Power of Minister to obtain information concerning applications, etc

(1) The Minister may, by notice served on an applicant for the grant of a mineral right, require the applicant to furnish him, within such reasonable time as is specified in the notice– (a) with such further information relevant to the application as may be described in the notice; and (b) if the applicant, or any of the applicants, is a body corporate, with such information as may be specified in the notice to enable the Minister to ascertain to what extent the controlling power in the direction of the affairs of the body corporate is vested in a body corporate incorporated outside Belize or an individual or individuals resident outside Belize. (2) To enable him to dispose of an application for the grant of a mineral right, the Minister– (a) may cause such investigations, negotiations or consultations to be carried on as he considers necessary; and (b) may, by notice served on the applicant for the grant of the mineral right, require the applicant to furnish him, within such reasonable time as is specified in the notice, with such proposals, by way of alteration to or in addition to any proposals in the application, as the Minister specifies in the notice.