Law Commission Te Aka Matua o te Ture

Today we published the Terms of Reference that will guide our review of the law relating to hate crime: He Arotake i Hara Ngākau Kino. Please visit our webpage to find out more about the review, access translated and accessible versions of the Terms of Reference, and sign-up for updates. https://lnkd.in/gUav_JeR

There are only a few weeks to go until the deadline for submissions on the Law Commission’s proposals on reform of the law governing preventive detention, extended supervision orders and public protection orders. We want to hear your views. Find out more here before consultation closes on Friday 20 September. https://lnkd.in/gqJTzxrK

We want to hear your views on the law governing preventive detention and post-sentence supervision or detention. Today we have published our Preferred Approach Paper, which sets out our proposals for reform. Consultation is open until 20 September 2024. Find out more and how to respond on our website.  https://lnkd.in/g5s_Yxtr 

Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission has published its Issue Paper in Ia Tangata | 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. We want to hear your views. To make a submission visit: https://lnkd.in/g8rM5zWE Submissions are due by 5pm, Thursday 5 September 2024. 

The Minister of Justice has asked the Commission to undertake a review of directors’ duties and liabilities. The Companies Act 1993 was originally informed by two Law Commission reports and Commissioner Geof Shirtcliffe, who will lead the project, has substantial experience in this field of law. https://lnkd.in/gq9MhWB8

How should the law respond when an adult’s decision making is affected — for example, as a result of a learning disability, dementia, traumatic brain injury or mental distress? Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission has published its Second Issues Paper in its review of the law relating to adult decision-making capacity. The focus of our review is the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988. This Act provides for several decision-making arrangements for people who do not have decision-making capacity, such as welfare guardians, property managers and enduring powers of attorney. The Second Issues Paper considers whether the law should continue to provide for these types of decision-making arrangements and, if so, how they could be improved. It also considers how the law could better recognise decision-making support and how to improve safeguarding, accountability and oversight. We want to hear your views. To make a submission visit https://lnkd.in/g45QrYnq and share your insights by making a submission online or by one of the alternative submission options. There, you can also find the Second Issues Paper and Key Topic documents. The Key Topic documents are short, plain-language summaries of a few of the most important topics in the Second Issues Paper and are available in many accessible formats and in te reo Māori. Submissions are due by 5pm Friday 21 June 2024.

Today we publish our final report of the Third Review of the Evidence Act 2006. The report concludes that the Act is generally working well, but that some reform is necessary and desirable to help improve how it works in practice. Read more about our recommendations and what happens next on our website: https://lnkd.in/gTpbb2Qr