It is a ____-____, _________, and ___________ body?
Full time, independent and permanent
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In what section of the Law Commission Act is the role of the LC stated?
Section 3, subsection 1
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What is the role of the Law Commission?
To keep all law under review at all times
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What is the Law Commission made up of?
5 commissioners, INCLUDING 1 chairman
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What has the chairman got to be?
A High Court judge
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What have the other 4 commissioners got to be?
Legal academics, or practicing barristers of a very high standard
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What do each of the 5 commissioners also have to help them?
A team of highly-qualified and legally-trained individuals
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What 3 things do they do to keep all law under review?
Codification, Consolidation, Repeal
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What is codification? + give an example
Bringing together in one act of parliament (Draft Criminal Code 1989)
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What is codification? + give an example
Bringing many acts of parliament into one act of parliament. Does not change any law, but just makes it clearer and more understandable (Education Act 1996)
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What is repeal? + give an example
The removal of old, outdated law (Criminal Justice Act 2003 got rid of the double jeopardy rule following the Stephen Lawrence case)
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What 3 areas can the Law Commission start to look at law from?
They can self-investigate, or have things referred to them by Parliament or Legal Academics.
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It is a ____-____, _________, and ___________ body?
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Full time, independent and permanent
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In what section of the Law Commission Act is the role of the LC stated?
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