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Submissions available - Issues Paper 23 Final Words: Death and Cremation Certification in New Zealand

Published: 19 Aug 2011, Updated: 31 Oct 2011

Submissions on the Law Commission’s Issues Paper 23, Final Words: Death and Cremation Certification in New Zealand , are now available for download.
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Related Project: Review of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964
Press Conference - Release of Privacy Report

Published: 3 Aug 2011, Updated: 10 Oct 2011

Follow the link to watch the press conference held prior to yesterday's release of the Law Commission's Privacy report (NZLC R123).

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Related Project: Review Of Privacy
Call for Submissons on Death and Cremation Certification Paper

Published: 30 May 2011, Updated: 2 Aug 2011

The Law Commission published an Issues Paper on 23 May ‘Final Words: Death and Cremation Certification in New Zealand’ (NZLC IP23, 2011) examining the strengths and weaknesses of the Death and Cremation certification systems.
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Related Project: Review of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964
Update - Death and Cremation Certification in New Zealand, Issues Paper 23

Published: 12 Jul 2011, Updated: 2 Aug 2011

The publication in May of the Law Commission’s Issues Paper on the laws governing the processes around death prompted considerable media and public interest.

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Related Project: Review of the Burial and Cremation Act 1964
Currently seeking submissions on the Law of Trusts Review

Published: 15 Nov 2010, Updated: 3 May 2011

The paper 'Review of Trust Law in New Zealand: Introductory Issues Paper' asks for views about a possible legislative definition of a trust, practical issues with the Trustee Act, and whether the Act should continue to be a default statute
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Easier access to compulsory drug treatment proposed in latest Law Commission Report

Published: 27 Oct 2010, Updated: 8 Mar 2011

New Zealand needs a greater range of residential programmes capable of providing for people requiring compulsory drug and alcohol treatment.
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Related Project: Review of Misuse of Drugs Act 1975
Review of the Civil List Act Report Released

Published: 7 Dec 2010, Updated: 8 Mar 2011

The Law Commission’s latest report, Review of the Civil List Act – Members of Parliament and Ministers, NZLC R119, has been tabled in Parliament.

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Civil List Report copies still available!

Published: 15 Dec 2010, Updated: 8 Mar 2011

The Law Commission Report Review of the Civil List Act - Members of Parliament and Ministers, NZLC R119 is available for purchase for $30.00.
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New Project! Review of Regulatory Gaps and the New Media

Published: 20 Oct 2010, Updated: 18 Nov 2010

New and emerging forms of news media – sometimes referred to as the “new media” continue to transform the media landscape.
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Who are the news media and how should they be regulated? Join the debate!

Published: 29 Feb 2012, Updated: 7 Mar 2012

The Public Address blog site is today hosting the first of a series of blog posts authored by the Law Commission as part of an exercise in facilitating broad public discussion of the Commission's Review of Regulatory Gaps and the New Media issues paper.
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Related Project: Review of Regulatory Gaps and the New Media

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