52 Annual Report
Table Two: PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION FROM COMMISSION
REPORTS IN THE 2007/08 YEAR
LEGISLATION
(
IN
ORDER
OF
PROGRESS
)
P ROGRESS
AS
AT
30
J
UNE
2008
Criminal Justice
r eform Bill
The reforms recommended in the Commissionfs report
Guidelines and Parole Reform
several statutes when this bill became law.
Assent 31/7/07
w ills Bill
This statute follows recommendations in
A Succession (Wills) Act
governing wills in a single statute.
Assent 28/8/07
Property Law Bill
This statute follows recommendations in
R29 (1994) to restate reform and codify (in part) certain aspec
the law relating to real and personal property.
Assent 4/10/07
a rbitration
a mendmentBill
This statute implements the principal recommendations of
Improving the Arbitration Act 1996
Assent 17/10/07
s
uccession (
h omicide) Bill
This statute implements recommendations in
Homicidal Heirs
R38 (1997) to codify law precluding a person
unlawfully kills another from benefiting from that death.
Assent 17/10/07
Protection of Personal and Property
This legislation implements some recommendations from
Enduring Powers of Attorney
Assent 29/9/07
Crimes (
r epeal of
s
editious
This statute implements the recommendations in
of Sedition R96
(2007).
Assent 5/11/07
Criminal Procedure Bill
This statute implements recommendations from several reports:
a limited exception to the rule of double jeopardy found in
-
Acquittal Following Perversion of the Course of Justice
introduction of majority verdicts found in
-
Juries in Criminal
Trials
R69 (2001)
some of the amendments proposed in
-
Criminal Prosecution
R66 (2000)
amendments to summary procedures from
-
Criminal Procedure
Part One: Disclosure and Committal
Assent 25/6/08
