. Alignment of all legislative instruments, including legislation and regulations, to give effect to this agreement reached between the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) and the Department of Mineral Resources; . Amendment of present envisaged legal framework as agreed in 2008; and to . Allow for application of environmental laws in mining areas, in an orderly and synchronised manner, by way of: o MPRDA amendments; o NEMLA 3 amendments o Amendments of DMR regulations; o Amendments to DEA regulations; o Amendments to DWA regulations; and o Amendments by 3 departments of any other formal or informal legislative instruments impacting on this integration and synchronisation process.