On 13 August 2013, the Committee received a briefing from the Department of Social Development and the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development responding to the proposed amendments. The Department of Social Development also briefed the Committee on some legislative and operational implementation challenges with the Act. These included challenges regarding the implementation of Adoption Policy, National Child Protection Register, Foster Care System, Human Resources and funding of ECD programmes. In order to address these challenges the department initiated a process of reviewing the Act.