Mr. Noel Lappin:

In respect of expansion of the mandate, my understanding is that the mandate as issued under the original Act has not been fully rolled out so part of our priority with the next board will be to ensure the board meets its existing mandate. Where I see change coming is where technology convergence is happening. Technology is changing rapidly and the areas and lines between different sectors are becoming blurred, so that will be an area at which the authority must look to see where technology is going. Increasing automation is coming in and people are being taken out of the equation. How do we govern, for example, the fully automated building? What happens to the staff? They are areas about which the authority has been thinking and which it will need to address. In respect of mandate, the authority needs to fulfil the existing mandate given the financial and personnel resources it has. That is where I see the mandate. PR would seem to be a resource issue. I know matters like the maintenance of the website are an issue but where is the capacity to do that kind of work? I know the authority does much work in the area of guidance and standards and has much ongoing activity in the area of standards, both technical and quality management. It is my understanding that there is a system in place for phased payments.