Law Commission
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- Created on: 08-12-17 13:51
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- The Law Commission
- What
- A statutory independent reform body that reviews and reforms the law.
- Aims
- To review and reform the law
- To conduct research and consultations in order to make recommendat-ions to Parliament.
- Roles
- Consolidate
- Bringing together different laws on the same subject and creating one act of Parliament.
- Combining several statutory provisions relating to a particular area and putting them in one Act of Parliament.
- Policing and Crime Act 2017
- Bringing together different laws on the same subject and creating one act of Parliament.
- Codify
- Integrating all relevant laws in a new act of Parliament.
- Bringing together all the law on one particular topic and creating one Act of Parliament.
- Homicide, Murder and Voluntary Manslaughter Act 2006
- Integrating all relevant laws in a new act of Parliament.
- Repeal
- To remove obsolete, out-of-date laws that no longer apply to our modern society.
- The Statutes Law Repeal Act 1998
- Modernize
- Making suggestions to amend and reform legislation to ensure that it is up to date with our society and effective.
- Criminal Courts and Justice Act 2015
- Consolidate
- Composition
- There is a chair, who is a superior judge, and 4 others, who are all legal professionals.
- Roles
- Consolidate
- Bringing together different laws on the same subject and creating one act of Parliament.
- Combining several statutory provisions relating to a particular area and putting them in one Act of Parliament.
- Policing and Crime Act 2017
- Bringing together different laws on the same subject and creating one act of Parliament.
- Codify
- Integrating all relevant laws in a new act of Parliament.
- Bringing together all the law on one particular topic and creating one Act of Parliament.
- Homicide, Murder and Voluntary Manslaughter Act 2006
- Integrating all relevant laws in a new act of Parliament.
- Repeal
- To remove obsolete, out-of-date laws that no longer apply to our modern society.
- The Statutes Law Repeal Act 1998
- Modernize
- Making suggestions to amend and reform legislation to ensure that it is up to date with our society and effective.
- Criminal Courts and Justice Act 2015
- Consolidate
- How
- 1) Initiation stage
- 2) Pre-consultation
- 3) Consultation
- 4) Policy development
- 5) Reporting
- They public their final report which will normally include a draft bill.
- They draft their report and policy, sometimes writing a draft bill.
- 5) Reporting
- They publish a consultation paper, to encourage relevant people to give their opinions.
- 4) Policy development
- They first research the current law and identify problems.
- 3) Consultation
- The Government may ask them to review a particular area of law or they may conduct its own research projects.
- 2) Pre-consultation
- 1) Initiation stage
- Evaluation
- Disadvantage
- They have no power as Parliament can choose to ignore their reports.
- The process can take a long time
- Offences against the Person Act 1861 took 5 years to finalize.
- They are insufficiently resourced, due to a small number of staff.
- Money and time are wasted when Parliament ignore their reports.
- The process can take a long time
- They have no power as Parliament can choose to ignore their reports.
- Advantage
- Independent and unbiased.
- They have specific knowledge and expertise.
- They have a high success rate.
- Their methods are thorough and in-depth.
- They have a high success rate.
- They have specific knowledge and expertise.
- Independent and unbiased.
- Disadvantage
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