The existing regime under the Health Act has applied to supplies run by volunteers and community groups since 2007, so this is not a significant change to the existing law. However, the Water Services Bill does contain a legal defence specifically for volunteers and this is new. The bill also has significantly lower penalties for individuals than for organisations. The financial penalties are equivalent to those in other similar regimes like the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Food Act. More importantly, I need to emphasise that the bill contains very practical, simple, cost-effective ways to allow small and rural suppliers to comply. This is a significant improvement to the existing regime, which is one-size-fits-all. The aim is to make it easier for small suppliers to provide safe drinking water to communities, not to take them to court.