May Report
SYLVIA CARTWRIGHT, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
To all to whom this order shall come, and to:
Dame MARGARET CLARA BAZLEY of Wellington, retired public servant:
GREETING:
WHEREAS, by Order in Council made on 18 February 2004*, the Honourable James Bruce Robertson and, you, Dame Margaret Clara Bazley, were appointed to be a Commission to inquire into and report upon the conduct, procedure, and attitude of the Police in relation to allegations of sexual assault by members of the Police or by associates of the Police or by both, the extent (if any) to which unprofessional behaviour within the Police in the context of such allegations has been or is tolerated, and
the manner in which such allegations have been or are investigated and handled by the Police, whether directly, or on behalf of the Police Complaints Authority:
Extension of Time
And whereas, by the Order in Council made on 18 February 2004*, the Honourable James Bruce Robertson and 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 the Honourable James Bruce Robertson and 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 the Honourable James Bruce Robertson and you were so required to report was extended until 2 May 2005:
And whereas, by Order in Council made on 2 May 2005§,—
(a) the appointment of the Honourable James Bruce Robertson, as both a member and chairperson of
the Commission was revoked; and
(b) your appointment as sole member of the Commission was confirmed; and
(c) further directions were issued in relation to the inquiry of the Commission; and
(d) the time within which you were so required to report was extended until 3 March 2006:
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 31 May 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 Order in Council made on 2 May 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 20th day of February 2006.
DIANNE 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
§New Zealand Gazette, 5 May 2005, page 1796