The Attorney-General was responsible for the Crown Law Office, the Serious Fraud Office, and the Parliamentary Counsel Office, and was the senior law officer of the Crown responsible for the Government's administration of the law.

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Minister Responsible :		Attorney-General,  1841 - current

• New Zealand Constitution Act (UK) 1852

• Charitable Trusts Act 1957
• Constitution Act 1986
• Coroners Act 2006
• District Courts Act 1947
• Employment Relations Act 2000
• Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004
• Judicial Conduct Commissioner and Judicial Conduct Panel Act 2004
• Legal Services Act 2000
• New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990
• Parole Act 2002
• Resource Management Act 1991

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