9 The year in review Law reform work programme Law reform projects At the commencement of the 2008/2009 year the Commission had a full work programme consisting of 22 law reform projects. Sixteen of these were ework in progressf carried over from the 2007/2008 year, a Presentation of New Zealand statute law Review of the Statutes Drafting and Compilation Act 1920 Development of a unified tribunals framework Review of victims compensation Review of the Civil List Act 1979 Review of the law relating to private schools Review of prerogative writs Review of the War Pensions Act 1954 Review of the Land Transfer Act 1952 Review of maximum penalties Review of part 8 of the Crimes Act 1961 Review of the law of privacy (civil and criminal law) Review of the law of privacy (Privacy Act 1991) Review of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 Public safety and security Simplification of criminal procedure Two new law reform projects were added to the 2008/09 work programme the review of the law of trusts and the review of the Official Information Act 1981. The balance of the work programme consisted of policy and legislative advisory work in relation to the implementation of previous Commission reports, in four areas search and surveillance (Search and Surveillance Powers NZLC R97), public inquiries ( A NZLC R102), limitation defences ( Limitation Defences in Civil Proceedings NZLC R6, Tidying the Limitation Act NZLC R61, Limitation Defences in Civil Cases:Update Report convictions ( Disclosure to Courts of Similar Offending and Bad Character