Currently, taxpayers bear all the costs of managed isolation and quarantine. These costs are substantial and growing. This is not sustainable. Managed isolation and quarantine facilities will be needed for a sustained period as part of our longer-term public health response to COVID-19. In recent weeks there has been a lot of discussion about when the Government would start charging for managed isolation and quarantine. It is important that this legislation is passed before the House rises in order to provide certainty to people planning to come to New Zealand and for New Zealanders who have to travel out of the country. The bill currently before the House provides the Government with the legal authority to charge people entering managed isolation and quarantine facilities. If this bill is passed, I intend to seek approval of the regulations soon. I intend for the charging system to come into force at 12.01 a.m. on the day the regulations come into force.