Mr. Paul Hogan:

That was considered to be a reasonable period. Having got to that stage, there may well be quite significant requirements that someone may need to reflect on or give effect to. Coming back to the environmental legislation, for example, a person could have an appropriate assessment issue or an issue that needs to be monitored over the course of one full year or a particular season. Let us say the issue is bats. Bats are only active in a certain part of the year. If an application is made at the wrong time of the year and gets to the stage where that issue needs to be covered off before a final application is made, the applicant might need that year in which to ensure that the right months are available to assess the bat issue, report on it and incorporated that into the final proposals. The one-year period ties back in with the appropriate assessment consideration of a seasonal year.