{"id":592800,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/592800/?format=json","text_counter":343,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"The Temporary Deputy Chairlady","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"THAT, Clause 51 of the Bill be amended– (a) by deleting sub-clause (2) and substituting therefor with the following new sub-clause – (2) The Cabinet Secretary shall not unreasonably withhold consent to assign, transfer, and mortgage or trade a mineral right and shall inform an applicant of the decision within thirty days of receipt of an application to assign, transfer, mortgage or trade a mineral right. (b) By inserting the following new subsection immediately after subsection (8)– (8A) The Cabinet Secretary shall, in consultation with the Mineral Rights Board, prescribe a criteria for the conditions required to be met by an applicant for an assignment, mortgage or trade in a mineral right."}