The Ministry of Justice wrote, and has advised that the proposed legislation remedies a discrepancy in New Zealand law, because what we have in New Zealand law is that this bill will propose increasing the penalties to bring it in line with the maximum term of the Animal Welfare Act 1999. We have a discrepancy in our current law. In the Animal Welfare Act, if you were to kill a dog, you would get up to five years. In the Policing Act, it's capped at two years. So the Ministry of Justice is advising Parliament that this bill will remedy a discrepancy in our current laws. 