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Legislative Council Standing Committee on Law and Justice

The Standing Committee on Law and Justice is a current standing committee of the Legislative Council.

The Committee was first established on 24 May 1995 during the 51st Parliament and was re-appointed in subsequent Parliament, most recently, on 10 May 2007 for the current 54th Parliament.

The functions of the Committee are to inquire into and report on:

1. matters concerned with legal and constitutional issues including law reform, parliamentary matters, criminal law and administrative law,


2. issues arising in connection with the New South Wales criminal justice system, including matters concerned with the Attorney General, police, corrective services and juvenile justice, and


3. industrial relations, emergency services and fair trading.

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Inquiries

During the current parliament, the following inquiries have been undertaken by the committee:

Referred	Inquiry Name
10/11/2009	Spent convictions for juvenile offenders (Commenced)
29/06/2009	The use of victims' DNA (Submissions Being Received)
02/12/2008	Adoption by same sex couples (Completed)
04/08/2008	Legislation on altruistic surrogacy in NSW (Completed)
16/10/2007	The prohibition on the publication of names of children involved in criminal proceedings (Completed)
30/05/2007	The exercise of the functions of the Lifetime Care and Support Authority and Lifetime Care and Support Advisory Council - First Review (Completed)
30/05/2007	The exercise of the functions of the Motor Accidents Authority and Motor Accidents Council - Eighth Review (Completed)
30/05/2007	Second Review of the Lifetime Care and Support Authority (Report Tabled)
30/05/2007	The exercise of the functions of the Motor Accidents Authority and Motor Accidents Council - Ninth Review (Completed)

Records of 23 earlier inquiries conducted by the committee are also available online.

Submissions Invited

Prior to lodging your submission we recommend reading How to Make a submission PDF, 6Kb, and for background reading, Standing Committees of the Legislative Council PDF, 477Kb.

The Standing Committee on Law and Justice is currently receiving submissions in respect of the following:

• Inquiry into Spent convictions for juvenile offenders

Reports and Government Responses

During the current parliament, the committee has or plans to table the following reports:

Report Date	Name of Report
01/09/2009	Second Review of the Lifetime Care and Support Authority and the Lifetime Care and Support Advisory Council
08/07/2009	Adoption by same-sex couples
27/05/2009	Legislation on altruistic surrogacy in NSW
30/10/2008	Review of the exercise of the functions of the Lifetime Care and Support Authority and the Lifetime Care and Support Advisory Council: First Report
01/09/2008	Review of the exercise of the functions of the Motor Accidents Authority and the Motor Accidents Council: Ninth Report
21/04/2008	The prohibition on the publication of names of children involved in criminal proceedings
08/11/2007	Review of the exercise of the functions of the Motor Accidents Authority and the Motor Accidents Council: Eighth Report

(there are also 39 reports from past Parliaments).

Members

• Chair: The Hon Christine Robertson MLC.
• Deputy Chair: The Hon David Clarke MLC.
• The Hon. John AJAKA (Lib, LC Member)
• The Hon. David CLARKE (Lib, LC Member)
• The Hon. Greg DONNELLY (ALP, LC Member)
• The Hon. Amanda FAZIO (ALP, LC Member)
• Ms Sylvia HALE (The Greens, LC Member)
• The Hon. Christine ROBERTSON (ALP, LC Member)

Contact

Role	Name	Phone	Fax	Email
Main Contact	Rachel Callinan	(02) 9230 2976	(02) 9230 3416	lawandjustice@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Assistant Committee Officer	Christine Nguyen	(02) 9230 3509		lawandjustice@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Postal Address

Standing Committee on Law and Justice
Parliament House
Macquarie St
SYDNEY NSW 2000

Terms of Reference Establishing Committee

Resolution passed 10 May 2007, Minutes No 3, Item 6