Under one of the provisions of the bill, he in fact has direct access to the consolidated revenue fund for certain resources he requires. The requirement that's been imposed on the DPP by the bill would be that the DPP certify that the expense is appropriate. Now, that gave rise to the perception problem that I mentioned earlier. That could be seen as giving the DPP some control over the investigations.
But when you read that clause in conjunction with the clause that says the commissioner is to conduct his investigations independently, that leads me to conclude that my role in certifying is simply to say, “Was that expense incurred in relation to an investigation?” My role is not to examine whether it was a worthwhile expense incurred in the course of the investigation, but only if it was incurred in the course of the investigation. It's up to him to conduct his investigation, which means that he has to decide how to investigate, who to investigate, and what charges to investigate for. That's not the role of the DPP.