There are significant democratic checks on the orders made, including being referred to the Regulations Review Committee and a necessary confirmation vote by Parliament if they are to last more than a month or two, and the bill also has a sunset clause of two years. This is not a piece of legislation that has been drafted lightly without consideration of the seriousness of this issue. If we are considering the safety of our country, though, what we've been told is that we need those powers to be able to intervene and to have this legal certainty to be able to support that action. 