Proclamation No. 32367 dated 1 July 2009, split the previous Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and Department of Water Affairs and Forestry into new components, that of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Department of Water Affairs under one Ministry. A new Department of Tourism was established, while the Forestry component of the previous Department of Water and Forestry was shifted to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. It is important to note, however, that during the interim transfer period of certain administrative functions, the Portfolio Committee, in 2009, was required to consider the Budget Votes of the previous Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, as well as the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry as the appropriations and transfers were only concluded in October 2009.