. An amount of R7.8 billion was added to the provincial conditional grants to cover policy priorities. A savings of R3.4 billion was realised and allocated towards government priorities. . The inclusion of a new section, that is section 13, which outlined processes in respect of the transferring and reporting for provincial infrastructure grants. Conditions for infrastructure grants were strengthened. . Reporting in respect of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) for infrastructure changed from in-year reporting and the allocations would now be based on the previous year's performance. The grant moved from being a schedule 8 to a schedule 5. The allocated money would be conditional and would be used only for furthering the EPWP. . Section 15 of the Division of Revenue Bill provided that the National Treasury must allow Parliament a period of 14 days to comment when any government department wants to amend or revise its conditional grant framework.