10  Annual Report The year in review Law reform work programme A  Law reform projects The 2007/2008 year was significant for the Commission as it marked the first year of our operation under the new project selection and implementation process. While the process will aim to settle the work programme for each year by the end of June, in its first year Ministers were invited to submit suitable proposals for inclusion in the Commission�fs work programme with a view to settling the final programme by the end of September. This meant that at the beginning of the 2007/08 financial year the Commission carried over nine projects which were �ework in progress�f from the 2006/07 work programme plus one new project, a review of the Land Transfer Act 1952. The eleven projects were as foll Search and surveillance powers Criminal defences provocation and insanity Review of the law of privacy Simplification of criminal procedure Admissibility of previous convictions Review of maximum penalties Review of the law relating to public inquiries Tribunals reform Presentation of New Zealand statute law Review of the Land Transfer Act 1954 Development of the inaugural sentencing guidelines in the Sentencing Establishment Unit In September, having given Ministers the opportunity to consider areas for law reform within their portfolios, a further seven reform projects were added to the 2007/08 work programme: Review of the Civil List Act 1979 Review of the Statutes Drafting and Compilation Act 1920 Review of the law relating to private schools Review of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975