Woods MeganDr MEGAN WOODS (Labour—Wigram): It is my pleasure to take a call. Like many of my colleagues I was not on the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee so I too have some questions around a clause in Part 2 of this legislation and specifically—and following on from what my colleague Kris Faafoi who just sat down was talking around—it is around clause 16 and the cooperation with other public authorities to facilitate the functions that are contained in this legislation.There were some amendments at the select committee stage around this but it is this cooperation and the lack of cooperation between the key agencies that are identified in clause 16—which are the New Zealand Police and the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF)—that was identified as one of the key barriers to lifting the sector's performance. And though the reviewers noted that it was not easily quantified it was a common theme in both the reviewers' reports and the officials' consultation with Government agencies.The most important relationships are those ones that are referred to in clause 16 of the legislation—that is between the agencies and the Police and between the agencies and other entities such as the NZDF Customs and Immigration New Zealand. So we can see that there are various agencies that need to come into play in order to put this legislation into place and as with the questions that my colleague was asking what we have in terms of clause 16(1)(a) is it is defining those agencies that may need to work together. Clause 16(1)(b) provides advice and assistance to the New Zealand Police and the New Zealand Defence Force for the purpose of facilitating the performance … of the functions duties or powers of those public authorities." But it is in clause 16(2) where it says that "An intelligence and security agency may perform the function under subsection (1)(b)—(a) only to the extent that the advice and assistance are provided for the purpose of activities that the public authority may lawfully undertake;".It is again around the oversight of making sure that clause 16(2)(a) is adhered to. Who is it who is ensuring that that advice and assistance are provided for the purposes that are specified within this part of the legislation? Not only do we have to look at clause 16(2)(a) but clause 16(2)(b) which specifies that this has to be carried out "subject to and in accordance with any limitations restrictions and protections under which public authorities perform or exercise their functions duties and powers; and"—on to clause 16(2)(c)—"even though the advice and assistance might involve the exercise of powers or the sharing of capabilities that the intelligence and security agency is not or could not be authorised to exercise or share in the performance of its other functions." This is an important part of the legislation that was identified in some of the early work around it in terms of how it was.I would like some more clarity from the Minister in the chair Christopher Finlayson around the mechanisms for ensuring that this is monitored correctly and that these forms of cooperation have been identified as something that does need to be put into place in order for the legislation to operate. I look forward to hearing just a little bit more clarity from the Minister. Thank you."