23. The Committee is acutely aware of the capacity and other constraints of the State to implement the Bill, and the amendments to the Bill were effected with this constantly in our collective mind. There are also various provisions in the Bill that relate to the need to develop the capacity of the State. The Preamble also notes, in the "acknowledging" section, that "there are capacity, resource and other constraints on the state which may require a pragmatic and incremental strategy to implement the new criminal justice system for children". We engaged rigorously with the Departments and other state structures on their capacity to implement the Bill. This included about 12 hours in closed workshop- type meetings and a further eight hours in ordinary Portfolio Committee meetings. We also required the State and other structures to respond in writing to questions about their capacity to implement the Bill, which were put to them in writing. We also undertook study visits, without pre-warning, to the One Stop Child Justice Centres and diversion service providers in Mangaung and Port Elizabeth. Overall, we feel that while the co-operation and co- ordination among the government departments responsible for the implementation of the CJB has improved recently, there is still some way to go. We would have preferred to have seen greater consensus among the Departments on the use of terms and the accuracy of statistics and on other issues, but we are clear that the departments and other State structures certainly have the potential to implement the Bill effectively. Of course, it will be challenging - but it can be done. There has to be a pragmatic, phased, sensible implementation strategy. In any case, the Bill will only come into effect on 1 April 2010.