The Issues Paper and This Outline

This is an Outline of the Commission's first Issues Paper on Criminal Procedure. The Paper was published in the course of the Criminal Procedure Inquiry presently being undertaken by the Commission at the request of the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, the Honourable F.J. Walker, Q.C., M.P. The relevant terms of reference are reproduced in the appendix to this Outline.

A primary purpose of the Issues Paper is to provide background information for the guidance of people and organisations wishing to make submissions to us. Members of the Commission have formed no final view on any of the issues raised, or the tentative suggestions made, in the Paper. Copies of the Paper may be obtained from the Commission. Not everyone, however, will have the time or inclination to read all of it. It is for this reason that we publish this brief Outline.

The Criminal Procedure Division

Pursuant to section 12A(1) of the Law Reform Commission Act, 1967, the Chairman of the Commission has constituted a Division of the Commission for the purpose of this reference. The members of the Division are:

Chairman

Professor Ronald Sackville

Deputy Chairman

Mr. Russell Scott

Full-time Commissioners

Mr. Denis Gressier

Mr. J.R.T. Wood, Q.C.

Part-time Commissioners

The Hon Mr. Justice Adrian Roden

Mr. I.McC. Barker, Q.C.

Dr. G.D. Woods, Q.C., Director of the Criminal Law Review Division of the Department of the Attorney General and of Justice, and Mr. W.J. Robinson, Deputy Under Secretary of the same Department, are Principal Consultants to the Commission for the purposes of this reference.

Invitation for Submissions

The Commission invites submissions on the issues raised, and tentative suggestions made, in this Paper or on any aspect of the reference.

Submissions should reach us by 1 MARCH 1983. All inquiries and comments should be directed to:

Mr. Bruce Buchanan
Secretary
New South Wales Law Reform Commission
Box 6. G.P.O.
SYDNEY, N.S.W. 2001.

Telephone: 238 7213