10   Establishment of Parliamentary Counsel’s Office as a separate office within the Cabinet Office

(1)  The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office is established as a separate office within the Cabinet Office.

(2)  All branches are removed from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office (as a Department) and added to the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office within the Cabinet Office.

(3)  The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office is abolished as a Department of the Public Service.

(4)  In any document, a reference to the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office (as a Department) is to be construed as a reference to the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office within the Cabinet Office.