3 Several of our recent reports have been implemented in legislation that is currently before Parliament. These include our reports on search and surveillance powers and our review of the law relating to commissions of inquiry. The Commission is also conducting a review of the War Pensions Act 1954 that is more than half way through now. Progress in this project has not been assisted by the economic downturn. Our review of Part 8 of the Crimes Act 1961 involves some very important aspects of the criminal law. This project has been speeded up by the incoming Government. The issues in this review are both intricate and important. We are also dealing with a review of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 which, to some degree, dovetails in with the review of the Sale of Liquor Act, especially in relation to treatment. We have commenced work on two new projects this year that were given to us last year. These are a review of the law relating to trusts and charitable trusts and the Official Information Act 1982. A small report on private schools is nearing completion, as is another on the Parliamentary Counsel Office which will be published as a companion piece to the presentation of statutes project. The project on prerogative writs has been dropped due to lack of support for the proposals in the Issues Paper published in 2008. Our joint project with the Ministry of Justice on the development of a unified tribunals framework has been discontinued as a result of Government decisions relating to resources. A final report on victimsf compensation will be completed by September. The Commission continues to be fully engaged by its work servicing the Legislation Advisory Committee and it also has an important role in respect to the Legislation Design Committee. Our project on an important part of legal infrastructural reform, the Land Transfer Act 1952, is progressing well and will be finished by the end of 2009. The massive privacy project has produced three volumes of work so far and three more are to come. The incoming Government has slightly revised the manner in which projects are sent to the Law Commission by the Executive Government and tweaked the manner in which responses to reports tabled in Parliament could be dealt with. These changes, in the view of the Commission, will have no effect on our effectiveness.