PART ONE:  SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS General 25.    The  statute  establishing  the  Law  Commission  is  ambitious.    Its  purpose  is  to promote  the  systematic  review,  reform  and  development  of  the  law  of  New Zealand.    That  purpose  has  yet  to  be  realised,  although  it  remains  a  highly desirable goal.    26.    The Law Commission is a useful public institution and should be retained.  It has done much valuable work.  It contains high quality jurists working for the public interest.    27.    The  contribution  of  the  Law  Commission  in  terms  of  legislation  passed  or administrative change has not been proportionate to the amount of public money spent  on  it.    The  main  failure  has  been  a  relatively  low  strike  rate  of  the Commission's proposals being enacted into law.  The strike rate is less than 50 percent.  Improvements need to be made so that the Commission can contribute more.    The  Report  concentrates  upon  recommendations  of  a  practical  kind  to improve the effectiveness of the Commission.    28.    The purpose, functions and structure of the Law Commission should remain as they  are  now.    Only  one  statutory  change  to  the  Commission's  statute  is recommended in the Report.  The Government  should  be  required,  within  six months  of  receiving  a  Law  Commission  Report,  to  table  in  the  House  of Representatives a statement of its policy towards the proposals contained in the Law Commission Report.    29.    The Law Commission is a Crown entity.  Consideration will need to be given to the  structure  of  the  Law  Commission  in  the  current  Government  project  to develop generic legislation governing Crown entities.  The existing structure of the Commission may not fit with the generic legislation being considered.  This Report finds the existing structure sound for its purpose.