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New Zealand Law Commission

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Formed
  
1 February 1986

Annual budget
  
NZ$4.101 million

Employees
  
25 to 35 (varies)

Minister responsible
  
Varies

Headquarters
  
Wellington, New Zealand

Agency executive
  
Hon Douglas White QC, President

New Zealand's Law Commission was established in 1986 by the Law Commission Act 1985. The Commission is an independent Crown entity (ICE) as defined in the Crown Entities Act 2004.

Contents

The main objective of the Law Commission as declared in its founding legislation is to monitor and critically analyse the laws of New Zealand with a view to identifying—and proposing solutions to—their possible shortcomings.

Commissioners

As of May 2016, the Law Commission comprises for members:

  • Hon Justice Douglas White QC - President
  • Assoc Prof. Donna Buckingham
  • Helen McQueen
  • Hon Dr Wayne Mapp QSO

    • Projects

    The Commission's areas of interest include:

  • Lobbying for the modernization of the formal inquiry system
  • Working on improving or repealing obsolete or otherwise inadequate laws
  • Calling for the abolition of sedition laws
  • Reviewing legal documents such as the Civil List Act 1979
  • Scrutinizing New Zealand’s legislation such as its liquor laws

    • References

    New Zealand Law Commission Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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