Benefits of the CPA reform process
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From: I Brown
Dear Ministry of Justice,
At paragraph 45 of the Departmental Report for the Justice and Electoral Committee on the Criminal Procedure (Reform and Modernisation) Bill, the Ministry of Justice estimated that benefits from the proposed reform would include (although I cannot find the time frame used):
1. 43,000 fewer court events;
2. 1,000 to 1,400 fewer cases being designated for trial by jury (resulting in 350 to 1,400 additional cases at judge alone case review – equivalent to a status hearing); but
3. 1,100 to 3,300 fewer cases that require either a Judge-alone or jury trial (including 820 to 2,700 fewer cases requiring a Judge-alone trial and 300- 600 fewer cases requiring a jury trial).
At paragraph 47, Fiscal benefits were estimated to amount to $24.3 million over a five year period, using a discount rate of 8%, and $80.7 million over ten years, using the same discount rate, assuming that all of the reforms were implemented. While the CPA 2011 did not include all of the reforms, it did include most of them.
Please provide the following information:
1. What was the time frame used for the above predictions; and
2. How close were these predictions to reality, notwithstanding the changes between the bill and the act; and
3. Were there fewer or more court events in the above time period after the start of the CPA 2011, and if so how many more or fewer;
4. What were the actual numbers for points 2 and 3 above over the same time period; and
5. Any reports, aide memoires, memoranda, minutes, or any other recording that reviews, analyses, assesses, or comments, upon of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 between the date of implementation and today.
Yours faithfully,
I Brown
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Ministry of Justice
Mōrena,
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We acknowledge receipt of your request regarding the Criminal Procedure
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This has been forwarded onto the relevant business unit to respond to.
You can expect a response by 26/09/2022.
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From: May, Annie
Ministry of Justice
Kia ora
Please find attached an extension letter regarding your OIA relating to
Criminal Procedure reform.
Ngā mihi
Annie
[1]Description: Annie May
http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...
Senior
Advisor (Communications)
Ph: 027 291 7573
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From: I Brown
Dear May, Annie,
Can I please have an update on when I am likely to receive this information?
Yours sincerely,
I Brown
From: May, Annie
Ministry of Justice
Kia ora
I will ask the OIA team for an update on this and come back to you.
Ngā mihi
Annie
[1]Description: Annie May
http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...
Senior
Advisor (Communications)
Ph: 027 291 7573
[2]www.justice.govt.nz
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From: May, Annie
Ministry of Justice
Kia ora
I have spoken with the OIA team who are still gathering the material for
your OIA relating to Criminal Procedure reform.
I understand they are hopeful of having a reply to you in two or three
weeks.
Ngā mihi
Annie
[1]Description: Annie May
http://justice.govt.nz/courts/shared/jus...
Senior
Advisor (Communications)
Ph: 027 291 7573
[2]www.justice.govt.nz
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From: I Brown
Dear Annie,
Thank you very much for that update.
Yours sincerely,
I Brown
From: I Brown
Dear Annie May,
Could you please provide an update on when I will be receiving this information?
Yours sincerely,
I Brown
From: Fauvel, Katarina
Ministry of Justice
Kia ora I Brown,
Attached is the Ministry’s response to your OIA request on information
relating to the Departmental Report for the Justice and Electoral
Committee on the Criminal Procedure Bill.
Ngâ mihi,
Katarina
Katarina Fauvel (nee Williams) (she/her)
Senior Advisor, Media | Communication Services
Ministry of Justice | Tâhû o te Ture
M 027 390 2703
E: [email address] | [1]justice.govt.nz
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You may want to complain to the Ombudsman. Two requests delayed for over a month without any communication about the extension time is not very forthcoming and appears to be in violation of the Act.
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