Now, all of these different institutions had different funding arrangements. As it transpired, most of them were based in the old Auckland City Council area, which is in the middle of Auckland. Now we have one local government authority for all of Auckland; back then we had seven. The issue that arose was that, effectively, the whole region benefited from the services provided by all of these institutions, but because they were physically based in Auckland City, the other six territorial local authorities generally didn't contribute to them at all. This created an unfairness but also funding problems for these institutions. So the solution was to develop a piece of legislation which set up a clear, transparent, and equitable funding stream for them all. Initially, it had a formula-based funding system where each of the territorial local authorities from that region basically paid into a common pool, which then funded these institutions. Then, with the Auckland Council amalgamation in 2010, the arrangement has become somewhat simpler. The Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Board, which is the subject of this piece of legislation, now levies Auckland Council on an annual basis, brings in that money, and then distributes it out across these different organisations.