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included. On the list that the Commission is presently considering for discussion
with Government are the following:
·
Education law;
·
Review of Privacy Act;
·
Report on the provision of legal advice to the New Zealand Government and
organisation of its legal services;
·
An examination of the law relating to the Royal prerogative, including the
process for handling applications for the royal prerogative of mercy;
·
Changing the way New Zealand statute law is presented so that it is easier to
find all relevant statutory provisions;
·
A Review of the Statute book to make recommendations on the repeal of
unnecessary statutes and regulations;
·
Review of the Official Information Act;
·
Review of Delegated Legislation methods and control;
·
Review of the Substantive Law of Trusts and Charitable Trusts;
·
Commissions of Inquiry and other inquiries;
·
Speeding up Maori claims settlement process;
·
The law regulating Social Welfare entitlements;
·
Franchising law;
·
Prospective overruling of judicial decisions by the Courts
·
Reviewing aspects of intellectual property law.
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I do hope the Law Society will keep in close touch with the Law Commission
about its views on where the law is going wrong. Practitioners are in an