3. The provision related to those bodies that may refer a medical or ordinary parole decision for review elicited much debate. Some proposed that, in addition to the Minister, National Commissioner and the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS), a mechanism whereby the public may submit such a request, should be provided for. This proposal was rejected on the basis that it implies a lack of faith in the organs of state already in existence to ensure adherence to the policies and procedures governing parole. Arguments that the cost of seeking legal recourse was such that many offenders would not be able to make use of this avenue to seek a review notwithstanding, it was agreed that the DCS-proposed amendments were adequate. 2.7 Clause 14: Substitution of section 79 of Act 111 of 1998, as amended by section 55 of Act 25 of 2008