Covid-19 Coronavirus Terms and Conditions Help Privacy Home About The Government Offices Attorney General's Chambers Legislative Drafting Division About The Government Freedom of Information Existing Access to Government Information Government Departments Statutory Boards Offices Attorney General's Chambers About us AGC - Archived Documents Crown Office Civil Division Prosecutions Division Legislative Drafting Division Contact us Privacy Notice Financial Intelligence Unit General Registry (Isle of Man Courts and Tribunals) Isle of Man Information Commissioner Manx National Heritage Road Transport Licensing Committee Data protection & GDPR on the Isle of Man Equality Council of Ministers Legislative Drafting Division Overview of the Legislative Drafting Division The Legislative Drafting Division is headed by the Chief Legislative Drafter, Howard Connell. The main functions of the Legislative Drafting Division are: to draft primary legislation on behalf of Government to review secondary legislation The Legal Officer (International) sits within the Legislative Drafting Division and provides advice to Government in relation to all aspects of international law affecting the Island. The Legal Officer (Immigration) sits within the Legislative Drafting Division and provides advice to HM Attorney General and the Government on immigration related matters. Please Note - The Attorney General’s Chambers is unable to assist members of the public with legal queries. Members of the public should contact the Isle of Man Law Society for information on obtaining legal advice. 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 items of secondary legislation Settling Orders in Council in conjunction with UK Government lawyers Maintaining a legislation website including all current Acts of Tynwald Managing the printing of Bills and the printing and publishing of Acts of Tynwald Preparing reprints of legislation Providing advice in relation to the drafting of and the implementation of legislation Preparing tables and indexes to legislation Providing training and guidance on the preparation and interpretation of legislation to Government officers The Programme for Government includes the Legislative Programme for the forthcoming year. Legislation Website The Legislative Drafting Division also publishes and 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 All Bills introduced since 2016 Legislation newsletters Share and Bookmark Related Links Isle of Man Legislation Website Isle of Man Secondary Legislation Government Consultations Bills in Progress Hansard (Debates of the Legislature) Downloadable Documents Direction by the Governor in Council Royal Assent Prerogative Order A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Social Media Hub Site Map Switch to Mobile © 2021 Crown Copyright| OGL All content is available under theOpen Government Licence,except where otherwise stated