Law Commission Act 1985

Schedule 1
Provisions relating to Law Commission

s 15

1 Remuneration, allowances, and expenses of members of Commission

  • [Repealed]

    Schedule 1 clause 1: repealed, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

2 Employees of Commission

  • [Repealed]

    Schedule 1 clause 2: repealed, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

3 Committees and consultants

  • [Repealed]

    Schedule 1 clause 3: repealed, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

4 Application of certain Acts to members and staff of Commission

  • [Repealed]

    Schedule 1 clause 4: repealed, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

5 Superannuation or retiring allowances

  • (1) The Commission may, for the purpose of providing retirement benefits to its members, contribute to any superannuation scheme that complies with the requirements of section 84B of the State Sector Act 1988.

    (2) Subclause (1) does not limit the powers of the Commission under sections 84 to 84B of the State Sector Act 1988 in relation to its employees and officers.

    (3) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, any person who immediately before becoming an officer or employee of the Commission or member of the Commission is a contributor to the Government Superannuation Fund under Part 2 or Part 2A of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956 shall be deemed to be, for the purposes of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956, employed in the Government service so long as that person continues to be an officer or employee of the Commission or to hold office as a member of the Commission; and that Act shall apply to that person in all respects as if that person's service as such an officer or employee or as such a member were Government service.

    (4) Subject to the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956, nothing in subclause (3) shall entitle any such person to become a contributor to the Government Superannuation Fund after that person has once ceased to be a contributor.

    (5) For the purposes of applying the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956, in accordance with subclause (3), to a person who is in the service of the Commission, whether as an officer or employee or as a member, and is a contributor to the Government Superannuation Fund, the term controlling authority, in relation to any such person who is in the service of the Commission, means the Commission.

    Schedule 1 clause 5(1): substituted, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

    Schedule 1 clause 5(2): substituted, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

6 Crown may provide services for Commission

  • [Repealed]

    Schedule 1 clause 6: repealed, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

7 Money to be appropriated by Parliament for purposes of this Act

  • [Repealed]

    Schedule 1 clause 7: repealed, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

8 Funds of Commission

  • [Repealed]

    Schedule 1 clause 8: repealed, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

9 Bank accounts

  • [Repealed]

    Schedule 1 clause 9: repealed, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

10 Investment of money

  • [Repealed]

    Schedule 1 clause 10: repealed, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

11 Crown entity

  • [Repealed]

    Schedule 1 clause 11: repealed, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

12 Seal

  • [Repealed]

    Schedule 1 clause 12: repealed, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

13 Exemption from income tax

  • The income of the Commission shall be exempt from income tax.

14 Proceedings privileged

  • (1) [Repealed]

    (2) [Repealed]

    (3) No member of the Commission, or officer or employee thereof, or any other person appointed or engaged by the Commission to assist it in the performance of its functions, shall be required to give evidence in any court, or in any proceedings of a judicial nature, in respect of anything coming to the knowledge of the member, officer, employee, or person in the course of the operations of the Commission.

    (4) Anything said or any information supplied or any document produced by any person in the course of any proceedings before the Commission shall be privileged in the same manner as if the proceedings were proceedings in a court.

    (5) For the purposes of clause 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the Defamation Act 1992, any report made by the Commission in the course of the exercise or intended exercise of its functions shall be deemed to be an official report made by a person holding an inquiry under the authority of the Parliament of New Zealand.

    Schedule 1 clause 14(1): repealed, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

    Schedule 1 clause 14(2): repealed, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

    Schedule 1 clause 14(3): amended, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

    Schedule 1 clause 14(5): substituted, on 1 February 1993, by section 56(1) of the Defamation Act 1992 (1992 No 105).