2.1 The main objectives of the oversight visit was to determine whether procedural requirements have been met and to verify whether the provincial executive has used its discretion appropriately before the Committee can approve/disapprove the interventions. Through the deliberations and interaction with internal and external stakeholders, the Committee wanted to determine how the provincial executive was intending to restore the fulfilment of the relevant obligations and ensure fulfilment in the long-term. The aim being to ensure intergovernmental checks and balances aimed at guarding the integrity and efficiency of the intervention process. In terms of section 139 (2)(b)(ii) of the Constitution, the intervention must end if the NCOP does not positively approve the intervention within 180 days, in this case before the end of 06 June 2010 since the intervention began.