Laws and amendments
Tuesday, 04 October 2011 09:23
Consultation – Regulations for the AMA Guidelines
The Department of Labour and ACC are consulting on behalf of the Minister for ACC on a proposed regulatory change to the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation (Lump Sum and Independence Allowance) Regulations 2002. The proposal is to replace the American Medical Association Guidelines to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA4 and ACC User Handbook to AMA4) in the Regulations with the sixth edition of the Guidelines (AMA6) and ACC User Handbook to AMA6. …
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Wednesday, 28 September 2011 08:10
47 police film cases in limbo - Collins
Police evidence from hidden cameras in 47 cases - involving 229 accused - are in jeopardy until Parliament can fix the law, Police Minister Judith Collins says.The Video Camera Surveillance Bill passed its first reading under urgency last night. The Greens, Maori and Mana parties and Chris Carter opposed it.It will be considered by the justice and electoral select committee and reported to Parliament on Monday.
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Wednesday, 29 December 2010 07:42
Law change stops lawyers' big payouts from public purse
Radical changes to the legal aid system will put an end to defence lawyers being paid up to $900,000 a year from the public purse.Accused criminals whose legal bills are paid by the taxpayer will no longer be able to choose who represents them in court.Instead, lawyers - paid between $105 and $182 an hour - will be put on a roster to be assigned cases.A scathing report by Dame Margaret Bazley, which led to…
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Laws and Amendments
Wednesday, 22 December 2010 16:05
Compensation law reform recommended
Suspected criminals - such as failed finance company bosses - should be prevented from squirreling away or hiding their assets before they go on trial, the Law Commission has recommended.And it believes the legal defence of insanity - while ''old fashioned'' - should remain.The government asked the Commission to ask if improvements could be made to schemes for compensating the victims of crime.In the first of two reports tabled to Parliament today, it recommends the…
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