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Who would be the statutory authority: the national park authority, which may be saying no, or the local authority, which may be saying yes, or vice versa?
I hope that Bill Aitken will accept my reassurances that we are committed to introducing regulations in this area. Apparently, "may" is better wording in legislation; we may take a power— Or you may not.