The Minister himself has said that the reason that the bill is not going to become effective sooner than 18 months after Royal assent is because the police need time to upgrade their systems to ensure that infringements and breaches of this law can be recorded in their police database. That is a completely incongruous situation if the police are able and prepared and willing to use their discretion—and I encourage them to do that—that the bill is going to be held up in its enactment while they change their IT systems so that they can do the opposite. It just underscores what a muddle this bill is and how inconsistent the Government is on the direction or discretion of the police. 