I can read it into the record. We have copies for everyone and we'll hand them out.
We're suggesting that Mr. Cullen withdraw his amendment on clause 22. We instead suggest clause 68.1, which reads:
The first review under section 22 must be completed within 15 months after the day on which this act comes into force.
I think your text may say 18 months, but we've negotiated it to 15 months. There are a couple of reasons why we suggest this. One is that the redraft here really clears up any ambiguity. If you look at the original amendment, I think you'll find it's a bit confusing. The redraft gives more time to get this done. It needs to be done at the end of 18 months, but the original one seemed to indicate that you could take three months to do it. If we're going to do one, we'd like to do a proper review.
Second, putting it at the end of the bill is typical of what's going on with legislation now. It's done for technical considerations. The provision will be spent at the completion of the first review. I'm told that the modern drafting practice is to draft transitional provisions and place them at the end of the bill. When the provision is spent after the first review, the transitional provision no longer appears in the electronic version. So once the review is carried out it is deleted from the bill and doesn't show up there.
That's what we're suggesting. I think we have agreement from Mr. Cullen to consider this and support it.