Senator JACINTA COLLINS (10:10 AM) —It is my understanding that the provisions we are dealing with here sit within the broader provisions in the bill proposing contingency fee arrangements to be declared. It gives me the opportunity to indicate our clear opposition to those proposals, which we believe can do nothing other than potentially prejudice hearings. It is another experiment in legal process. I am not even sure of the constitutionality of that, as indeed of some other matters later in the bill. With respect to this Democrat amendment, it makes explicit what is already implied in the government's bill that the applicant be given reasonable notice as well as reasonable opportunity to be heard, and we support that.