Parliamentary Counsel Office (New Zealand)
Abigail Milburn is an experienced legal professional currently serving as Associate Parliamentary Counsel at the Parliamentary Counsel Office in New Zealand since May 2023. Prior to this role, Milburn worked as a Senior Solicitor at the Ministry for Primary Industries from February 2023 to April 2023. Milburn's extensive background includes positions at Thomson Reuters New Zealand as the Practical Law New Zealand Lead and Senior Portfolio Editor from May 2016 to December 2022, as well as earlier roles at Thomson Reuters as a Consultant Legal Editor. Additionally, Milburn has held of counsel and associate positions at Bingham McCutchen LLP and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, respectively, and began the legal career as a Solicitor at Buddle Findlay. Milburn holds a first-class honours LLB and BA in Law and History from the University of Canterbury, completed in 1995.
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Parliamentary Counsel Office (New Zealand)
Under the Legislation Act 2019, 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. The functions of the PCO are to: - draft, publish, and consolidate legislation - revise Acts in accordance with the current revision programme - examine local and private Bills, and Members' Bills that the Attorney-General directs to be examined, and report to the Attorney-General on their effect advise departments and agencies on the drafting of secondary legislation not drafted by the PCO - guide, support, and review practices relating to the design, drafting, and publication of legislation.