The appointment of HOs was provided for in terms of the Natal Nature Conservation Ordinance No 15 of 1974, in section 11 (10) (a) and section 27 (1) and (2). However, with the establishment of the EKZNW in terms of the KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Management Act, No. 9 of 1997, a number of provisions of this Ordinance were repealed but not section 27 (1) and (2). This section and the section 42 (2) of the KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Management Act, No. 9 of 1997 meant that all the staff and HOs who had been previously appointed in terms of the Ordinance, would continue to be recognized by the new organization. The KwaZulu-Natal Environmental, Biodiversity and Protected Areas Bill, 2016 in section 28 (1), (20), and (3) provides the EKZNW with powers to appoint members of the public as volunteers for the purpose of assisting it with the performance of its functions in terms of this Act. When this Act is enacted, the service level agreement between Honorary Officers and EKZNW will be in line with the provisions of the Act.