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Have Your Say: TALKLAW
Have your say on projects the Law Commission is working on by submitting feedback to its website Talklaw.
Contact:
Law Commission
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Justice System > Law Reform
Format: Website
Cost: nil
Making a submission to a parliamentary select committee
Explains what a submission is and how to write one. Lists all the select committees and their areas of responsibility.
Also available from www.parliament.nz
Contact:
Clerk of the House of Representatives, Office of the
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Government (national, regional & local)
Languages: ENGLISH, MAORI
Format: Fact Sheet
New Zealand Law Commission reports
The Law Commission is an independent, government funded organisation which reviews areas of the law that need updating, reforming or developing. The recommendations which it makes to parliament are available in its Reports Series. These are online or can be ordered in hard copy; email com@lawcom.govt.nz
The website lists the titles of all Reports published since 1990.
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Law Commission
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Justice System > Law Reform
Format: Website
New Zealand legislation
For free up-to-date access to Acts, Bills, and Regulations. Provided by the Parliamentary Counsel Office.
For more information about the New Zealand Legislation website, visit http://www.legislation.govt.nz/about.aspx
For more information about the Parliamentary Counsel Office, visit http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz
Contact:
Parliamentary Counsel Office - Te Tari Tohutohu Paremata
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Government (national, regional & local)
Format: Website
Petitioning the House of Representatives
Outlines how to prepare and present a petition to the House of Representatives. Available on http://www.parliament.nz
Contact:
Clerk of the House of Representatives, Office of the
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Government (national, regional & local)
Languages: ENGLISH, MAORI
Format: Fact Sheet
Public Registers: Review of the Law of Privacy Stage 2 (Feb 2008)
Identifies over one hundred public registers in New Zealand – including rates databases, dog registers, land registers transport registers, electoral rolls, and births, deaths and marriages registers. The balance between open access and protection of personal information varies greatly. The report recommends public registers be reviewed against a template set out in the report.
Contact:
Law Commission
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Justice System > Law Reform
Format: Document
Cost: $20; free online
Reform of Habeas Corpus: Refining The Procedure (2008)
Recommends refinements to the procedures for dealing with habeas corpus applications.
Contact:
Law Commission
Found In:
Justice System > Law Reform
Format: Document
Cost: $20
Reforming the Law of Sedition (2007)
Recommends repealing the seditious offences in sections 81-85 of the Crimes Act 1961.
Contact:
Law Commission
Found In:
Justice System > Law Reform
Format: Document
Cost: $15
Review of Disclosure to Court of Defendants’ Previous Convictions, Similar Offending, and Bad Character (2008)
Reviews the law relating to the admissibility of previous convictions, similar offending and bad behaviour in New Zealand. The central piece of legislation considered is the Evidence Act 2006.
Contact:
Law Commission
Found In:
Justice System > Law Reform
Format: Document
Cost: $20