As a lawmaker, I take interest in—and ACT believes we should all take an interest in—law that seeks to widen the power of the State and ensure that it is being used well. Rushing this bill's progress, despite the significant concerns raised by submitters, can risk gaps being left and exploited. That can leave the trade-off between security and freedoms being unbalanced, with executive overreach then being permitted. The risk is always that if provisions are not used well or are ill defined, people who are not intended to be affected by these provisions end up being harmed by them. Those from the licensed firearms community raised concerns about the section that increases the powers of warrantless searches and surveillance. But they should have some relief in the knowledge that officials must have reasonable belief that planning is under way and there is intent to commit a terrorist act, and also in the fact that the warrantless searches should only occur where a court warrant was reasonably unobtainable. This section should not be used as a means of targeting minority or ethnic groups.