The Drafting of Primary and Secondary Legislation

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The Office of the Attorney General is the Contracting Authority for the purposes of this Competition. The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Government ("the OPC") is a constituent part of the Office of the Attorney General. The OPC provides a professional legislative drafting service to the Government, Departments and Offices. Primary legislation (Government Bills) of varying complexity and urgency is drafted by Parliamentary Counsel in the OPC to reflect the policy objectives of the Government. The OPC is also responsible for drafting Government amendments to Bills at Committee Stage and Report Stage of a Bill’s progression through the Houses of the Oireachtas (Houses of Parliament). The OPC also drafts secondary legislation (Government orders and regulations) for the Government and Ministers of the Government. The work of the OPC enables the Government to implement their Legislation Programme in an efficient and timely manner. The work of the OPC involves frequent contact with officials in Government Departments and with Advisory Counsel in the Office of the Attorney General. For more information on the role of the OPC within the Office of the Attorney General please see: www.attorneygeneral.ie. The Contracting Authority is seeking to supplement the legislative drafting capacity of the OPC where the demands for legislative drafting services on that Office requires such additional capacity. Accordingly, the Contracting Authority proposes to award a Services Contract to each of up to two (2) successful Tenderers in this competition. 1.1 Legislative drafting services The legislative drafting services required are the drafting to a very high standard of the following on the instructions of Government Departments or Offices: (a) Primary legislation (Government Bills), and Committee Stage and Report Stage amendments to Bills for moving in the Houses of the Oireachtas, and (b) Secondary legislation.