New Zealand Law Commission
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New Zealand
's Law Commission was established in 1986 by the Law Commission Act 1985. The Commission is a Crown Entity under the Crown Entities Act 2004
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The purpose of the Law Commission as set out in its founding legislation is to review and make recommendations for the improvement of the law of New Zealand and to advise on how to make the law as understandable and accessible as practicable.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
's Law Commission was established in 1986 by the Law Commission Act 1985. The Commission is a Crown Entity under the Crown Entities Act 2004
Crown Entities Act 2004
The Crown Entities Act 2004 is a New Zealand statute which provides the framework for the establishment, governance, and operation of Crown entities and to clarify accountability relationships between Crown entities, their board members, their responsible Ministers on behalf of the Crown, and the...
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The purpose of the Law Commission as set out in its founding legislation is to review and make recommendations for the improvement of the law of New Zealand and to advise on how to make the law as understandable and accessible as practicable.
Commissioners
The Commissioners of the Law Commission are:- Hon JusticeJusticeJustice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics; justice is the act of being just and/or fair.-Concept of justice:...
Sir Grant HammondGrant HammondSir Robert "Grant" Hammond, KNZM, is a judge of the New Zealand Court of Appeal and from 1 December 2010, the President of the New Zealand Law Commission.- Education :...
KNZM - Dr Warren Young
- Professor John Burrows QC
- George Tanner QC
- Val Sim
- Professor Geoffrey McLay
Projects
Recent major work of the Commission includes:- Reporting on streamlining the formal government inquiry system by replacing Royal CommissionRoyal CommissionIn Commonwealth realms and other monarchies a Royal Commission is a major ad-hoc formal public inquiry into a defined issue. They have been held in various countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Saudi Arabia...
s of Inquiry with public inquiries - Identifying old and obsolete legislation for repeal or consolidation
- Calling for the repeal of sedition laws
- Reviewing the Civil List Act 1979Civil List Act 1979The Civil List Act 1979 is a statute of the Parliament of New Zealand which defines the allowances, salaries and annuities of the Governor-General, Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers and Members of Parliament.-Part One: Governor-General:...
- Reviewing New Zealand’s liquor laws