7Powers of Council

7 Powers of Council

(1)  The Council may prepare, publish and sell, or arrange for the preparation, publication and sale of, reports of judicial decisions.

(2)  The Council may, if it thinks fit, prepare, publish and sell, or arrange for the preparation, publication and sale of, any law reports, other than those referred to in subsection (1) , and may on such terms as it thinks fit buy and sell copies of law reports and other legal publications.

(3)  Where the business of any person is, or includes, the preparation, publication or sale in Tasmania of any series of law reports, the Council may, if it thinks fit, on such terms as may be agreed upon between the person and the Council, purchase the business relating to, or so much of the business as relates to, the preparation, publication or sale of those reports and may, if it thinks fit, discontinue any business so purchased or continue it wholly or in part.

(4)  The Council may consult and work with other Councils of Law Reporting and other persons concerned with law reporting for the purpose of improving its service to the judiciary and the legal procession in this State and elsewhere in the Commonwealth and for that purpose may enter into such agreements and make such arrangements as it thinks proper.

(5)  The Council may do all things necessary and convenient to be done for or in connection with, or incidental to, the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers under this Act.