It's actually an exercise in emphasising the importance of the rule of law, in a way, because this is saying that the Government and its agencies are not above the law. I think it was President Nixon who famously or infamously commented that "When the President does that, it means it's not illegal." But, of course, if the New Zealand Government does a thing that is not authorised by law, or in fact is expressly prohibited by law, then it is, nevertheless, under our constitutional arrangements, capable of being illegal or, perhaps I should say, at least not lawful. 