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Third review of the Evidence Act 2006 – report published

Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission has published its final report on Te Arotake Tuatoru i te Evidence Act 2006 | The Third Review of the Evidence Act 2006. This completes our final statutory review of the operation of the provisions of the Act. The report sets out our findings from the review and makes recommendations for reform.

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A review of the protections in the Human Rights Act 1993 for people who are transgender, people who are non-binary and people with innate variations of sex characteristics

Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission is examining the protections in the Human Rights Act 1993 for people who are transgender, people who are non-binary and people with innate variations of sex characteristics.

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Hapori whānui me te tangata mōrea nui: He arotake o te mauhere ārai hē me ngā ōta nō muri whakawhiu

Public safety and serious offenders: A review of preventive detention and post-sentence orders

We are reviewing the laws protecting the public from offenders who pose significant risks through preventive detention, extended supervision orders and public protection orders.

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He arotake i te ture mō ngā huarahi whakatau a ngā pakeke

Review of adult decision-making capacity law

Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission is reviewing how the law should respond when an adult’s decision-making is affected.

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We identify issues with the law, research them deeply, engage with people to discover more, and recommend improvements.

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The Government considers our advice and decides whether to implement our recommendations for law reform.

Past work

With over 120 final reports to date, the Commission has been working to improve the law since 1987.