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Speaker 1: Forcuerre and Seabed update on the court proceedings yesterday. So

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Speaker 1: this is basically the Government being allowed to appeal a

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Speaker 1: decision that was made last year by an appeals court.

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Speaker 1: It's the Supreme Court that's handed out this somewhat of

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Speaker 1: a win for the government. You'd have to say, it's

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Speaker 1: all about customary marine title, customary rights to the Foreshaw

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Speaker 1: and Seabed. Christin Lason is the former Treaty negotiations minister

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Speaker 1: and attorney generally is with us this morning.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning to you.

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Speaker 1: How significant is this?

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Speaker 2: I think it's a very significant decision. The Supreme Court

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Speaker 2: has considered the background to the Marine and Coastal Act

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Speaker 2: two thousand and eleven and has had a good hard

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Speaker 2: look at Section fifty eight, which deals with customary marine title,

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Speaker 2: and has has repaired the problems caused by the Court

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Speaker 2: of Appeal judgment. So it's a very significant judgment.

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Speaker 1: So we still have to wait for the government to

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Speaker 1: appeal the decision. Right they have been given the right

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Speaker 1: to appeal the decision, but they haven't said that they

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Speaker 1: will do that yet. Does this nullify the need for

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Speaker 1: the government's amendment to the bill?

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Speaker 2: I think that's a very good question. Legislation was introduced.

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Speaker 2: It may have been better to have waited until the

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Speaker 2: Supreme Court delivered its decision before deciding whether to proceed

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Speaker 2: was legislation. But I've given a lot of thought to

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Speaker 2: your questions since I read the judgment yesterday afternoon, and

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Speaker 2: that I can't see the needs for legislation now.

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Speaker 1: So you would stop it because it's from memory past

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Speaker 1: its first reading. I think it's submissions have been called

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Speaker 1: from a select committee. You just get rid of the bill,

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Speaker 1: I mean, because they can appeal it, but then it

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Speaker 1: could still bounce back again.

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Speaker 2: Right, Well, they have appealed it and the Attorney General

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Speaker 2: was successful in the Supreme Court. But question is, given

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Speaker 2: that success, given the decision of the Supreme Court, is

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Speaker 2: legislation clarifying the Court of Appeal decision now necessary? And

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Speaker 2: I don't think it is right. I think one can

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Speaker 2: proceed on the basis of the Supreme Court decision without

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Speaker 2: the need for legislation.

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Speaker 1: I guess they don't call it the Supreme Court for nothing,

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Speaker 1: do they. Chris fin Lason, thank you very much for

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Speaker 1: your time. The Attorney General and form a treaty negotiations.

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