Wellington New Zealand
February 1989 Crown Copyright
ISBN 0-477-07243-7
Preface and Letter of transmittal
Conclusions and Recommendations
2 The background to the Inquiry
3 The allocation of Power between Courts, Tribunals and the Executive Government Future Programme
4 The Application of the Criteria
Appendix 1 - List of appeal bodies already recommended for abolition
Appendix 2 - List of tribunals considered in the Report
Appendix 3 - Provisions for appeal to courts from tribunal and related decisions
Appendix 4 - Statutory arbitrations
Appendix 5 - List of those making submissions
Appendix 6 - A selected bibliography on administrative tribunals
The Legislation Advisory Committee has the following terms of reference
(a) to scrutinise and make submissions to the appropriate body or person upon aspects of bills introduced into Parliament affecting public law or raising public law issues;
(b) to report to the Minister of Justice or the Legislation Committee of Cabinet on the foregoing aspects of legislative proposals which the Minister or that committee refers to it;
(c) to advise the Minister of Justice on such other topics and matters in the field of public law as the Minister from time to time refers to it.
The membership of the Committee is as follows
Sir George Laking (Chairman) Professor F M Brookfield Mr A R Galbraith QC Mr W Iles Sir Kenneth Keith Mr W R Mansfield Hon Mr Justice J B Robertson Judge D F G Sheppard Mr C J Thompson Rebecca Ellis (Secretary)
Other publications of the Legislation Advisory Committee
Legislative Change: Guidelines on Process and Content (August 1987) (Report No. l)
Administrative Tribunals : A Discussion Paper (January 1988)
Report of the Legislation Advisory Committee [on its work to date] (June 1988) (Report No.2)
Departmental Statutes and other legislation relating to Departments A discussion paper (September 1988)
Report on Departmental Statutes (January 1989) (Report No.4)