Ontario. Ministry of Education. Legal Services Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Education. 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

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1993-

      History

      The Legal Services Group came into existence in 1993, subsequent to the Ministry of Education's Legislation Branch being disbanded as a result of the reorganization into the Ministry of Education and Training. By 1995, the Group's name had changed to the Legal Services Branch. The name and the function of the Branch remained constant, even after the reorganization of the Ministry of Education and Training into the Ministry of Education in 1999.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Legal Services Branch provided the ministry with legal services in all areas of education law, including giving legal advice on ministry programs and policy; drafting legislation and regulations to implement ministry policy; interpreting legislation and regulations, preparing and reviewing other legal documents; overseeing litigation before Courts and Tribunals; and negotiating disputes.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Education and Training (1993-1999)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA79

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Education and Training controls Ontario. Ministry of Education. Legal Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1993-1999

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1999-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA116

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1999-) controls Ontario. Ministry of Education. Legal Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1999-

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Education. Legislation Branch (1983-1993) (1983-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA2026

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Education. Legislation Branch (1983-1993) is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Education. Legal Services Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA2027

      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

          KWIC

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Dale, Vickers