The Department of Transport has gone through the required audit process with the Office of the Auditor-General and this afforded the Department with an opportunity to finalise its Annual Report on time. However, following the 2009 elections, there was a change in the Department, which affected both the Executive Authority and, ultimately, the Accounting Officer. As a consequence, the new administration required time to apply itself to the contents of the 2008/09 Annual Report, which was prepared by the erstwhile administration. This took place at a time when the Department was preparing the Annual Report for printing, which subsequently resulted in a delay in the printing of the Annual Report for tabling in Parliament by 30 September 2009.