62 254.  One   former   Commissioner   thinks   the   Law   Commission   Act   was   overly ambitious and it created an impression of achievements that cannot be effectively carried out.  Thus, what the Law Commission Act provides is not actually being done – there is not really any systematic review going on.    255.  Other Commissioners, both former and present, feel that the Law Commission Act was well constructed and is still relevant.  The Chief Parliamentary Counsel, in a thoughtful written statement, told the evaluator:    The systematic reform of the country’s law, whether it is the common law or the statute, is necessary to ensure that the law remains relevant and continues to serve society.    Rapid  changes  in  social  attitude  and  values,  institutions,  practices,  and technology have only increased the need for the law to keep pace.  Law reform can also lead desirable change.  A body such as the Law Commission is able to play a major role in reviewing the law and legal institutions, identifying areas requiring change, and recommending appropriate reforms.    256.  The opinion of Chief Parliamentary Counsel is entitled in the evaluator’s opinion to great weight.  His office has the burden of drafting all the important laws and producing the New Zealand Statute Book.  The systematic review of the law by the Law Commission is designed to ensure that the Statute Book is kept up to date and relevant to modern society.   The issue of keeping the law contemporary is intimately tied to the issue of public access to what is increasingly complex and  dynamic  legislation,  as  recently  discussed  in  a  Report  to  Parliamentary Counsel  Office  by  PricewaterhouseCoopers  on  “Improving  Public  Access  to Legislation”.⁵³   257.  The  Chief  Justice,  Dame  Sian  Elias,  also  a  former  Commissioner,  told  the evaluator that she favours the Law Commission conducting an overall review of the laws of New Zealand.  As a means of achieving this she suggested that an Annual  Report  should  be  prepared  on  the  systematic  review  of  the  law, where general observations could be made about defects in the pattern of New Zealand law.  The evaluator considers this to be a worthwhile idea. 258.  The present Commissioners, in their meetings with the evaluator, made clear that they  consider  none  of  the  problems  they encounter are attributable to the Law Commission Act.  They do not think any legislative change is necessary.                                                     53   PricewaterhouseCoopers, Improving Public Access to Legislation (December 1999).