During the consultation process, there were essentially six issues as documented in the Department of Mineral Resources' responses to the GSSA's comments and concerns, and these were the following: . The GSSA agreed that for the object of the Bill to be achieved, there would have to be an expansion of skills and resources in the Council for Geosciences which would necessitate an increased budget. The GSSA noted that there was an increased budget in the proposed amendment, however, it felt that it must reiterate that this must be an ongoing commitment, especially in view of the current financial difficulties that the Council was facing. In addition, the GSSA noted that there was no detail in how the increased budget had been calculated nor what the increased expenses will be targeting.