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Legislative Drafting Division

The Legislative Drafting Division is headed by the Chief Legislative Drafter, Theresa Graves.

The main functions of the Legislative Drafting Division are:

  • to draft primary legislation on behalf of Government
  • to review secondary legislation

The members of the Legislative Drafting Division are responsible for:

  • Advising on the preparation and management of the Government legislative programme
  • Drafting Government Bills (and amendments to them)
  • Drafting Bills for private members and amendments to any Bills requested by private members (on a confidential basis)
  • Advising on and reviewing secondary legislation
  • Drafting more complex secondary legislation
  • Drafting Orders in Council in liaison with UK Government lawyers
  • Managing the printing of Bills and the publishing of Acts of Tynwald
  • Preparing and publishing reprints of legislation
  • Providing advice in relation to the drafting of and the implementation of egislation
  • Preparing tables and indexes to legislation
  • Providing training and guidance on the preparation and interpretation of legislation to Government officers

The Island Plan includes the Legislative Programme for the forthcoming years.

Legislation website

The Legislative Drafting Division also maintains the Island's legislation website, which includes:

  • All current Acts of Tynwald, presented with point-in-time functionality
  • All Acts of Tynwald as enacted since 2001
  • Consolidated versions of Statutory Documents enacted since April 2021
  • All Bills introduced since 2016
  • Legislation newsletters
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