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Owing to a recent increase of interest in this project we have decided to extend the deadline for receiving consultation responses from 28 November 2016 to 3 January 2017.

Our project

Misconduct in Public Office: Issues Paper 1 – the current law (“the background paper”) was the first document to be published as part of this project. That paper began the first phase of the consultation process.

The background paper set out the current law of misconduct in public office, highlighting problems that arise through areas of uncertainty, as well as gaps and overlaps with alternative offences. It asked consultees a number of questions, which were aimed at gathering further evidence as to existing problems and their extent. Public consultation on the background paper closed on 20 March 2016.

Our Consultation Paper, Reforming Misconduct in Public Office, begins our second phase of consultation and sets out options for what the law of misconduct in public office should be. Our final report will be published in 2017.

Our reform objectives are to decide whether the existing offence of misconduct in public office should be abolished, retained, restated or amended and to pursue whatever scheme of reform is decided upon.

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