Parliamentary Counsel Office (New Zealand)

Parliamentary Counsel Office
Te Tari Tohutohu Pāremata
Agency overview
Annual budgetTotal budget for 2019/20[1]
Vote Parliamentary Counsel
Increase$23,253,000
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Cassie Nicholson, Chief Parliamentary Counsel
Websitehttps://www.pco.govt.nz/

The Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO; Māori: Te Tari Tohutohu Pāremata) is New Zealand's law drafting office. It drafts New Zealand Government Bills (except Inland Revenue Bills) and Legislative Instruments. It also publishes all New Zealand Bills, Acts, and Legislative Instruments in print and on the New Zealand Legislation website.

  1. ^ "Total Appropriations for Each Vote". Budget 2019. The Treasury. Retrieved 8 June 2019.