The amendment would ensure that the authorities that have functions under a risk management plan implement the plan in accordance with their responsibilities.If stringent conditions are to be placed on an offender, he or she should, on the basis of fair play, be assisted with measures that are designed to address the underlying causes of the offending behaviour. It is therefore appropriate that the RMA should perform a central role in monitoring delivery of the services, so ensuring that the order for lifelong restriction is framed in such a way as to combine the punitive element of a sentence—which society expects and, indeed, demands—with measures to facilitate rehabilitation and reduce risk.Section 9(2) provides for the lead authority to report annually to the RMA about the implementation of the plan.