Mr. Paul Hogan:

The Attorney General's team that was involved in a lot of the drafting, and the working groups that were involved in the changes to the legislation, would have been very much aware of recent cases. Those cases certainly would have informed the thinking, as appropriate, behind each group of sections as the working groups proceeded. Without saying there is a single comprehensive study, the import of case law in our system clearly is recognised and it obviously influences and informs the work that has emerged here.