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· To review Commonwealth laws relevant to those matters for the purposes
of systematically developing and reforming the law, particularly by -
- bringing the law into line with current conditions
- removing defects in the law
- simplifying the law
- adopting new or more effective methods for administering the law and
dispensing justice
- providing improved access to justice;
· to consider proposals for consolidating Commonwealth laws about those
matters;
· to consider proposals for the repeal of obsolete or unnecessary laws about
those matters;
· to consider proposals for uniformity between State and Territory laws
about those matters; and
· to consider proposals for complimentary Commonwealth, State and
Territory laws about those matters.
164. Under section 25 of the Act the Australian Commission has the power to do
everything necessary or convenient for the performance of its functions.
Law Reform Bodies that have been Restructured During the 1990s
Queensland and Western Australia
165. The Queensland Law Reform Commission (Queensland Commission) is an
independent statutory body constituted under the Law Reform Commission Act
1968. The function of the Queensland Commission is to keep under review all
the law applicable to the State with a view to its systematic development and
reform, including (section 10):
· The codification of such law;