Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Legal Services Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Legal Services Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Legal Services Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food. Legal Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1970-

    History

    The Legal Services Branch, initially called the Legal Branch, was established within the Dept. of Agriculture in 1970. Prior to that, the Dept. of Agriculture had a Solicitor office within the Deputy Minister's Office.

    In 1972, the Dept. of Agriculture and Food was reorganized and became the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and in 1994, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food was reorganized and became the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The Legal Services Branch remained through the transitions.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Legal Services Branch provides general legal services to the ministry, including interpretation of statutes and regulations, drafting legislation, preparation of Orders in Council, drafting agreements and other legal documents, and offering legal opinions on a wide variety of matters. The branch also assists in the conduct of civil litigation, represents the ministry before various tribunals and serves as counsel to a number of ministry boards.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food (1966-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA60

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture and Food controls Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Legal Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1970-1972

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food (1972-1994)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA68

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food controls Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Legal Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1972-1994

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (1994-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA69

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs controls Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Legal Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1994-

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2193

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Sources

        KWIC Index, telephone directories of the Ontario Government 1970

        Government of Ontario Telephone Directory

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Mokler, Hopp