Project No. 92

In March 2000 the Attorney General announced the formation of a Steering Committee within the Ministry of Justice and a Reference Committee, composed of key stakeholders, to implement the Commission’s recommendations as part of an overall Justice System Review. In its 1999–2000 Annual Report the Ministry of Justice indicated that several recommendations had already been progressed.

The Justice System Review was dissolved with the change of government following the election and the closure of the Policy and Legislation Division of the Ministry (now Department of Justice) in 2001. Implementation of the Commission’s recommendations has continued within the Court Services Division of the Department of Justice.

In 2004, many of the recommendations were implemented primarily by the Criminal Procedure Act 2004 (WA) and the Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 (WA), as well as the Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 (WA) and the Magistrates Court (Civil Proceedings) Rules 2005.