But do you see my point? I understand that one would hope the minister would go through that type of rigour, but on the face of it, clause 25, under a more nefarious minister, could simply.... It grants quite a bit of power. It says that in the event of an accident, the minister beforehand would have decided who is qualified to insure. Do you see my point about attaching any type of criteria? Clause 25 doesn't say, “go to leading international standards on insurers”. It just says the minister has the power to do it, and one hopes the minister would do as you said, but it doesn't exist anywhere in this legislation. Therefore, it sits in the hands of the minister entirely.
On December 2nd, 2009. See this statement in context.