Proposed section 14 deals with interventions by the Attorney General and refers to a “public interest” test. That test is currently in the common law as the basis for an intervention. In fact, the amendment merely codifies the existing practice.
Proposed section 13 was meant to craft, as broadly as possible, a definition of what the DPP ought to inform the Attorney General about. It was felt that the term “general interest” at least included public interest.