Notes to s. 15(1), (2).........	ad. No. 46, 2011
S. 16....................................	am. No. 61, 1981; No. 63, 1984; No. 38, 1988; No. 146, 1999
S. 16A.................................	ad. No. 39, 1983
	am. No. 38, 1988

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Abolition of Compulsory Age Retirement (Statutory Officeholders) Act 2001
(No. 159, 2001)

Schedule 1

97  Application of amendments

The amendments made by this Schedule do not apply to an appointment if the term of the appointment began before the commencement of this item.

Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)

Schedule 3

10  Saving--appointments

The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.

11  Transitional regulations

The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.