52 There  will  be  a  lot  of  work  in  making  the  necessary  arrangements.    There  are important design issues, and the compatibility with the new computerisation that has been introduced by Parliamentary Counsel will need serious examination.  But since  it  involves  a  manipulation  of  material  that  will  all  be  online  by  then,  this should be possible.    53 I have had some discussions with Chief Parliamentary Counsel on the topic, and I am looking forward to examining with him and his office how to advance these ideas.    I  certainly  do  not  wish  to  cast  doubt  on  the  current  public  access  to legislation project being undertaken by the Parliamentary Counsel Office which will provide an official electronic version of the New Zealand statute book.  On the contrary, I think that project is an essential step in improving public access to legislation – a step that is long overdue and that will bring New Zealand into line with  most  other  comparable  jurisdictions.    Indeed,  once  New  Zealand  has  an official  electronic  statute  book,  it  will  be  much  easier  to  introduce  further improvements  in  the  arrangement  and  presentation  of  our  legislation  by  taking advantage  of  modern  technology.  The  future  development  of  more  powerful search engines will doubtless assist.   54 As a first step to codification, and a sort of half-way house between the current system and the Iowa Code, would be a subject-matter index of legislation along the lines of that produced by the Victorian Parliamentary Counsel Office.²⁵  This provides users with an index similar to that of the Iowa Code. 55 Whether it would be possible in such a New Zealand Code to integrate references to the relevant statutory regulations and “deemed regulations” is worth seriously considering.    Probably  the  attempt  should  be  made.    The  Regulations  Review Committee has delivered some heroic reports on the subject of deemed regulations and the Government response has been reasonably positive.                                                 25   Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Index to Subject Matter of Victorian Legislation (6 ed, Victoria, 1 Jan 2005). 19