Ontario. Public Law and Policy Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Public Law and Policy Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Public Law and Policy Division

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1997-

      History

      The Public Law and Policy Division of the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General was established in 1997. The division is an amalgamation of parts of the former Constitutional Law and Policy Division, Civil Law Division, and Policy Development Division. The Public Law and Policy Division is in turn responsible for the Crown Law Office-Civil, the Constitutional Law Branch, and the Policy Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Public Law and Policy Division provides policy and legislative support and advice to the Attorney General of Ontario. In addition, the division also provides legal representation for the Crown in right of Ontario before all courts and tribunals in the province in all areas of constitutional and civil law, and legal services to the government and its agencies.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General (1972-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA72

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General controls Ontario. Public Law and Policy Division

      Dates of relationship

      1997-

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA223

      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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        Script(s)

          Sources

          KWIC Indexes, 1995-1997

          Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1995-1996

          Maintenance notes

          Agency not in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24


          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger