We have a problem with clause 15. As the clause book points out—the one that's officially put out by the government—this deals with the scope an inspector has to go onto other people's property to search for things.
As the explanation puts it, in order to protect privacy the amendment narrows the scope of that authority by limiting the “any place or property” that the officer “may enter or have access to”. Our view is that this is altering the existing inspection arrangements and the authority of the inspector in CEPA. We think that authority is, based on our admittedly imperfect knowledge, probably a good authority to have to give scope for inspection. Unless we were persuaded otherwise by whoever here, I think we would be opposed. We would vote against this amendment unless we were persuaded there was some powerful reason to limit the scope of inspection.