73 Report Reference Name of Report Self-Initiated or Ministerial Reference? Legislation Contemplated by Report? Legislation Passed? NZLC R16     Company Law Reform:  Transition and Revision  (1990) Ministerial Reference (Sept 1986) Yes – amendments to proposed new Companies Act previously drafted by LC (NZLC R9) Yes, with some changes - Companies Act 1993. NZLC R17     A New Interpretation Act:  To Avoid “Prolixity and Tautology” (and summary version) (1990) Ministerial Reference (standing reference in relation to legislation) (May 1986) Yes – new Interpretation Act Forms the basis of the Interpretation Act 1999 (Interpretation Act is simpler than LC Draft bill, although the Act is substantially the same). NZLC R18     Aspects of Damages:  Employment Contracts and the Rule in Addis v Gramophone Co (1991) Self initiated (1987) Yes – statutory reversal of the rule in an employment context Yes, implemented by the Employment Contracts Act 1991 to reverse Addis. NZLC R19     Aspects of Damages:  The Rules in Bain v Fothergill and Joyner v Weeks (1991) Self initiated (1987) Yes – amendments to the Property Law Act 1952 to abolish both rules Yes, provision abolishing Bain rule enacted in Property Law Amendment Act 1994. Joyner rule amended by Maori Trustee v Rogross Farm Ltd [1994] 3 NZLR 410 so no statutory amendment needed. NZLC R20     Arbitration (1991) Self initiated (1987) Yes – draft Yes, Arbitration Act 1996, with small