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Report
Reference
Name of Report
Self-Initiated or
Ministerial
Reference?
Legislation
Contemplated by
Report?
Legislation Passed?
NZLC R11
Legislation and its Interpretation:
Statutory Publications Bill (1989)
Ministerial Reference
(standing reference in
relation to legislation)
(May 1986)
Yes draft
Statutory
Publications Bill
Implemented in part by Regulations
(Disallowance) Act 1989 and Acts and
Regulations Publications Act 1989.
NZLC R12 First Report on Emergencies: Use of the
Armed Forces (1990)
Ministerial/
Governmental
reference (May 1988)
Yes
recommended
amendments to the
Defence Bill
Integrated into the Defence Act 1990.
NZLC R13 Intellectual Property: The Context for
Reform (1990)
Self initiated (1988)
No Report is a
collection of papers
from seminars
organised by the
LC, for use as a
resource
None contemplated by Report.
NZLC R14 Criminal Procedure Part One: Disclosure
and Committal (1990)
Ministerial Reference
(Aug 1989)
Yes -amendments
to the Summary
Proceedings Act
Recommendation that s 24A of the
Official Information Act (not yet
effective) be repealed was
implemented in 1993. Other
recommendations not implemented but
under consideration for a proposed
Criminal Procedure Bill (policy
decisions yet to be made).