Ministry of Magic - History, Personnel & Laws

Departments

Accidental Magic Reversal Department
The workers at the Accidental Magic Reversal Department have to act and work quickly to correct accidental magic in a muggle area, for example, when Harry turned Marge into a balloon.

Auror's
The Aurors' job is to capture Dark Wizards and take them to Azkaban, the wizard prison. They need to be alert and haveto try and deliver the Dark Wizards alive if possible, although, Auror's have permission and the authority to kill the Dark Wizards if they have to. Auror's see a lot of Dark activity and are prone to losing their mind and becoming extremely paranoid at everything. A prime example of this is the most famous Auror, Alastor "Mad Eye" Moody, who became Harry's fourth Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts.

Beast Division
The Beast Division is a branch of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. This division concentrates on the beasts (creatures that cannot understand and communicate with humans) of the Wizarding world. The Beast Division banned the cross-breeding of different species in 1965.

Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures
The Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures are responsible for the creatures that get out of control, and distribute punishment where punishment is due. The creature is given a trial, and if neccessary, sentanced and then normally executed. The Committee is not always fair, as Buckbeak, an innocent creature was sentanced for death.

Committee for Experimental Charms
The Committee for Experimental Charms is practically a research lab. Workers for the committee bewitch objects in order to make them work in different, and even unusual ways.

Department of International Magical Co-operation
The Department of International Magical Co-operation offices are located on the fifth floor at the Ministry. The Department of International Magical Co-operation ensures that there is peace between the wizarding nations. Barty Crouch Sr. was the Head of this department before he was killed by his son, Barty Crouch Jr.. After Percy Weasley left Hogwarts, he began working for the Ministry in this department.

Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes
The Department of Magical Accidents and Catastophes offices are on the third floor at the Ministry. The Accidental Magic Reversal Squad belong to this Department,and the Obliviator headquarters are also located within this department.

Department of Magical Games and Sports
The Department of Magical Games and Sports was formed in 1750, and the offices are located on the seventh floor at the Ministry. The Department of Magical Games and Sports is in charge of organising events such as the Quidditch World Cup and the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Ludo Bagman, the former England Quidditch player, is in charge and runs this department. The previous Head of this department was Hamish McFarlan.

Department of Magical Law Enforcement
The Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement is Amelia Bones, and the offices are on the second floor of the Ministry headquarters. Barty Crouch Sr was the Head during Voldemorts reign. The Aurors are a part of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, as is the Wizengamot, the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office and the Improper Use of Magic Office.

Department of Magical Transportation
The Department of Magical Transportation offices are on the fourth floor of the Ministry, and is in charge of all means of wizard transport. The Broom Regulatory Control, Floo Regulation Panel, Portkey Office and Apparation Test Centre are all parts of the Magical Law Enforcement office.

Department of Mysteries
The Department of Mysteries is a top-secret department on the ninth floor that no-one knows about.

Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures
The Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures offices are on the fourth floor of the ministry, and ensures that the magical creatures of the wizarding world do not appear in Muggle populated areas, especially Dragons, as the Office of Misinformation would have a rough time trying to explain a flying Dragon to the country. Mr. Diggory works in this department. The Beast Divisionis made up of the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures, the Dragon Research and Restraint Bureau, the Office of House-Elf Relocation, the Werewolf Registry, the Werewolf Capture Unit, the Pest Advisory Board and the Centaur Liason Office. The Being Liason Office includes the Goblin Liason Office and the Werewolf Support Services.

Goblin Liason Office
The Goblin Liason Office is responsible for ensuring that wizards keep on friendly terms with goblins, as nobody wants to be enemies with goblins.

Office of Misinformation
The Office of Misinformation is the last resort involving the mix of both the wizard and Muggle worlds. This department contacts the Prime Minister and attempts to resolve the situation in a way that Muggles will understand.

Office of House-Elf Relocation
This Department deals with the relocation of house-elves that have been dismissed by their wizarding family.

Headquaters

A visitor to the Ministry of Magic has to a enter the Ministry of Magic headquarters through a broken-down red telephone box on a dingy street in Muggle London which has shabby offices, a pub and lots of graffitti. One must enter the telephone box and dial 62442 (spells the word 'magic' on a telephone), the voice of the Ministry welcome witch is heard. Visitors must state their name and business, after which a silver badge appears from the returned money slot with the visitor's name and purpose of the visit. The telephone box then begins to disappear through the ground like a lift for about a minute, after which the visitor is in the Atrium.

Large gilded fireplaces are lined up and down both walls of the large hall, the left side for arrivals, the right for departures. The floor of the Atrium is made of polished dark wood. The ceiling is peacock blue with moving golden symbols. A group of golden statues called 'The Fountain of Magical Brethren,' which consists of a wizard, a witch, a centaur, a goblin, and a house-elf that pours water into the surrounding pool is situated about halfway along the Atrium. A set of golden gates is located at the end of the Atrium, next to which is a security desk. The duty guard when Harry and Arthur Weasley arrived was Eric Munch. Visitor's wands are to be registered at this desk. Another smaller hall is beyond the gates and here there is a series of lifts.

Level One:
Unknown. Maybe offices.

Level Two:
Department of Magical Law Enforcement. The Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement is Amelia Susan Bones, the aunt of Susan Bones. The sub-departments consist of the Auror Headquarters, the Wizengamot Administration Services and the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office.
The Auror Headquarters is an open area that is divided into cubicles. The walls of these cubilces are covered in wanted posters, personal photographs, Quidditch posters, and Daily Prophet clippings. The known personnel are Kingsley Shacklebolt and Nymphadora Tonks. This is where Alasor "Mad-Eye" Moody would have been stationed when he was an Auror.
The Misuse of Muggle Artifacts office is small and crowded. There are only two workers in this office: Arthur Weasley and Perkins.

Level Three:
Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes. The sub-departments consist of the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad, the Obliviator Headquarters and the Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee.

Level Four:
Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. The sub-departments consist of the Beast, Being, and Spirit Divisions, the Goblin Liaison Office and the Pest Advisory Board.

Level Five:
Department of International Magical Cooperation. Sub-departments consist of the International Magical Trading Standards Body, the International Magical Office of Law and the British Seats of the International Confederation of Wizards.

Level Six:
Department of Magical Transportation. The sub-departments consist of the Floo Network Authority, the Broom Regulatory Control, the Portkey Office and the Apparation Test Centre.

Level Seven:
Department of Magical Games and Sports. The sub-departments consist of the British and Irish Quidditch League Headquarters, the Official Gobstones Club and the Ludicrous Patents Office.

Level Eight:
The Atrium considered to be level eight.

Level Nine:
Department of Mysteries. Access to the Department of Mysteries is restricted to one door opposite the lift doors.

Level Ten:
Courtroom Ten. This courtroom can only be accessed by the stairs to the left of the Depaetment of Mysteries on Level Nine.