Statutory Reviews
Statutory Reviews
- Review of Succession Act 2006
- Review of Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007
- Review of Civil Procedure Act 2005
- Review of Workplace Surveillance Act 2005
- Review of Defamation Act 2005
Note that reports on completed reviews are available in the Publications - Complete Statutory Reviews page of our website.
Review of Succession Act 2006
The NSW Department of Attorney General and Justice is reviewing the Succession Act 2006. A copy of this Act can be found at www.legislation.nsw.gov.au
The Succession Act 2006 provides a legislative framework in relation to wills, family provision and the distribution of intestate estates in New South Wales. The review will determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms of the legislation remain appropriate for securing those objectives.
Interested individuals and organisations are invited to make written submissions to the Director, Legislation, Policy and Criminal Law Review, NSW Department of Attorney General and Justice, GPO Box 6, Sydney NSW 2001; DX 1227 SYDNEY; email: lpclrd@agd.nsw.gov.au
All submissions will be treated as public and may be published, unless the submission indicates that it is to be treated as confidential.
The closing date for submissions is 30 March 2012.
Review of Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007
The NSW Attorney General is reviewing the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 - NSW legislation website). The aim of the review is to determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms of the Act remain appropriate for securing those objectives.
A Discussion Paper detailing issues for consideration in the review is available: Discussion Paper - Statutory Review of the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 [PDF, 178kb].
The period for submissions is now closed.
Review of Civil Procedure Act 2005
The NSW Department of Attorney General and Justice is reviewing the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (Civil Procedure Act 2005 - NSW legislation website). The Civil Procedure Act 2005 provides a legislative framework in relation to practice and procedure in civil proceedings. The review will determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms of the legislation remain appropriate for securing those objectives.
The closing date for submissions was 31 March 2011.
Review of Workplace Surveillance Act 2005
The NSW Department of Attorney General and Justice is reviewing the Workplace Surveillance Act 2005 (Workplace Surveillance Act 2005 - NSW legislation website). The Workplace Surveillance Act 2005 provides a legislative framework in relation to the surveillance of employees at work. The review will determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms of the legislation remain appropriate for securing those objectives.
The period for submissions has now closed.
The following submissions have been received and are available for download:
Australian Industry Group [PDF, 35kb]
Australian Privacy Foundation [PDF, 398kb]
Australian Services Union [PDF, 198kb]
Australian Workers' Union [PDF, 619kb]
Confidential
Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union [PDF, 143kb]
Department of Industrial Relations [PDF, 163kb]
Department of Premier and Cabinet [PDF, 496kb]
Finance Sector Union of Australia [PDF, 90kb]
Fire Brigade Employees' Union [PDF, 148kb]
Law Society of NSW [PDF, 89kb]
Master Builders Association of NSW [PDF, 66kb]
PrivacyNSW [PDF, 194kb]
Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees' Association [PDF, 16kb]
Symantec [PDF, 670kb]
Unions NSW [PDF, 228kb]
WorkCover NSW [PDF, 44kb]
Review of Defamation Act 2005
The NSW Department of Attorney General and Justice is reviewing the Defamation Act 2005 (Defamation Act 2005 - NSW legislation website). The Defamation Act 2005 is based on model uniform provisions agreed to by the Standing Committee of Attorneys General (available from the Australasian Parliamentary Counsel's Committee website - Model Defamation Provisions [PDF, 888kb]). The review will determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms of the legislation remain appropriate for securing those objectives.
The period for submissions has now closed.
The following submissions have been received and are available for download:
Associate Professor Rolph [MS Word doc, 31kb] - and attached article [PDF, 214kb]
Australia's Right To Know [MS Word doc, 567kb]
Communications Alliance [MS Word doc, 163kb]
Dr. Fernandez [MS Word doc, 510kb]
Free TV [PDF, 426kb]
Hon. Justice Blanch [PDF, 46kb]
Hon Justice McClellan [PDF, 493kb]
Law Society of NSW [PDF, 58kb]
Law Council of Australia [PDF, 371kb]
Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance [PDF, 20kb]
Mr Patrick George - Defamation Law in Australia - extract [PDF, 437kb]
Mr Kevin McManus [PDF, 83kb]
Mr Evan Whitton [MS Word doc, 33kb]
nineMSN [MS Word doc, 69kb]
NSW Bar Association [PDF, 1041kb]
Solicitor General [PDF, 1110kb]