History of The Office
From 1998 to October 2003, Winston Roddick CB QC fulfilled the role of chief legal adviser to the National Assembly for Wales. This was, however, a civil service post and therefore non-statutory and non-governmental rôle. Mr Roddick is, however, to be credited with suggesting the title “Counsel General”, and as "Counsel General" in that form he had responsibility for advising the National Assembly on all legal matters.
From the coming into force of the 2006 Act a Welsh Assembly Government (now Welsh Government) was created to provide a conventional parliamentary division between legislature and executive, and the statutory and governmental position of Counsel General was created.
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