Ms AnnMarie Farrelly:

Absolutely. I mentioned earlier that the establishment phase of any new piece of legislation is the critical point and the most resource heavy. The timing of its introduction and the details of the regulations that Ms Scully mentioned are all critical to us to assess what we need to implement it. I can only agree with the Deputy that the resourcing has to be right from day one. That is the purpose behind the CCMA as an entity discussing with the Department exactly the resources we need and the funding of those posts, particularly in the context of fairly low planning fees compared with other jurisdictions and the amount of income we are bringing in. There may need to be some centrally funded posts too. Most new posts will probably have to be centrally funded.