The need for ongoing…

The need for ongoing monitoring of adherence to plans such as those discussed in this part of this legislation is precisely because of past lapses in compliance. Clearly penalties for non-compliance are insufficient to insure companies do what they say they will do. This can be for a number of reasons including limited HR and financial capacity to effectively monitor.

The public interest should therefore require a more robust public sector *option* for companies to access monitoring through the Ministry, rather than weakening the overall standard, which is what this does.

The upfront costs of this pale in comparison to the class action suits which will result of the government does not take all reasonable steps to ensure health and safety of the general public and the eco-systems we rely upon to live.

Thank you for the opportunity to comment.