56 Annual Report
Review of the Land
Transfer Act 1952
IP
Q4
Ongoing
Simplification of criminal
procedure
Ongoing
Sentencing
Establishment Unit
Draft sentencing
guidelines
Ongoing
through
2007/08
Ongoing
Search & Surveillance
Powers
Draft legislation
Q4
Ongoing
Maximum Penalties
Report
Q4
Ongoing
Criminal defences:
Provocation
Insa
nity
FR
FR
Q2
Q4
FR Q2
Deferred
A DDED
IN
S
EPTEMBER
2007
Further reform of habeas
corpus procedure
SP
FR
Q1
Q3
Q1
Q3
Cost
The final measure of the Commissionfs performance is the requirement
to complete each project within the budgeted cost.
The budgeted expenditure of $5,054,842, as stated in the prospective
financial statements within the Commissionfs 2007-2010 Statement of
Intent, was well below the actual project expenditure of $5,942,246 at
year end. The reason for the significant variance is twofold.
First, changes to the project selection process and the new timing
requirements for the presentation of the Statement of Intent meant that
prospective financial statements were prepared well in advance of the
Commissionfs work programme of 11 projects agreed with the Minister
at 1 July 2007. Second, during the financial year the Commissionfs
project workload was significantly expanded with the addition of seven
projects in September 2007 and a further project in January 2008.
With the exception of the review of the War Pensions Act 1954, this
additional work was not separately funded.