Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory

Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory
Coat of arms of the Australian Capital Territory
Flag of the Australian Capital Territory
Incumbent Shane Rattenbury since 4 November 2020
Justice and Community Safety Directorate
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Legislative Assembly Cabinet
Reports to	Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
Seat	Canberra
Nominator	Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
Appointer	ACT Legislative Assembly
Formation	18 May 1989
First holder	Rosemary Follett
Deputy	ACT Government Solicitor
Website	www.justice.act.gov.au

The Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory, in formal contexts also Attorney-General or Attorney General for the Australian Capital Territory, is the primary Law Officer of the Crown in the Australian Capital Territory. The Attorney General serves as the chief legal and constitutional adviser of the ACT Government and is the head of the Justice and Community Safety Directorate. Its constitutional role was established in 1989 with the enactment by the Federal Parliament of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988.^[1]

Shane Rattenbury, MLA, a representative of the ACT Greens, became Attorney General on 3 November 2020.