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Prostitution Reform Act 2003

Miscellaneous provisions - Review of operation of Act and related matters by Prostitution Law Review Committee

43: Prostitution Law Review Committee

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"A group of 11 people chosen by ministers to review prostitution laws in New Zealand."

The Prostitution Law Review Committee has 11 members chosen by the Minister of Justice. You need to know that the Minister of Justice picks these members from different groups. The Minister of Justice chooses some members, and other ministers choose others, like the Minister of Women's Affairs and the Minister of Health. The Minister of Justice can remove a member from the committee if they cannot do their job or if they do something wrong. The committee stops existing when the Minister of Justice says so, after they have given their report as required by the section 42(1)(b)(vii).

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Part 4Miscellaneous provisions
Review of operation of Act and related matters by Prostitution Law Review Committee

43Prostitution Law Review Committee

  1. The Prostitution Law Review Committee must consist of 11 members appointed by the Minister of Justice.

  2. The Minister of Justice must appoint—

  3. 2 persons nominated by the Minister of Justice; and
    1. 1 person nominated by the Minister of Women's Affairs after consultation with the Minister of Youth Affairs; and
      1. 1 person nominated by the Minister of Health; and
        1. 1 person nominated by the Minister of Police; and
          1. 2 persons nominated by the Minister of Commerce to represent operators of businesses of prostitution; and
            1. 1 person nominated by the Minister of Local Government; and
              1. 3 persons nominated by the New Zealand Prostitutes Collective (or, if there is no New Zealand Prostitutes Collective, by any other body that the Minister of Justice considers represents the interests of sex workers).

                1. The Minister of Justice may, on the recommendation of a member's nominator, remove a member from office for inability to perform the members' duties, misconduct by the member, or any other just cause proved to the satisfaction of the nominator.

                2. The member is not entitled to compensation or other payment relating to removal from office.

                3. The Prostitution Law Review Committee ceases to exist on a date appointed by the Minister of Justice, by notice in the Gazette, that is after the date of its report to the Minister under section 42(1)(b)(vii).