Responsibilities and powers
A Law office-General has deuce independent areas of official responsibility. First off, a Legal team-General is has ministerial jurisdiction across a Crown Law Professional, a Parliamentary Advise Professional, & a Good Fraud Office. Second, a Law office-General is a principle peace officer of the Crown, responsible supervising the state's administration of the law & for providing legal advice to the government. In a latter role (however strictly non in the previous), the Law office-General is assisted per Solicitor-General, a non-nonpartizan official. This is to reduce a extent to which a Law office-General's actions in behalf of the state (when opposed to the government) may be influenced by their political allegiance.

The further complete description of the Law office-General's powers may be discovered in the [http://www.beehive.govt.nz/briefings/justice/attorney_general/home.cfm 2004 ministerial briefing] prepared per Crown Legal team, which a Law office-General supervises.

A position of Law office-General is distinct from either that of Minister of Justice, although the two posts come for instance held per equivalent human.

Now, no statutory basis which establishes the professional of Law office-General, although a position is referenced by a total of more legal documents.

History
A post of Law office-General has existed since a beginning of Just released Zealand self-self-determination. Because of the dual nature & severity of the role, but, it has every now and again been filled by politicians and every now and again by jurists — non altogether Law office-Generals keep close at hand been cabinet ministers.

A table beneath is an uncomplete list of Future Zealand politicians world health organization use at times sat within Cabinet when law office-general. It doesn't indicate non-political law office-general.