5 MAY 2005

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 76

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(c) direct that, subject to paragraph (d) below, you may,
to the extent that you consider necessary, refer, in
the course of any public hearing, to particular
investigations by the Police into allegations of
sexual assault that were the subject of your
investigations; and

(d) direct that, in exercising the powers conferred by
paragraph (c) above, you must not give names or
particulars that are likely to lead to the identification
of any person who made an allegation of sexual
assault or of any person alleged to have committed a
sexual assault or any other criminal offence; and

(e) direct that you must not, in your report or in any
interim report or in any findings made by you, report
on investigations into particular allegations of sexual
assault unless—

(i) you consider it necessary to do so; and

(ii) you can do so without giving names or
particulars that are likely to lead to the
identification of any person who made an
allegation of sexual assault or of any person
alleged to have committed a sexual assault or
any other criminal offence; and

(f) direct that the paragraph that appears immediately
under the heading General provisions in the Order in
Council made on 18 February 2004* must be read
subject to the directions contained in this Order in
Council.

Change in membership

And whereas, by the Order in Council made on 18 February
2004*, you, The Honourable James Bruce Robertson, were
appointed to be both a member and the Chairperson of the
Commission.

And whereas it is expedient that you, The Honourable James
Bruce Robertson, should, by reason of the demands
placed on you by your responsibilities as a Judge of the
High Court of New Zealand and as the President of
the Law Commission, be relieved from performance of the
duty imposed on you by your appointment as both a member
and the chairperson of the Commission constituted by the
Order in Council made on 18 February 2004*:

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the Commissions of
Inquiry Act 1908, I, Dame Silvia Cartwright, the
Governor-General of New Zealand, acting on the advice and
with the consent of the Executive Council and while
continuing to repose especial trust and confidence in the
integrity, learning, and ability of you, The Honourable
James Bruce Robertson and Dame Margaret Clara Bazley,
do, by this order,—

(a) revoke the appointment of you, The Honourable
James Bruce Robertson, as both a member and the
chairperson of the Commission; and

(b) confirm you, Dame Margaret Clara Bazley, in office
as the sole member of the Commission:

And it is hereby declared that nothing in this Order in
Council affects any act or thing done or decision made by
the Commission or any of its members, in the exercise of
its powers, before the making of this Order in Council.

Extension of time and confirmation

And whereas, by the Order in Council made on 18 February
2004, you were required to submit, not later than
1 November 2004, your findings and opinions on the
matters specified in the Order in Council made on
18 February 2004, together with any recommendations that
you thought fit to make in respect of those matters:

And whereas, by Order in Council made on 1 November
2004†, the time within which you were so required to report
was extended until 28 February 2005:

And whereas, by Order in Council made on 28 February
2005‡, the time within which you were so required to report
was extended until 2 May 2005:

And whereas it is expedient that the time within which the
Commission established by the Order in Council made on
18 February 2004* is required to report should be further
extended as hereinafter provided:

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the Commissions of
Inquiry Act 1908, I, Dame Silvia Cartwright, the
Governor-General of New Zealand, acting on the advice
and with the consent of the Executive Council, do, by this
order,—

(a) extend until 3 March 2006 the time within which
you, Dame Margaret Clara Bazley, are so required
to report, without prejudice to the continuation of
the liberty conferred upon you by the Order in
Council made on 18 February 2004* to report your
proceedings and recommendations from time to time
if you should judge it expedient to do so; and

(b) confirm the Order in Council made on
18 February 2004* and the Order in Council
made on 1 November 2004† and the Order in
Council made on 28 February 2005‡ and the
Commission thereby constituted, except as modified
by this order.

Given in Executive Council under the hand of Her
Excellency the Governor-General this 2nd day of May
2005.

DIANE MORCOM, Clerk of the Executive Council.

*New Zealand Gazette, 20 February 2004, page 379
†New Zealand Gazette, 4 November 2004, page 3587
‡New Zealand Gazette, 3 March 2005, page 1107

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Justice

Crown Entities Act 2004
Electoral Act 1993

President of the Electoral Commission Reappointed

Pursuant to section 8 of the Electoral Act 1993 and section
32 (2) of the Crown Entities Act 2004, Her Excellency the
Governor-General has been pleased to reappoint

Anthony Arthur Travis Ellis, Q.C., retired High Court
Judge

to be the President of the Electoral Commission for a term
of three years on and from 2 May 2005.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of April 2005.

RICK BARKER, Associate Minister of Justice.

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