Agency:
Office of the Solicitor-General
Agency Number:
Start Date:
29 Jun 1983
Description:
The Office was created to provide an administrative identity for the Solicitor-General within the Law Department. On 29 June 1983 the Solicitor-General became a Statutory Officer outside the State Service Act and the former Solicitor-General's Department was abolished from that date. (The staff had been transferred to the Law Department on 15 March.) Between 1983 and 1993 the Solicitor-General was the Administrator of the Tasmanian Film Corporation.~
Legislation Creating:
Solicitor-General Act 1983.
Functions Performed:
Justice and legal administration
Controlling Agencies:
| Law Department (TA373) | 15 Mar 1983 | 17 Jul 1989 |
| Department of Justice (1) (TA921) | 17 Jul 1989 | 18 Sep 1998 |
| Department of Justice and Industrial Relations (TA1535) | 18 Sep 1998 | 01 Feb 2004 |
| Department of Justice (2) (TA1646) | 02 Feb 2004 |
Previous Agencies:
| Solicitor General's Department (TA181) | 01 Jan 1828 | 29 Jun 1983 |
Related Agencies:
| Administrator, Tasmanian Film Corporation (TA1021) | 01 Jan 1983 | 31 Dec 1993 |
| Office of the Crown Solicitor (TA1022) | 15 Mar 1983 |
Series Created By Agency:
| SGD11 Solicitor-General's Letterbooks of Opinions on Cases Referred | 01 Apr 1844 | 31 Dec 1998 |
| AF853 Index to Opinion Books | 01 Jan 1929 | 31 Dec 1998 |