Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Legal Services

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Legal Services

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Legal Services

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1976-2005

      History

      Legal Services was formed in 1976 within the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Prior to 1976, legal services for the ministry had been provided by the Management Secretariat.

      The section remained within the Ministry Main Office, and reported to the Deputy Minister.

      When the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations ceased to exist in 2001, Legal Services became part of its successor, the Ministry of Consumer and Business Services, with no change in responsibilities.

      The Ministry of Consumer and Business Services ceased to exist in 2005, at which time its responsiblities were assumed by Legal Services, Ministry of Government Services.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      Legal Services assisted in drafting legislation and regulations, represented the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations in administrative tribunal hearings and prosecutions, and offered advice on legal matters.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations (1972-2001)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA18

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations controls Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Legal Services

      Dates of relationship

      1976-2001

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Business Services (2001-2005)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA120

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Business Services controls Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Legal Services

      Dates of relationship

      2001-2005

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Management Secretariat (1972-1976)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1181

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Management Secretariat is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations. Legal Services

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1207

      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

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Ontario Government Telephone Directories, February 1975 to 2004.

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana Authorities.

          Archivist(s):
          Paquet