34 PART  THREE:  OVERSEAS  MODELS  –  CURRENT  TRENDS  IN  LAW REFORM MACHINERY IN THE UK, CANADA AND AUSTRALIA 129.  This  section  analyses  the  current  trends  of  law  reform  commissions  overseas.   There  is  a  wealth  of  law  reform  machinery  around  the  world  specifically designed  to  recommend  changes  and  improvements  in  the  law  to  ensure  it reflects,   among   other   things,   economic   and   technological   developments, different social values and evolving concepts of justice. 130.  In  accordance  with  the  Terms  of  Reference  the  evaluator  has  confined  the research  of  overseas  law  reform  machinery  to  countries  with  similar  legal systems to our own.  The jurisdictions that have been researched are: (a)     Australia – at both Federal and State level; (b)     Canada – at both Federal and Provincial level; and (c)     The United Kingdom. 131.  The focus has been primarily on two areas:   ·   Changes in the machinery of law reform in the last 10 years; and ·   Any  evaluative  material  on  the  performance  of  the  overseas  law  reform agencies.    The Continued Need for Law Commissions 132.  It is possible to isolate five broad categories of law reform bodies, as reflected in Table 1 below: