8 Statement of Intent How we do our work Law reform project management We manage our work programme using our in-house Project Management Guide , which provides a framework for identifying the scope of each area of law reform, defining the project stages and timelines, and then for reporting on progress both internally, and externally to the Minister. The Commissioners are responsible on a day to day basis for the intellectual leadership of the Commission and the substantive content of the Commission’s publications. The Commission’s quality criteria apply to law reform projects and are part of its Project Management Guide¹. The President, Deputy President and General Manager convene weekly as a management committee and oversee the conduct and progress of the work programme. The full Commission meets on a monthly basis as ‘the Board’, as the Commission is defined for the purposes of the Crown Entities Act 2004. The General Manager is in attendance at the Commission meetings. Legislation advisory committee support In relation to the advisory services provided to the LAC, our legal and policy staff analyse almost all Government bills for compliance with the LAC guidelines and we provide a report to the Committee on each bill². Bills are allocated to the Commission’s legal and policy staff as they are introduced into the House. The staff member writes a report for the bill and comments on the extent to which the legislation complies with the legislation advisory guidelines. This report is then reviewed by the relevant Commissioner, and the President as the Chair of the LAC, before it is sent to the Secretary of the Committee who is an employee of the Ministry of Justice. Other policy advice and services Other legal and policy advice provided by the Commissioners to agencies and officials through the LDC, to the Minister, other Ministers, or to agencies on an ad hoc basis, is developed in line with the Commission’s internal quality assurance processes as appropriate. These processes ensure that the final advice provided is well researched, legally sound and timely. Legal and policy staff will usually undertake the initial research, make a recommendation and provide an advisory briefing to the relevant Commissioner. The advice is then subject to internal review 1 The Commission’s quality criteria are outlined in Part Two in the Prospective Statement of Service Performance. 2 The Commission does not provide a report to the LAC where the bill is implementing the recommendations of a Commission report. The Crown Law Office provides the LAC report in this situation.