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Issues Paper 4 (1984) - Community Law Reform Program: Proceedings of Courts and Commissions Television Filming, Sound Recording and Public Broadcasting, Sketches and Photographs

Terms of Reference, Participants and Submissions

How to obtain a copy of this Issues Paper.

History of this Reference (Digest)


New South Wales Law Reform Commission

The Law Reform Commission is constituted by the Law Reform Commission Act, 1967. The Commissioners are:

Chairman

    Professor Ronald Sackville

Deputy Chairman

    Mr. Russell Scott

Full-time Commissioners

    Miss Deirdre O'Connor
    Professor Colin Phegan

Part-time Commissioners

    Mr. I. McC. Barker, Q.C.
    Mrs. Bettina Cass
    Mr. Julian Disney
    Ms. Marcia Neave
    The Hon. Mr. Justice P.E. Nygh
    The Hon Mr. Justice Adrian Roden
    The Hon. Mr. Justice Andrew Rogers
    Ms. Philippa Smith
    Mr. H.D. Sperling, Q.C.

Research Director

    Mr. Mark Richardson

Members of the research staff are:

    Mr. Ian Ramsay
    Ms. Roslyn Robertson
    Ms. Fiona Tito
    Ms. Judith Walker
    Ms. Meredith Wilkie

Librarian

    Ms. Beverley Caska

The Secretary of the Commission is Mr. Peter Lemon, and its offices are at 16th Level, Goodsell Building, 8-12 Chifley Square, Sydney, N.S.W. (telephone: (02) 238-7213).

[Current contact details for the Law Reform Commission]

Terms of Reference

"To inquire into and report on the following matters:


    (1) whether tape recording or other recording of court proceedings, the proceedings of Royal Commissions and the proceedings of Commissions of inquiry under the Special Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1983 by -

    • representatives of publishers and broadcasters (including representatives of the press and of radio and television broadcasters),
    • a person who is or intends to be the author of a book or article devoted entirely or in part to the proceedings,
    • the parties to legal proceedings, persons granted leave to appear before a Royal Commission or a Commission of Inquiry, and their legal representatives or anyone or more of them,
    • any other person,
      should be permitted in New South Wales and if so on what conditions.

    (2) Any related matter."

D.P. Landa,

Attorney General and Minister of Justice

29 December 1983.

Participants

Commission Members

For the purpose of the reference, the Chairman, in accordance with section 12A of the Law Reform Commission Act, 1967, created a Division comprising the following members of the Commission:


    Professor Ronald Sackville (Chairman)

    Mr. Russell Scott (Deputy Chairman - in charge of this reference)

    Miss Deirdre O'Connor

    Professor Colin Phegan


Secretary


    Ms. Mariella Lizier

Research and Writing


    Mr. Ian Ramsay



Submissions

The Commission invites submissions on the issues raised in this paper. All inquiries and comments should be directed to the Secretary. Submissions should reach us by 1 November, 1984. Further copies of this paper and of the report that the Commission has published in relation to several aspects of this reference can be obtained from:


    Ms. Mariella Lizier

    Secretary

    New South Wales Law Reform Commission Box 6, G.P.O.

    SYDNEY N.S.W. 2001



    Telephone: (02) 238-7213

 

[Current contact details for the Law Reform Commission]

 



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