⁸³NZLC R 1.      ⁸⁴NZLC R 8.      ⁸⁵NZLC R 9.      ⁸⁶NZLC R 16. 63 129 The Law Commission’s mandate i s specific in this regard. It includes systematic review of the law of New Zealand, making recommendations for the reform and development of the law of New Zealand and, as already noted, advising on ways in which the law of New Zealand can be made as understandable and practicable as possible. I do not propose here to attempt an evaluation of how effective the Law Commission has been in the 18 years following its establishment. Clearly, its reports have led or contributed to legislation in a wide range of areas. They are success stories. 130 The Commission’s first report,  Imperial Legislation in Force in New Zealand,⁸³ contributed to the Imperial Laws Application Act 1988, although much of the work in identifying which Imperial statutes should continue to apply in New Zealand had already been done by a former Law Draftsman, Graham Hamilton. The Commission recommended  reform of  New  Zealand’s  chattel  sec urities  legislation  in  a  1989 report, A New Personal Property Securities Act for New Zealand.⁸⁴  The Personal Property Securities Act 1999 was enacted 10 years later, although it followed a Canadian model rather than the approach recommended by the Commission. 131 The Commission’ s 2 reports on reform of company law, Company Law: Reform and Restatement (1989)⁸⁵ and Company Law Reform: Transition and Revision (1990) 86 led to the enactment in 1993 and 1994 of a new Companies Act and a substantial quantity of related legislation. A report Legislation and its Interpretation: Statutory