This explicit independence requirement, which is set out in clause 13 of the bill, is strengthened at numerous places throughout Part 2. This is particularly the case in clause 16, which specifies that the monitor must act independently when developing the tools for and carrying out its monitoring function, and stops Government from directing the monitor to stop doing or preventing the monitor from doing anything it considers necessary to perform its functions. The legal duties this places on the monitor and the Government don't just make the monitor more independent; they make it clear the monitor would be acting unlawfully if it does not act independently, and the Government would be breaking the law if it interfered in the monitor's affairs. 