Are you a qualified Attorney-at-law? How long have you been practising law with the Attorney General’s Chambers? How long have you been practising as a drafter in the Legislative Drafting Unit within the Attorney General’s Chambers?
Questionnaire To The Legislative Drafter
Questionnaire should reveal specific primary legal research answers. Answers to be reflected in a combination of ways, i.e. the narrative, table or graph format.
As a form of a guide /suggestion, here are some examples of questions to be asked within said questionnaire:
- Are you a qualified Attorney-at-law? Yes / No
- How long have you been practising law with the Attorney General’s Chambers?
- 1yr to 5 yrs b. 6 yrs to 10 yrs c. 11 yrs to 15 yrs d. over 15 yrs
- How long have you been practising as a drafter in the Legislative Drafting Unit within the Attorney General’s Chambers?
- 1 yr to 5 yrs b. 6 yrs to 10 yrs c. 11 yrs to 15 yrs d. over 15 yrs
- Are you a certified and trained in the specialized skill of Legislative Drafting?
Yes / No
- How are your Drafting Instructions received?
- Written b. (over the telephone) c. Verbal (face to face)
- Combination of a & b e. combination of b & c
- What type of office/department do the majority of your written Drafting Instructions originate from?
- Legal Officers within gov’t departments
- Permanent Secretary of govt department
- Cabinet Secretary
- Office the Prime Minister
- Parliamentary Representative Office
- Referring to the foregoing question 6, what are the combination ways have you received a Drafting Instruction for piece of legislation?
- Only _______ ;
- A combination of _____ & ______ ;
- A combination of _____ , _______ & ______ ;
- A combination of ____ , _____ , ______ & _____ .
- How would you rate the level of interaction with the Policy Maker “the politician”, once a formal Drafting Instruction is assigned on your desk?
- Never,
- Almost never;
- Sometimes’
- Often
- How would rate the level of interaction with thew Policy Maker “the technocrat’ with the instructing government department once a formal Drafting Instruction is assigned on your desk?
- Never
- Almost never
- Sometimes
- Often
- List and describe the procedural steps taken by you, the Legislative Drafter to produce a new piece of of legislation.
- List and describe the procedural steps taken by you, the of the Legislative drafter to produce an amended piece of legislation?
- Are you familiar with the Legislative Drafting principles of Grant Thornton?
Yes / No
- Which of his five (5) principles best describes your approach to drafting a piece of legislation?
- Understanding the proposal
- Analysing the proposal,
- Designing the law
- Composing & developing the law
- Verifying the draft
- a Combination of ________
- All of the above.
- Have you ever been directed by a policy maker contrary to a written Drafting Instruction? Yes / No
- Would you consider yourself a solitary drafter?
- Do you feel exposed to the political whims & fancies of the policy maker to produce legislation quick legislation? Yes / No
- Through the established Legislative Drafting procedures of your LD Unit, do you feel buffered, shielded from the overarching policymaker, who is both a member Executive and the Legislature?
- Yes,
- No
If your response is No, please expound and state why.