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Reprint as at 1 August 2008

New Zealand Council of Law Reporting Act 1938

Public Act	1938 No 2
Date of assent	18 August 1938

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.

This Act is administered in the Ministry of Justice

Contents

Preamble

2 Interpretation

3 Incorporation of Council

4 Contracts of Council

5 Assets and liabilities of existing Council to become assets and liabilities of corporation

6 Appointments by Council of New Zealand Law Society

7 Reconstitution of Council

8 Provisions as to term of office of appointed members

8A Extraordinary vacancies in appointments by Chief Justice

9 Extraordinary vacancies in appointments by Council

10A Deputy Chairperson

10B Absence of Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson

10D Proceedings of Council

11 Appointment of officers

12 Functions of the Council

13 Refund of travelling expenses to members of Council

14 Council may make payments to New Zealand Law Society or to District Law Societies [Repealed]

15 Investment of money not immediately required for purposes of Council

16 Subsidiary powers of Council

An Act to provide for the incorporation and reconstitution of the New Zealand Council of Law Reporting, and to define its powers and functions

Preamble
WHEREAS the New Zealand Council of Law Reporting is an unincorporated association, consisting of the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, the President of the New Zealand Law Society, and 8 other barristers representing the principal District Law Societies in New Zealand, and formed primarily for the purpose of publishing or arranging for the publication of the series of reports of legal decisions known as The New Zealand Law Reports: And whereas it is desirable that the Council should be incorporated, that its constitution should be altered, and that its powers and functions should be defined.