sentences:  With a major restructure of the Attorney-General's Department in 1983-4, the Crown Solicitor's Office became the Office of the Australian Government Solicitor, with Crown Solicitor Tom Sherman appointed the first Australian Government Solicitor.Some functions of the Crown Solicitor's Office were transferred to other parts of the Attorney-General's Department.In 1999, the Australian Government Solicitor ceased being an office held by an individual, and instead became a government business enterprise, headed by a CEO, separate from the Attorney-General's Department.