As we've heard through the course of this debate, this bill is an important one, and it's needed to mitigate safety risks as soon as possible to ensure that courts can operate both safely and effectively, particularly as we face Omicron spreading in the coming period. If key court participants including jurors, defendants, lawyers, communications assistants, and others are either unwilling or unable to participate in court proceedings, then they may need to be delayed or adjourned. If proceedings have to be adjourned part-way through trials, that can significantly extend time frames beyond the extent of the delay itself; in fact, it can potentially require a trial to be stopped and a new trial to be rescheduled. A break of just three or four days in a trial can potentially create this. An Auckland High Court trial could potentially get delayed by up to a year if this occurs.