1. Clause 2 inserts new sections 2A and 2B in the Act, to provide the Minister with the legal power to determine the policy framework within which the Weather Service must exercise its powers and perform its functions. The policy will be determined and published in the Gazette after consultation with the Board. In other words, once the Minister has set the policy framework within which the Board must operate, the Board has operational independence as long as it operates within the policy framework. The clause also provides the Minister with supervisory powers over the Weather Service. The amendment will allow the Minister to monitor the exercising of powers and performance of functions by the Weather Service against the policy determined by the Minister, and to intervene in operational by way of directive, only in the case of non-compliance. Any existing policies of the Weather Service must be tabled in Parliament within six months from the date of commencement of the Amendment Bill. Clause 6 amends section 6 of the Act, to ensure that the execution by the Board of its functions is within the policy determined by the Minister in terms of section 2A of the Act.