Report providing data outcomes of 2010 committals law reform

From 1 April 2011 the processes for committals in the NT were reformed on the commencement of theJustice Legislation Amendment (Committals Reform) Act 2010. The attached report prepared by the Department of the Attorney-General and Justice provides statistical information on the operation of the committals processes between 2011 and September 2014. The figures in the report suggest that the main aim of the reforms (namely that the processes operate more efficiently) has been achieved. Further committals reform may be occur as part of the ongoing reform of criminal law procedure over the next year. Comments on the report or the committals process can be sent to:

Download the report: [ WORD DOCX (1.4 MB) 1.41MB ] [ PDF PDF (346.3 KB) 347KB ]

Director, Policy Coordination
Department of the Attorney-General and Justice
GPO Box 1722
DARWIN NT 0801

Or by email to:

PolicyAGD@nt.gov.au