Pursuant to section 10 of the Law Reform Commission Act 1967 (NSW), the Attorney General, the Honourable Jeff Shaw QC MLC, referred the following matter to the Law Reform Commission:

The Law Reform Commission is to review:

1. The Community Services (Complaints, Appeals and Monitoring) Act 1993 (the CAMA) to determine whether the policy objectives of the CAMA remain valid and whether the terms of the CAMA remain appropriate for securing those objectives; and

2. Conduct the review having regard to the obligations arising under s 126 of the CAMA and the provisions of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989 (NSW).

Pursuant to s 12A of the Law Reform Commission Act 1967 (NSW) the Chairman of the Commission constituted a Division for the purpose of conducting the reference. The members of the Division are:

Mr Michael Adams QC
Professor David Weisbrot
Mr Jerrold Cripps
Professor Neil Rees*
(* denotes Commissioner-in-Charge)

Executive Director

Mr Peter Hennessy

Kearney McKenzie and Associates

Ms Beverley Caska
Ms Aferdita Kryeziu

Ms Rebecca Young

The Commission invites submissions on the issues relevant to this review, including but not limited to the issues raised in this Issues Paper.

All submissions and enquiries should be directed to:

Mr Peter Hennessy
Executive Director
NSW Law Reform Commission
GPO Box 5199
Sydney NSW 1044

[DX 1227 Sydney]

Phone: (02) 9228 8230
Fax: (02) 9228 8225

There is no special form required for submissions. If it is inconvenient or impractical to make a written submission you may telephone the Commission and either direct your comments to a Legal Officer over the telephone, or else arrange to make your submission in person.

If you would like your submission to be treated as confidential, please indicate this in your submission. Submissions made to the Commission may be used in two ways:

• Since the Commission’s process of law reform is essentially public, copies of submissions made to the Commission will normally be made available on request to other persons or organisations. However, if you would like all or part of your submission to be treated as confidential, please indicate this in your submission. Any request for a copy of a submission marked “confidential” will be determined in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 1989 (NSW).
• In preparing the Report on this reference, the Commission will refer to submissions made in response to this Discussion Paper. However, requests for confidentiality will be respected by the Commission in relation to the publication of submissions.