OPC's Drafting Services
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OPC’s drafting services: a guide for clientsSeventh edition. The purpose of this Guide is to assist the staff of agencies who are instructing OPC on the drafting of a Bill or instrument to understand their role and the role of OPC’s drafters, how OPC’s drafters do their job in the context of the overall legislative process, and how this can affect a particular legislative project. |
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OPC client advisers
Client agencies can obtain quick, informal advice about matters in which OPC has expertise.
Lodgement, tabling and registration matters
To obtain advice from OPC client advisers on the following matters in our Publications group, please contact (02) 6120 1350.
- Registration of instruments on the Federal Register of Legislation
- Tabling legislative instruments
- Gazette notices
- Preparing compilations
Drafting subordinate instruments
To obtain advice from an OPC drafter in relation to drafting legislative or other subordinate instruments, please contact (02) 6120 1390.
Drafting Bills
To obtain advice from OPC client advisers in relation to drafting Bills, please contact the relevant Bill client adviser listed below for your agency.
|
Agency |
Bill adviser |
Instrument adviser |
|---|---|---|
|
Attorney-General’s Department |
Meredith Leigh (02) 6120 1421 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
|
Australian Public Service Commission |
Matthew Sait (02) 6120 1407 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
|
Civil Aviation Safety Authority |
Olivia Gossip (02) 6120 1418 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
|
Comcare |
John King (02) 6120 1412 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
| Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |
Andrew Freeman (02) 6120 1448 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
| Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
Carl Godfrey (02) 6120 1386 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
|
Department of Defence |
Elizabeth Edwards (02) 6120 1331 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
|
Department of Education |
Nina Ding (02) 6120 1440 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
| Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
Andrew Miles (02) 6120 1427 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
|
Department of Finance |
John King (02) 6120 1412 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
|
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
Paul Millington (02) 6120 1471 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
| Department of Health and Aged Care |
Samara Zeitsch (02) 6120 1439 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
| Department of Home Affairs |
Linley Henzell (02) 6120 1473 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
|
Department of Industry, Science and Resources |
Rebecca Considine (02) 6120 1428 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
|
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts |
Gretel Burmester (02) 6120 1327 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
|
Department of Parliamentary Services and Parliament |
Lauren Brennan (02) 6120 1462 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
|
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
Meredith Leigh (02) 6120 1421 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
|
Department of Social Services |
James Morauta (02) 6120 1472 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
|
Department of the Treasury |
Bronwyn Livermore (02) 6120 1422 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
|
Department of Veterans’ Affairs |
Sally Vacietis (02) 6120 1469 |
(02) 6120 1390 |
OPC Guide for Clients
OPC has produced a Guide for Clients to assist the staff of agencies who are instructing OPC on the drafting of a Bill or instrument to understand their role and the role of OPC’s drafters, how OPC’s drafters do their job in the context of the overall legislative process, and how this can affect a particular legislative project. The Guide is available Drafting Manuals page.