General Recommendations With the exercise of parliamentary authority and oversight over the executive, the review of the implementation of legislation was constitutionally mandated. However, where an Act contains regulations for the implementation of the legislation, the powers of the legislature were considerably hampered as those regulatory powers were conferred on the Minister in whose department that legislation falls. However, it was critical to note that parliament still conducts oversight over the performance of the Minister and as such can hold the Minister concerned accountable. It was therefore necessary that where legislation deals with domestic violence, that the development of regulations to such legislation does not fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the executive authority alone, but was also subject to legislative scrutiny.