Overview 11 Detailed review of Commission work and implementation in 2017 12 Courts, Public Law and Regulatory Enforcement 13 Criminal Law and Procedure 15 Civil and Commercial Law 17 Law of Evidence 17 Land Law, Succession and Trusts 19 Family Law 20 CHAPTER 3 ACCESS TO LEGISLATION Introduction 21 Legislation Directory 21 Revised Acts 22 Classified List of Legislation 22 CHAPTER 4 Introduction 24 The Commission 24 Management Committee 24 Administrative 25 Research and Library Staff 25 Finance 26 Governance Arrangements 26 Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 27 Energy Efficiency 29 Freedom of Information Act 2014 29 Protected Disclosures Act 2014 29 Appendix 1 Law Reform Commission Organisation in 2017 30 Appendix 2 Selection of Law Reform Commission Events in 2017 31 FOREWORD On behalf of the Law Reform Commission I am pleased to introduce our Annual Report for 2017. During 2017, the Commission made significant progress towards the completion of our Fourth Programme of Law Reform. We also began a series of consultative meetings throughout the country seeking views on the projects that might be included in our Fifth Programme of Law Reform, which we intend to submit to Government in 2018. During the year, the Commission published a detailed Report on Section 117 of the Succession Act 1965: Aspects of Provision for Children. Section 117 provides that an application may be made to court to alter the terms of a will where a parent has failed in his or her duty” to made provision” for a child in the will. The Commission “moral “proper recommended that, while section 117 of the 1965 Act should continue to be based on the test of whether provision” had been made, it was not helpful to retain within its “proper provisions a reference to duty.” The Commission also recommended that section “moral 117 would benefit from reforms to its scope by focusing more closely on the need to ensure that proper provision was made for children who established specific grounds, such as
Overview 11 Detailed review of Commission work and implementation in 2017 12 Courts, Public Law and Regulatory Enforcement 13 Criminal Law and Procedure 15 Civil and Commercial Law 17 Law of Evidence 17 Land Law, Succession and Trusts 19 Family Law 20 CHAPTER 3 ACCESS TO LEGISLATION Introduction 21 Legislation Directory 21 Revised Acts 22 Classified List of Legislation 22 CHAPTER 4 Introduction 24 The Commission 24 Management Committee 24 Administrative 25 Research and Library Staff 25 Finance 26 Governance Arrangements 26 Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 27 Energy Efficiency 29 Freedom of Information Act 2014 29 Protected Disclosures Act 2014 29 Appendix 1 Law Reform Commission Organisation in 2017 30 Appendix 2 Selection of Law Reform Commission Events in 2017 31 FOREWORD On behalf of the Law Reform Commission I am pleased to introduce our Annual Report for 2017. During 2017, the Commission made significant progress towards the completion of our Fourth Programme of Law Reform. We also began a series of consultative meetings throughout the country seeking views on the projects that might be included in our Fifth Programme of Law Reform, which we intend to submit to Government in 2018. During the year, the Commission published a detailed Report on Section 117 of the Succession Act 1965: Aspects of Provision for Children. Section 117 provides that an application may be made to court to alter the terms of a will where a parent has failed in his or her “moral duty” to made “proper provision” for a child in the will. The Commission recommended that, while section 117 of the 1965 Act should continue to be based on the test of whether “proper provision” had been made, it was not helpful to retain within its provisions a reference to “moral duty.” The Commission also recommended that section 117 would benefit from reforms to its scope by focusing more closely on the need to ensure that proper provision was made for children who established specific grounds, such as
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