87NZLC R 11.
88NZLC R 18.
89NZLC R 19.
90Ibid .
91Ibid .
92Ibid.
93NZLC R 44.
64
Publications Bill (1989)87 resulted in splitting a Statutory Publications Bill into 2
separate statutes, the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 and the
Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989. Two reports on specific issues relating to
damages, Aspects of Damages: Employment Contracts and the Rule in Addis v
Gramophone Co (1991)88 and Aspects of Damages: the Rules in Bain v Fothergill
and Joyner v Weeks (1991),89 led to statutory change on 2 matters. The
Commissions report on Arbitration (1991) led to the new Arbitration Act 1996,
following introduction by a back bench Government member of a Bill drafted in the
Commission and then supported by the Government.
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As already noted, the Commissions repo rt A New Interpretation Act: To Avoid
Prolixity and Tautology (1990)90 resulted, almost a decade later, in a new
Interpretation Act. Its 2 related reports, The Format of Legislation (1993)91 and
Legislation Manual: Structure and Style (1996)92, were influential in the changes to
the design of New Zealand legislation and to legislative drafting practice. A report
entitled Habeas Corpus: Procedure (1997) 93 resulted in the enactment of the
Habeas Corpus Act 2001 which provided for a more effective procedure for habeas
corpus applications, repealed 3 Imperial Acts relating to habeas corpus, and
abolished all writs of habeas corpus other than the writ of habeas corpus ad
subjiciendum.