Finlayson ChristopherHon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (National): Thank you sir. The Opposition will support this legislation not surprisingly. Last night I was speaking in the House on Sarah Dowie's bill the Private International Law (Choice of Law in Tort) Bill and I made the point that it's extremely important to make sure that legislation is kept up to date . There's nothing worse I said by reference to a particular piece of legislation than when one has sections like section 27ZZH"—because so often when there is amendment legislation the underlying structure of legislation can be affected.That is why for example when Mrs Tolley was the Minister for Social Development we had a complete rewrite of the Social Security Act 1964  which I think had been amended pretty well every year since 1964 and was a complete shambles. It was causing huge costs to be incurred by the department and also by lawyers as they tried to find out exactly what things meant. I said it was that kind of problem that meant it was very important that legislation that may not be as it were politically sexy none the less be kept up to date on a regular basis. It's a fundamental obligation of this House to do so.This is an example of legislation that falls into that category and I am pleased that the Government is progressing it because as the Minister of Internal Affairs said the real essence of the bill is not anything that is necessarily earth-shattering but it does re-enact the 1995 Act to ensure that all provisions are presented in an up-to-date and accessible form. It's the sort of legislation I say that the non-legally trained member of the public should be able to have recourse to to find out exactly what it means without having to go to a lawyer. That's why it's important that the legislation progress to the select committee: so that it can be reviewed and then brought back here and enacted just as soon as possible.The Minister also said that there are a couple of minor provisions that raise privacy concerns. It's important that the legislation cover those and it's good that they are there. It's good that they've had the sign-off from the Privacy Commissioner. Importantly also the Law Commission did some very good work a couple of years ago on burial and cremation law—a rather grisly topic but none the less one that needed to be done—and there are a couple of recommendations raised in that review that need to be covered by this legislation.So it is a very good piece of work. The previous Minister of Internal Affairs Mr Dunne was very enthusiastic about the project and so I commend him as the Minister rightly commended him. But I also say it's very very important not only in this area but in other areas that there be this systematic revision. Next week we're going to be talking about the Legislation Bill which incorporates a number of important provisions one of which is that parliamentary counsel and the Attorney-General have the power systematically to revise legislation. It's a very important power. It hasn't been utilised here because the department's done it of its own accord but none the less it's a similar sort of exercise that has been undertaken.So I'm very pleased that the matter is able to be progressed and I commend the bill to the House."