1. DE BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES LIMITED
ORAL COMMENTS  TO THE PARLIAMENTARY PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE  ON THE MINING TITLES REGISTRATION  AMENDMENT BILL, B

2. OUTLINE
1. Introduction
2. Non-deregistration And Continued Registrations During Transitional Period
3. Registration Of Prospecting Rights And Mining Rights
4. Diagrams And Plans
5. Leases Of State’s Interest In Precious Stones Mines
6. Surface Reservations, Permissions And Rights
7. Destruction Of Old Records
8. Marital Status
9. Partnerships
10. Harmonisation
11. Access
12. Conclusion

3. INTRODUCTION

4. NON-DEREGISTRATION AND CONTINUED REGISTRATIONS DURING TRANSITIONAL PERIOD
Concerns
Immediate commencement
Immediate deregistration
No further registrations
Provisions in Bill
Clause 12
Clause 52 and schedule
Clause 53

5. NON-DEREGISTRATION AND CONTINUED REGISTRATIONS DURING TRANSITIONAL PERIOD
Consequences
# Objects of Mineral Development Act
Empowerment
Day to day transactions
# Security of tenure
# Transitional opportunity
De Beers’ precious stones rights
Common law
Statutory
Recommendation

6. REGISTRATION OF PROSPECTING RIGHTS AND MINING RIGHTS
Support of registration and real rights
Founding legislation  registration legislation
Recommendation

7. DIAGRAMS AND PLANS Support for diagrams
Necessary substantive provisions
Definition of “diagram”
Amendment of Land Survey Act, 1997

8. LEASES OF STATE’S INTEREST IN PRECIOUS STONES MINES
What are leases of State’s interest
Item 9(7), schedule II, Mineral Development Act
Cedability
Registrability
Effect of Bill
Recommendation

9. SURFACE RESERVATIONS, PERMISSIONS AND RIGHTS
Old forms of surface use rights
Items 9(1), (2), and (3), schedule II, Mineral Development Act
Registrability
Effect of Bill
Recommendation

10. DESTRUCTION OF OLD RECORDS
Current provisions
Effect of Bill
Motivation for retention

11. MARITAL STATUS Effect of Bill
Empowerment transactions with natural persons
Consequences

12. PARTNERSHIPS Effect of Bill Nature of partnerships # Empowerment
Recommendations

13. HARMONISATION WITH THE DEEDS REGISTRIES ACT, 1937
Currently
Effect of Bill
Recommendation

14. ACCESS TO MINING TITLES OFFICE
Currently
Effect of Bill
Recommendation

15. CONCLUSION