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Legislation Act 2019

Parliamentary Counsel Office - Objective and functions of PCO

129: Objective of PCO

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"The PCO's goal is to make laws easy for you to find, use, and understand."

The objective of the PCO is to help make laws that are high-quality and easy for you to find, use, and understand. The PCO wants to take care of all New Zealand's laws as a whole. This means the PCO aims to make sure laws are good and easy for you to access and comprehend.

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Part 6Parliamentary Counsel Office
Objective and functions of PCO

129Objective of PCO

  1. The objective of the PCO is to promote high-quality legislation that is easy to find, use, and understand and, to that end, to exercise stewardship of New Zealand’s legislation as a whole.