Following requests during the public comment period, it was considered appropriate to give this power to the MEC to allow for improved efficiency in urgent situations, hence the proposed amendment to subsection (1). This proposed amendment to subsection (3) is consequential to the proposed amendment to section 59 of the Act. 43. Amendment to section 93: Reporting This section has been amended to create more specific provisions with regards to reporting by the Minister. 44. Proposed insertion of new section 94A There is a probability that many organs of state may require exemptions from certain provisions. Unforeseen situations need to be accommodated without the need for an unnecessary statutory amendment. It is therefore proposed that an exemption provision be inserted so as not to hinder service delivery. The provision is similar to that it in the Marine Living Resources Act (MLRA), 1998 (Act No. 18 of 1998), which exemption clause has been approved by the courts. 45. Amendment to section 95: Transitional provisions relating to leases