Ontario. Office of the Legislative Counsel

• Office of the Legislative Counsel

The Office of the Legislative Counsel was established in 1936, although the function of this office had been undertaken by the Attorney General's Department prior to that time. The Legislative Counsel is an extension of the traditional role of the Attorney General in the drafting and review of legislation and regulations issued by the Government of Ontario.

Since the enactment of the French Language Services Act in 1978 the Office has been responsible for the translation and publication of Ontario statutes into French. Until 1990, the Legislative Counsel was under the direction of the Senior Legislative Counsel. After this time the title of the director changed to Chief Legislative Counsel.

The Legislative Counsel provides legislative advice and services to Government of Ontario and Ministers of the Crown, members of the Legislature, government agencies and applicants for private bills. The office also provides drafting services for bills and regulations; the preparation of annual statute books; the filing and publication of Ontario regulations; and the translation and publication of statutes and regulations in French.

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

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1948-1996

KWIC Indexes, 1977-1997

Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

Archivist(s):
R. Anger