Workers in this unit group preside over or participate in the proceedings of legislative bodies and administrative councils of national, state, provincial or local governments. Their functions include: formulating and deciding on laws, rules and regulations within the framework of a constitution determining their powers and fields of jurisdiction; serving on government administrative boards or official committees; directing, on behalf of the government, administrators of departments implementing government policy. Legislative officials who serve only in a part-time capacity and are principally engaged in another occupation are classified elsewhere, in the group appropriate to their main occupation.