One of the major concerns in terms of the DVA was the servicing of protection orders on respondents. The public hearings demonstrated that that process presented a real obstacle to women's access to the protections police officials in the service of protection orders was problematic as police officials were unwilling to serve these documents in favour of more pressing police matters. In that regard, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development should rework Regulation 15 of the regulations to the DVA, entitled 'Service of documents', in order to ensure that court officials increase their use of the sheriffs and substantially reduce their use of police officials to serve orders. It was further recommended that the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development present these proposed amendments to Parliament.