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1. BORA COVID-19 Response (Urgent Measures) Legislation Bill [pdf, 73 KB]

   25 March 2020 Hon David Parker, Attorney-General Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: COVID-19 Response (Urgent Measures) Legislation Bill 1. We have considered whether the COVID-19 Response (Urgent Management Measures) Legislation Bill is consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. We understand that the Bill will be introduced into the House of Representatives on 25 March 2020 with the intention of passing...

2. Government response to Law Commission report on modernising NZ's extradition and mutual assistance laws [pdf, 13 KB]

   GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO LAW COMMISSION REPORT ON MODERNISING NEW ZEALAND’S EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE LAWS Presented to the House of Representatives GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO LAW COMMISSION REPORT ON MODERNISING NEW ZEALAND’S EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE LAWS Introduction The Government has carefully considered the Law Commission's report, Modernising New Zealand�...

3. Part 2 - Areas of Law Criminal Additional Examples [pdf, 367 KB]

   moj0052.2-june13_AreAs of lAw – CriminAl APPenDiX Page 1 / 2 additional Case example Form – Criminal You will need to complete this form for each case example you provide. If you print and complete please make copies of this case example form as necessary. If you complete the form online, please save each example on your computer and repeat as necessary before printing. application for approval in: PaL 1 PaL 2 PaL 3 PaL 4 PDLa Case detai...

4. FV Reform Paper 2 Civil Law [pdf, 558 KB]

   ...Committee REFORM OF FAMILY VIOLENCE LAW Paper Two: Family violence civil law Proposal 1. This paper is the second of three papers seeking Cabinet agreement to reforms to the law applying to family violence, following the review of family violence legislation. It seeks agreement to changes to the civil law relating to family violence, in particular the Domestic Violence Act 1995 (DVA) and the Care of Children Act 2004 (CoCA). Executive summary 2. The review of family violence l...

5. LA - Part 2 - Areas of Law Mental Health [pdf, 538 KB]

   MOJ0052.2-JUNE13_AreAs of LAw – MentAL HeALtH PagE 1 / 4 Please complete this if you are applying for approval for Mental Health PART 2 – Section 1 Experience Mental Health cases Length of experience How many years of experience (post admission) do you have in the family law, criminal law or mental health cases? Are you or have you been a District inspector of Mental Health? Do you have other relevant experience? number of cases Please indicate the approximate number of Mental...

6. Family Court Rewrite Submission - Youth Law [pdf, 453 KB]

   ...the parenting orders that apply to them. Children may make an application under section 56(3)(a) of COCA to apply for a variation to an order, but practically this is can be very difficult because of legal aid requirements. Under the Legal Services Regulations 2011 an adult being a parent, or a guardian, or a person providing day to day care of the child has to apply for legal aid on the child’s behalf if they are under 16, and guarantee that the legal aid payments will be paid back.27...

7. LA - Part 2 - Areas of Law Waitangi Tribunal [pdf, 777 KB]

   MOJ0052.2-JUNE13_AreAs of lAw – wAitAngi tribunAl PagE 1 / 5 Please complete this if you are applying for approval for the Waitangi Tribunal jurisdiction PART 2 – Section 1 Experience in the Waitangi Tribunal jurisdiction length of experience How long have you practised (post admission) in this area of law? number of cases Please indicate the approximate number of cases in which you have appeared as counsel with substantial and active involvement within the last five years. (Yo...

8. BORA Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill [pdf, 308 KB]

   Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill 9 December 2009 ATTORNEY-GENERAL LEGAL ADVICE CONSISTENCY WITH THE NEW ZEALAND BILL OF RIGHTS ACT 1990: LOCAL GOVERNMENT (AUCKLAND LAW REFORM) BILL 1. We have considered whether the Local Government (Auckland Law Reform) Bill (PCO 14028/17.0) (‘the Bill’) is consistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (‘Bill of Rights Act’). We understand that this Bill is likely to be considered by the Cabinet Legislation Committee...

9. Proactive release - COVID 19 Response Courts Safety Legislation Bill [pdf, 4.4 MB]

   ...requirements relating to the entry to courts that have been made to take account of the effects of COVID-19 under other Acts or inherent or implied powers; Legislative drafting 8 9 noted the Minister of Justice intends to seek agreement from the Cabine Legislation Committee to introduce the Safety in Courts (COVID-19 Urg nt Measures) Legislation Bill in early March 2022; 10 invited the Minister of Justice to instruct Parliamen ary Couns l Office to draft legislation to give effect t...

10. Report of the NZ Prostitution Law Committee 2008 [pdf, 642 KB]

    Report of the Prostitution Law Review Committee on the Operation of the Prostitution Reform Act 2003 2 © Crown Copyright Published May 2008 Ministry of Justice PO Box 180 Wellington New Zealand ISBN 978-0-478-29052-7 Disclaimer The views, opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this