Third Programme of Law Reform 2008-2014

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third programme of law reform 2008-2014TABLE OF CONTENTSPART 1IntroductionPART 2Projects Included in theThird Programme of Law Reform29APPENDIX 1Abstracts of Projects in theThird Programme of Law Reform11APPENDIX 2Values in Carrying Out Our Role19APPENDIX 3The Consultation Process:Third Programme of Law Reform25APPENDIX 4Overview of how the Commission Works29APPENDIX 5Subject Matter of Reports Completed Under theFirst and Second Programmes of Law Reform31APPENDIX 6Table of Implementation of Reports under theFirst and Second Programmes of Law Reform38
Law Reform CommissionPART IINTRODUCTIONTHE COMMISSION’S FUNCTIONSThe Law Reform Commission is an independent statutory body established by the LawReform Commission Act 1975. The 1975 Act states that the Commission’s role is to keepthe law under review and to conduct research with a view to the reform of the law. Lawreform is defined under the Act to include:• the development of law• its codification (including its simplification and modernisation), and• the revision and consolidation of statute law.PROGRAMMES OF LAW REFORMA Programme of Law Reform is prepared by the Commission, in consultation withthe Attorney General, and contains a specific number of areas of law that requireexamination with a view to their reform. When such a Programme of Law Reform isapproved by the Government, the Commission will examine and research the subjectsset out in it and, if appropriate, formulate and submit to the Taoiseach proposals forthe reform of the law in those areas. The Commission’s First Programme of Law Reformwas in place between 1977 and 1999. The Second Programme of Law Reform had adefined timeframe from 2000 to the end of 2007. The Third Programme of Law Reformwill also run for the specified timeframe from 2008 to 2014.STATUTE LAW RESTATEMENT AND legislation directoryUntil 2006, the Commission carried out its statutory mandate primarily throughProgrammes of Law Reform, together with requests by the Attorney General underthe 1975 Act to examine specific areas of law. In 2006, the scope of the Commission’sresearch work was expanded to include two other areas of activity, Statute LawRestatement and the Chronological Tables of the Statutes. Statute Law Restatement isa process of making legislation more accessible by updating existing Acts to incorporateall changes made by subsequent Acts or Statutory Instruments into a single text, whichis certified by the Attorney General. The Chronological Tables of the Statutes consistsof an Index listing in chronological order all amendments to legislation made by Actsand Statutory Instruments which have been enacted or made since 1922. Followingthe Commission's assumption of responsibility for the Chronological tables of Statutes,
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