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Each project is an area of law or subject matter that the Law Commission has agreed to review. The Commission works on several projects at a time. Together, these projects make up the Commission's annual work programme.

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Tax and Privilege

Project status: Closed Start date 01 June 2000 Last updated 11 May 2015

This project addresses the issue of whether in the interests of effective processes of tax assessment there should be a modification (beyond that already contained in the Tax Administration Act 1994 section 20) of the rules protecting from...

Retirement Villages

Project status: Closed Start date 01 July 1998 Last updated 11 May 2015

In 1997, the Law Commission was approached by the Securities Commission and invited to consider the law relating to retirement villages, as part of a wider project relating to the marketing of undivided interests in land, which would have the...

Crimes Act 1961–Part 8

Project status: Closed Start date 01 July 2007 Last updated 11 May 2015

Part 8 of the Crimes Act 1961 deals with crimes against the person. The project reviewed the adequacy and coherence of the current offence provisions, considered whether there were any gaps in them and revised maximum penalty levels. The project...

Reducing the Level and Impact of Organised Crime in New Zealand

Project status: Closed Start date 01 July 2007 Last updated 11 May 2015

The Commission participated in work led by the Ministry of Justice and Police that related to legislative and other responses to organised crime.

Crimes Act 1961–Section 59

Project status: Closed Start date 19 October 2006 Last updated 11 May 2015

Advice provided by the Law Commission to the Justice and Electoral Select Committee on Sue Bradford's Crimes (Abolition of Force as a Justification for Child Discipline) Amendment Bill.

Protection of the Intellectually Disabled

Project status: Closed Start date 01 January 2002 Last updated 11 May 2015

The purpose of this project is to consider: whether there is a need for clarifying or extending the power of the Family Court to require a person to whom Part I of the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 applies to live in...

Minority Buyouts

Project status: Closed Start date 18 January 2001 Last updated 11 May 2015

This project is a response to the July 2000 decision of Doogue J in Natural Gas Corporation Holdings Ltd v Infratil 1998 Ltd [2000] 3 NZLR 727.

Limitation of Action

Project status: Closed Start date 01 February 1999 Last updated 11 May 2015

The purpose of this project was to examine and review the Limitation Act, which lays down rules for determining the cut-off dates after which it is too late for an intending plaintiff to bring a civil claim. When the Government indicated it...

Justice: The Experiences of Māori Women

Project status: Closed Start date 17 November 1997 Last updated 11 May 2015

This project examines the response of the legal system to the experiences of women in New Zealand, recognising the importance of the Treaty of Waitangi in the examination of Maori women's experiences.

Property Law Act

Project status: Closed Start date 01 March 1994 Last updated 11 May 2015

This project proposes a draft Property Law Act to replace the Property Law Act 1952. One of the most important objectives of the new Act is to set forth rules of property law accessibly and in a manner which, allowing for the subject matter, can...

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