It's not intended to provide additional cover. It's a different approach. I think you're referring to section 25.1. The scheme, the “law enforcement justification”, as we call it in 25.1 to 25.4, is designed to provide a justification for offences that are committed by the police in the course of their duties. It's not, as you can see by looking at it, a closed-ended scheme. It doesn't list offences; it's a justification, so it's open to challenge, and it requires a number of safeguards to be in place in terms of designation of officers. Key to that as well is that each time an offence is committed, the officer needs to weigh the proportionality, whereas what we've created in this bill is an exemption.
On September 17th, 2009. See this statement in context.