Ms Claragh Mulhern:

Certainly, the intention is not to limit people's opportunity to, as the Senator says, reactivate any previous associations or even to set new ones up. What we are trying to do here is clarify standing from the perspective of either an individual or a group of individuals who may feel that they are affected and to make sure that they can engage in the process. We can clarify that in the explanatory memorandum.

The other bit about being incorporated, etc., is a different set of rules or tests. That is in relation to the environment organisations. It is all about clarity so that everybody knows that if they want to engage in this process, in order to have standing they must either fit into this category or the other category. Certainly, in terms of the concerns the Senator raised, the ability for a group of local residents to enter into the process is absolutely a key aspect of it for us. It is certainly not the intention to limit their opportunity.