#Providenciales, July 8, 2019 – Turks and Caicos – The Legislative Drafting Division of the Attorney General’s Chambers hosted a seminar for Senior Managers across the public service on ‘The Legislative Process and Drafting Instructions’. The seminar took place on Grand Turk at the Life Centre Building on Old Airport Road on 26th June 2019.
The seminar focused on four key areas:
1) how to develop legislative policy;
2) how to provide quality legislative drafting
instructions;
3) how to prepare Cabinet Papers on Legislative
proposals and frame recommendations; and
4) the legislative process.
The seminar was geared to Permanent Secretaries,
Deputy Secretaries, Heads of Department and generally, persons who are involved
in providing legislative drafting instructions to the Attorney General’s
Chambers.
This training forms part of the work plan of the
Attorney General’s Chambers for the financial year 2019/2020 and sought to
strengthen the capacity of senior managers across the public service to promote
quality legislative proposals of interest to their respective Ministries and
departments.
Presenters at the Seminar were Ms. Desiree Downes
MBE, Principal Legislative Drafter in the Attorney General’s Chambers along
with Ms. Gogontle Gatang and Ms. Priscilla Paquette both of whom are Senior
Legislative Drafters in the Attorney General’s Chambers.
There was an overwhelmingly positive response to
the interactive sessions with some 7 Ministries, 21 departments 3 Statutory
Bodies participating for a total of some 58 persons in attendance. The training
consisted of a series of presentations followed by mock exercises designed to
test understanding and provided an opportunity for feedback.
The Hon. Attorney General Rhondalee
Braithwaite Knowles OBE QC brought remarks and thanked the participants for
their strong interest in gaining a better understanding of the Legislative
process and how to provide drafting instructions. She noted that the
Legislative Drafting division of the Attorney General’s Chambers works in
accordance with the Government’s legislative agenda fixed by the Cabinet which
sets out the Government’s Legislative priorities for each financial year. The
Hon. Attorney General welcomed the opportunity provided by the
Seminar to foster greater collaboration across the public sector.
Due to the high level of interest within the public service and wider public sector, the training seminar will be held again in July on Providenciales and on that occasion will seek to include senior officers of statutory bodies.
Release: TCIG