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· The Commission may (section 8(1)):
(a) receive and consider any proposals for the reform of the law that may be
made to it by any person;
(b) initiate, carry out and direct such studies and research as are necessary to
properly carry out its object;
(c) publish papers, studies or other documents prepared by or for the Commission;
(d) co-operate or enter into agreements with any organisation that undertakes
projects relating to the object of the Commission within or outside the
Province;
(e) with the concurrence of the Attorney-General and to the extent that the
Commission is able to do so without, in its opinion, impairing its ability to
carry out its object or duties, provide information, research material and
study results and make recommendations to departments, boards and
agencies of the Government of the Province concerned with the
improvement, modernisation or reform of laws;
(f) regulate its proceedings and provide generally for the conduct and
management of its affairs; and
(g) do such things and take such measures as the Commission considers advisable
for the achievement of its object, including the making of by-laws.
196. Very clearly the new Nova Scotia Commission is a much more powerful and
independent body than its predecessor was.
197. Under the Act the Nova Scotia Commission is to review the law of the Province
and any matter relating to law in the Province and to make recommendations for
improvement, modernisation and reform including, recommendations for
(section 4):
· development of new approaches to, and new concepts of, law that serve the
changing needs of society and of individual members of society;
· clarification and simplification of the law;
· removal of provisions of the law that are outdated;
· improvement of the administration of justice; and
· review of judicial and quasi-judicial procedures.