Ms Rachel Minch:

It is an issue in respect of there is consensus across the committee that we have finally reached the point where matters have settled. It may not be perfect, as people have said, but there is a measure of certainty now. There is certainly concern if we reopen that now we will have another one or two years, and possibly more, of litigation around what the meaning of those cost rules are. For example, it is stated in section 250 that there shall be no order for costs in proceedings that seek to enforce a national environmental law, but we still have not got a settled position on what is national environmental law. That is just a small aspect of this.