CAP. 238, BELIZE AIRPORTS AUTHORITY ACT BELIZE
BELIZE AIRPORTS AUTHORITY ACT CHAPTER 238
REVISED EDITION 2000 SHOWING THE LAW AS AT 31ST DECEMBER, 2000
This is a revised edition of the law, prepared by the Law Revision Commissioner under the authority of the Law Revision Act, Chapter 3 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 1980 - 1990.
This edition contains a consolidation of the following laws- Page
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BELIZE AIRPORTS AUTHORITY ACT 6 Amendments in force as at 31st December, 2000.
BELIZE
BELIZE AIRPORTS AUTHORITY ACT CHAPTER 238
REVISED EDITION 2000 SHOWING THE LAW AS AT 31ST DECEMBER, 2000
This is a revised edition of the law, prepared by the Law Revision Commissioner under the authority of the Law Revision Act, Chapter 3 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 1980 - 1990.
This edition contains a consolidation of the following laws- Page
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BELIZE AIRPORTS AUTHORITY A CT 6 Amendments in force as at 31st December, 2000.
THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2000 Printed by the Government Printer,
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CHAPTER 238
BELIZE AIRPORTS AUTHORITY
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
Preliminary
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
PART II
Establishment of the Authority
3. Establishment of Belize Airports Authority.
4. Power of Minister to amend Schedule.
5. Board of Directors.
6. Temporary appointments.
7. Chairman.
8. Tenure of office.
9. Resignation.
10. Removal of director.
11. Publication of composition of Authority.
12. Authentication of seal and documents.
13. Procedure and meetings.
14. Remuneration of directors.
15. Protection of Authority.
16. Protection of directors.
17. Functions of Authority.
18. Ministerial directions.
19. General duties of Authority.
20. Long range development plans to be approved by Minister.
PART III
Financial 21. Transfer of property.
22. Loans by Government.
23. Financial procedures.
24. Submission of budget estimates.
25. Borrowing powers.
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26. Advances and guarantee of borrowings.
27. Repayment of, and interest on, advances and sums issued to meet guarantee.
28. Reserve Fund.
29. Power to invest moneys.
30. Accounts and audit.
31. Annual report.
32. Tenders Committee.
PART IV
Management and Staff
33. General Manager and other staff.
34. Secondment.
35. Power to delegate.
PART V
Miscellaneous 36. Regulations.
37. Aircraft to comply with the Act.
38. Authority not a bailee for reward.
39. Lien on and arrest of aircraft.
40. Arrest of persons.
41. Presumption of venue.
42. Penalty.
43. Exemptions from income tax, property tax and stamp duty.
SCHEDULE
CHAPTER 238
BELIZE AIRPORTS AUTHORITY
[11th January, 1989] PART I
Preliminary
1. This Act may be cited as the Belize Airports Authority Act.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
“airport” means any area of land or water or of land and water designated as an airport under any law and specified in the Schedule to this Act;
“apron” means a defined area in an airport intended to accommodate aircraft for purposes of loading or unloading passengers or cargo, refuelling, parking, or maintenance of such aircraft;
27 of 1988. 31 of 1989. S.I. 126 of 1995. S.I. 145 of 1996.
Short title.
Interpretation.
Schedule.
CAP. 196B, R.E. 1980-1990.
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“Authority” means the Belize Airports Authority established in accordance with this Act;
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Authority constituted in accordance with this Act;
“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board;
“director” means a director of the Authority;
“financial year” means the period of twelve months ending on the thirty-first day of March, inclusive;
“functions” includes powers and duties;
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for Civil Aviation, unless specified otherwise;
“navigation services” includes information, directions and other facilities furnished, issued or provided for the purpose of, or in connection with, the navigation or movement of aircraft and also the control or movement of vehicles in any part of an airport used for the movement of aircraft other than an apron;
“prescribed airports” means the airports for the time being prescribed in the Schedule;
“secretary” means the secretary to the Board.
PART II
Establishment of the Authority
3.-(1) There is hereby established for the purposes of this Act a body to be called the Belize Airports Authority.
Establishment of Belize Airports Authority.
Schedule.
(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and with power as such to enter into contracts, to sue and be sued by law in its corporate name and may for all purposes be described by such name, to acquire, hold, mortgage, lease and dispose of all kinds of property movable and immovable and to do and perform such acts and things as bodies corporate may by law do and perform subject to the provisions of this Act.
4. The Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, amend the Schedule, and any such Order may also prescribe the boundaries of any airport.
5.-(1) There shall be a Board of Directors of the Authority which, subject to the provisions of this Act, shall be responsible for the policy and the general administration of the affairs of the authority.
(2) The Board shall consist of such number of directors, not being less than five nor more than nine, as the Minister may, subject to subsection (3), appoint from time to time from persons appearing to the Minister to have ability and experience in matters relating to air transport, finance, economics, engineering, accountancy, law, industrial relations or commerce.
(3) The Financial Secretary, the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry responsible for Civil Aviation and the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority shall be ex officio directors of the Board, provided however that only the Financial Secretary shall have a right to vote.
6. The Minister may appoint any person to act temporarily in the place of any director in the case of the absence or inability to act of such director.
7.-(1) The Minister shall appoint one of the directors to be Chairman of the Board.
(2) The Minister shall appoint one of the directors to be the Deputy Chairman of the Board.
Power of Minister to amend Schedule.
Board of Directors.
Temporary appointments.
Chairman.
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(3) The Minister shall appoint a fit and proper person to be secretary to the Board.
(4) In the case of the absence or inability to act of the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman shall perform the functions of the Chairman.
8. Subject to the provisions of this Act, a director, other than an ex officio director, shall hold office for three years and shall be eligible for reappointment upon the expiration of his period of office.
9.-(1) Any director, other than the Chairman or an ex officio director, may at any time resign his office by instrument writing addressed to the Minister and transmitted through the Chairman, and from the date of receipt by the Minister of such instrument such director shall cease to be a director.
(2) The Chairman may at any time resign his office by instrument in writing addressed to the Minister and such resignation shall take effect as from the date of the receipt by the Minister of the instrument.
10. The Minister may terminate the appointment of a director or acting director, other than an ex officio director, for misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity.
11. The names of all directors as first constituted and every change in the composition thereof shall be published in the Gazette.
12.-(1) The seal of the Authority shall be authenticated by the signatures of the Chairman, or one director authorised to act in that behalf, and the secretary.
(2) All documents, other than those required by law to be under seal, made by, and all decisions of, the Board may be signified under the hand of the Chairman or any director authorised to act in that behalf or the secretary.
Tenure of office.
Resignation.
Removal of director.
Publication of composition of Authority.
Authentication of seal and documents.
13.-(1) The Board shall meet at such times as may be necessary or expedient for the transaction of business, and such meetings may be held at such places and times and on such days as the Board shall determine:
Provided that the Board shall meet at least once a month.
(2) Minutes in proper form of each meeting of the Board shall be kept by the secretary.
(3) The Chairman may at any time call a special meeting of the Board and shall call a special meeting to be held within seven days of a written request for that purpose addressed to him by any two directors.
(4) The decisions of the Board shall be by majority vote.
(5) The Chairman or, in the case of the absence or inability to act of the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman shall preside at the meetings of the Board, and when so presiding the Chairman or the Deputy Chairman, as the case may be, shall in addition to an original vote have a casting vote in any case in which the voting is equal.
(6) The quorum of the Board shall be four members with voting rights.
(7) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Board may regulate its own proceedings.
(8) The validity of any proceedings of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy amongst the directors or by any defect in the appointment of a director.
14. There shall be paid to the Chairman and directors, other than ex officio directors, such remuneration, if any, (whether by way of salaries, or travelling or other allowances), as the Minister may determine.
Procedure and meetings.
Remuneration of directors.
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15. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no act done or proceeding taken under this Act by the Authority shall be questioned on the ground of any omission, defect or irregularity not affecting the merits of the case:
Provided that any person aggrieved by a decision of the Authority may appeal to the Minister who may, if he thinks fit, direct the Authority to rectify any such omission, defect or irregularity.
16.-(1) No director shall be personally liable for any act or default of the Authority done or omitted to be done in good faith in the course of the operations of the Authority.
(2) Where any director is exempt from liability by reason only of the provisions of this section, the Authority shall be liable to the extent that it would be if the said director were a servant or agent of the Authority.
17.-(1) It shall be the duty of the Authority-
(a) to administer, control and manage prescribed airports and any other property vested in it under this Act;
(b) to provide and maintain such services and facilities as are in its opinion necessary or desirable for the efficient operation of prescribed airports or as the Minister may require;
(c) to provide rescue and fire fighting equipment and services at prescribed airports.
(2) In the exercise of its functions, the Authority may-
(a) construct, alter and maintain buildings at prescribed airports and elsewhere;
(b) purchase land or buildings;
Protection of Authority.
Protection of directors.
Functions of Authority. 31 of 1989.
(c) grant, on such terms and conditions as the Authority thinks fit, authority to carry on any trade or business at prescribed airports;
(d) grant leases, subleases or other interests or concessions in respect of land or buildings within a prescribed airport on such terms and conditions and subject to the payment of rent or other consideration as the Authority may think fit;
(e) carry on such activities as appear to it advantageous, necessary or desirable for or in connection with the exercise and performance of its functions.
18. The Minister may, after consultation with the Chairman, give to the Authority directions of a general character as to the policy to be followed by the Authority in the exercise and performance of its functions.
19.-(1) It shall be the duty of the Authority so to conduct the affairs of the Authority as to ensure that, so far as practicable, the annual revenues of the Authority are, taking one financial year with the other, sufficient to meet all charges properly chargeable to revenue and the establishment of reserves necessary for its operations.
(2) The Authority shall furnish the Minister with such returns, statistics and other information with respect to the property and other activities of the Authority as the Minister may from time to time require, and shall afford to him facilities for verifying such information in such manner and at such times as he may reasonably require.
(3) If any member of the Board or other person present at a meeting of the Board is directly or indirectly interested in any contract or proposed contract or other matter, he shall, at the meeting and as soon as is practicable after the commencement of the meeting, disclose the fact of his interest and shall not
Ministerial directions.
General duties of Authority.
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take part in the discussion, consideration or voting on such a contract or other matter.
20.-(1) Except in so far as may be allowed by general directions of the Minister, the Authority shall not proceed with the implementation of any long range plans for the development of any prescribed airport except in accordance with the provisions of a scheme made by the Authority and submitted to the Minister and approved by him.
(2) For the purposes of this section, “long range plans” means plans-
(a) which have been formulated on the basis of statistics compiled in respect of movements of traffic, cargo and passengers within the prescribed airport; and
(b) which have been projected to meet estimated requirements for development five years or more after the formulation of such plans.
(3) Nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed as precluding the grant of any authority under paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 17, or of any lease, sublease or other interest or concession under paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section 17, for a period in excess of five years.
PART III
Financial
21.-(1) The Minister responsible for Finance may, by Order, transfer to the Authority any property belonging to the Government which appears to him to be necessary or useful to the Authority for carrying out its functions under this Act, and such property shall vest in the Authority by virtue of the Order and without further assurance.
Long range development plans to be approved by Minister.
Transfer of property.
(2) An Order under subsection (1)-
(a) may contain such incidental, consequential or supplemental provisions as the said Minister thinks necessary or expedient for the purposes of the Order;
(b) shall be subject to affirmative resolution of the House of Representatives.
22. The Government may lend the Authority such sum as the Minister responsible for Finance certifies is required to enable the Authority to commence its functions, to be repaid by the Authority at such times and by such methods as the said Minister may determine.
23.-(1) The revenue of the Authority shall be classified under the following heads of receipt-
(a) dues and charges received by virtue of this Act;
(b) amounts borrowed by the Authority; and
(c) miscellaneous receipts, including interest on and service of investments,
and such revenue shall within seven days of receipt thereof be paid into a bank account approved by the Minister responsible for Finance.
(2) The revenue of the Authority shall be applied to meet the following heads of expenditure-
(a) reimbursement to the Government of all sums certified by the Minister responsible for Finance as having been borrowed by the Government for airport purposes and the repayment of which is outstanding at the commencement of this Act; the
Loans by Government.
Financial procedures.
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arrangements for reimbursing such sums shall be such as may be determined by the Minister responsible for Finance;
(b) repayment of overdraft, if any, on current accounts;
(c) interest on loans;
(d) sinking fund on loan redemption;
(e) payment to the Government of any consideration for the transfer of property as provided by section 21;
(f) reimbursement to the Government of all sums expended by it in respect of the pensions and gratuities of public officers seconded under section 34;
(g) repairs and maintenance of buildings and equipment and other current expenses;
(h) any other expenditure approved by the Minister responsible for Finance.
(3) After meeting the expenditure as set out in subsection (2), twenty per cent of the surplus, if any, shall be paid into the reserve fund established under section 28 of this Act, and the remainder shall be paid by the Authority to the Accountant General for the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
(4) The Authority shall cause estimates of expenditure and revenue to be prepared and adopted each year in respect of the financial year following and such estimates, when adopted, shall be published in the Gazette.
24.-(1) The Authority shall, on or before the 30th November in each year, prepare and submit to the Minister responsible for Finance, through the Minister for Communications, estimates of the income receivable and the expenditures
Submission of budget estimates.
to be incurred during the financial year commencing on 1st April there follow- ing.
(2) The Authority shall submit the estimates in the form required by the Minister of Finance.
(3) All new or special expenditure shall receive the approval of the Minister for Communications before being included in the estimates.
(4) Except with the approval of the Minister of Finance after consultation with the Minister for Communications, no further sum shall be expended during any financial year other than is provided in the estimates relating to such financial year.
25.-(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the Authority may borrow sums required by it for meeting any of its obligations or discharging any of its functions.
(2) The power of the Authority to borrow in excess of such limits as the Minister responsible for Finance may from time to time fix shall be exercisable only with the approval of the Minister responsible for Finance as to the amount, source of borrowing and the terms on which the borrowing may be effected, and an approval given in any respect for the purposes of this subsection may be either general or limited to a particular borrowing or otherwise, and may be either unconditional or subject to conditions.
26.-(1) The Minister responsible for Finance may from time to time make advances to the Authority out of moneys provided by the National Assembly for the purpose.
(2) With the approval of the House of Representatives, the Minister responsible for Finance may guarantee, in such manner and on such conditions as he thinks fit, the repayment of the principal and the payment of interest on any authorised borrowings of the Authority made otherwise than by way of
Borrowing powers.
Advances and guarantee of borrowings.
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advance under subsection (1).
(3) Where the Minister responsible for Finance is satisfied that there has been default in the repayment of any principal moneys or the payment of interest guaranteed under the provisions of this section, he shall direct the repayment or, as the case may be, the payment, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the amount in respect of which there has been such default and any such repayment or payment shall be a charge on the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
27. The Authority shall make to the Accountant General, at such times and in such manner as the Minister responsible for Finance or other person designated by him may direct, payments of such amount as may be so directed in or towards repayment of advances made to the Authority under subsection (1) of section 26 and of any sums issued in fulfilment of any guarantee given under that section, and payments of interest on any sum outstanding for the time being in respect of such advances and of any sums so issued at such rate as the Minister responsible for Finance may direct, and different rates of interest may be directed as respects different advances or sums and as respects interest for different periods.
28.-(1) The Authority shall establish and maintain a reserve fund to meet contingencies and for such other purposes as it may think fit.
(2) The management of the reserve fund, the sums to be carried from time to time to the credit thereof, the charges to be made against it and any other application of the moneys comprised therein shall be as the Authority may determine:
Provided that-
(a) no part of the reserve fund shall be applied otherwise than for the purposes of the Authority; and
(b) the power of the Minister responsible for Finance to give
Repayment of and interest on, advances and sums issued to meet guarantee.
Reserve Fund.
directions to the Authority shall extend to the giving to them of directions as to any matter relating to the establishment or management of the reserve fund, the carrying of funds to the credit thereof, or the application thereof, notwithstan- ing that the direction may be of a specific character.
29. All moneys of the Authority not immediately required to be expended in the meeting of any obligations or the performance of any functions of the Authority may be invested in such securities or other investments as may be approved generally or specifically by the Minister responsible for Finance and the Authority may, with the approval of the said Minister, sell all or any of such securities or other investments.
30.-(1) The Authority shall keep proper accounts and other records in relation to its business and shall prepare annually a statement of accounts in a form satisfactory to the Minister responsible for Finance, being a form which conforms with established accounting principles.
(2) The accounts and records shall be kept and the annual statement prepared as far as possible in such a way as to provide separate information as respects each of the main functions or undertakings of the Authority and to show the financial and operating results in respect of each such function or undertaking.
(3) The accounts of the Authority shall be audited by auditors appointed annually by the Authority with the approval of the Minister responsible for Finance.
(4) Within four months after the end of each financial year or within such further time as may in special circumstances be allowed by the Minister responsible for Finance, the Authority shall send the statement of its account referred to in subsection (1) to the said Minister together with a copy of any report made by the auditors on that statement or on the accounts of the Authority.
Power to invest moneys.
Accounts and audit.
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(5) The Auditor-General shall be entitled, on the direction of the Minister responsible for Finance, at all reasonable times to examine the accounts and other records in relation to the business of the Authority.
31.-(1) The Authority shall, not later than five months after the end of each financial year or within such further time as may in special circumstances be allowed by the Minister responsible for Finance, cause to be made and transmit to the said Minister a report dealing generally with the operations of the Authority during the preceding financial year, and containing such information relating to the proceedings and policy of the Authority as can be made public without detriment to the interest of the Authority.
(2) The Minister shall cause a copy of the report together with the annual statement of accounts and the auditors’ report thereon and on the accounts to be laid on the table of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
(3) Copies of the Authority’s report, together with the annual statement of accounts and the auditors’ report on that statement and on the accounts of the Authority, shall be published in such manner as the Minister may direct and shall be made available to the public by the Authority at a reasonable price.
32. The Authority shall appoint a Tenders Committee from amongst the Board of Directors and all contracts above forty thousand Belize Dollars awarded by the Authority shall require the prior approval of the Minister.
PART IV
Management and Staff
33. The Authority may appoint and employ, at such remuneration and on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit, a General Manager and such other officers, agents and servants as it thinks necessary for the proper performance of its functions:
Annual report.
Tenders. Committee.
General Manager and other staff.
Provided that-
(a) no salary (including the value of benefits) exceeding more than five times the average salary per employee of the Authority shall be assigned to any post without the prior approval of the Minister responsible for Communications;
(b) no provision shall be made for the payment of any pension, gratuity or other retiring benefit to any employee of the Authority or the grant of benefits to the dependants or the legal representatives of such employee without the prior approval of the Minister.
34. The Governor-General, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister in the case of public officers to whom section 107 of the Constitution applies, and the Public Services Commission in the case of all other public officers, may, subject to such conditions as the Governor-General acting as aforesaid, or as the case may be, the Public Services Commission, may impose, approve the secondment of any public officer in the service of the Government to any office with the Authority and any public officer so seconded shall, in relation to pension, gratuity or other retiring benefit, be treated as continuing in the service of the Government.
35.-(1) The Authority may delegate to any of its directors, its secretary or to any of its employees such of its functions as it may determine.
(2) Every delegation under this section shall be revocable by the Authority and no delegation shall prevent the exercise by the Authority of any functions so delegated.
Secondment.
Power to delegate.
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PART V
Miscellaneous
36.-(1) The Minister may, in consultation with the Authority, make such regulations as he considers necessary or expedient for giving effect to the provisions of this Act, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing such regulations may-
(a) provide for securing the safety of aircraft, vehicles and persons using any such airport as aforesaid and preventing danger to the public arising from the use and operation of the airport;
(b) make provision for preventing or minimising obstruction within the airport;
(c) make provision for preserving order within the airport and preventing damage to property therein;
(d) regulate or restrict advertising within the airport;
(e) regulate, promote or restrict the movement of persons into, in or out of the airport;
(f) prohibit or regulate, in relation to the whole or any part of the airport-
(i) the presence of persons or classes of persons;
(ii) the presence of animals or classes of animals;
(iii) the use of vehicles of any class or description; and
Regulations.
(iv) acts which might endanger any property or person;
(g) regulate vehicular traffic anywhere within the airport, and in particular may impose speed limits on vehicles therein;
(h) appoint and regulate the use, including charges to be made for the use, of parking places for motor vehicles in the airport;
(i) make provision for the removal to such place as the Authority may think fit of vehicles parked in a place other than a place appointed for the parking of such vehicle or vehicles which have broken down or vehicles which have been left in any place-
(i) in contravention of any provision made by or pursuant to the Act, insofar as it relates to roadways in a prescribed airport, or in contravention of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act and the regulations made thereunder;
(ii) in such a position or in such condition or in such circumstances as to cause obstruction to other persons using the airport or as to be likely to cause danger to such other persons; or
(iii) in such a position or in such condition or in such circumstances as to appear to have been abandoned,
and for the safe custody of vehicles removed and any goods which they contain at the time of such removal and for the charges to be imposed for the removal and safe custody of such vehicles or goods;
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(j) prescribe and regulate the conditions for use of the airport and its facilities, including the charges to be made for the use of the airport and for services or facilities provided therein;
(k) provide for the disposition of unclaimed property in the custody of the Authority;
(l) provide for security arrangements.
(2) Every person contravening any regulations made under this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.
(3) Regulations made under this section in relation to the use of roadways in an airport shall take effect notwithstanding that the roadways are subject to the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act and regulations made thereunder.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), where by virtue of any provision made by or pursuant to this Act or the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act, a vehicle has been, or could at any time be, removed from a place in a prescribed airport, the Authority may, if it appears to it that the vehicle had been abandoned, sell or otherwise dispose of it and its contents (if any) and-
(a) apply the proceeds of any such sale in or towards satisfaction of any costs incurred by it in connection with the disposal thereof or any charge or payment to which it is entitled as regards the vehicle or contents under any provision made by or pursuant to this section, so, however, that the Authority, in its discretion, may waive, in whole or in part, the amount of such costs, charge or payment;
(b) recoup from the owner or person in charge of the vehicle any costs mentioned in paragraph (a) insofar as not satisfied by
Penalty.
CAP. 230.
CAP. 230.
virtue of that paragraph;
(c) dispose of, in such manner as the Authority may by order prescribe, any sum received by the Authority on a sale of the vehicle after deducting any sum applied thereout by virtue of paragraph (a).
(5) A power of disposal conferred by subsection (4) shall not be exercisable in the case of a vehicle unless there have been taken by the Authority such steps (including provision for publication) and there has elapsed such period (not being less than six weeks) beginning with the taking of the first of such steps, as may be prescribed by the Authority by order, being steps and a period whose respective taking and lapse shall, in the opinion of the Authority, together suffice for securing adequate opportunity for enabling the vehicle to be claimed.
(6) Different provisions may be made under subsection (5) with respect to vehicles of different classes or descriptions or with respect to vehicles of the same class or description in different circumstances.
37. An aircraft commander present in Belize and an owner of an aircraft which is within Belize shall comply with this Act and the regulations made thereunder or under any other law relating to Civil Aviation as to parking, landing or taking off and shall pay such fees as are prescribed for such aircraft.
38. The Authority is not, with respect to anything entrusted to its care, a bailee for reward and has no liability for loss or damage occasioned thereto unless such loss or damage is due to the gross negligence or default of the Authority.
39.-(1) The Authority has a lien on every aircraft for the recovery of airport dues remaining unpaid for over seven days.
Power to dispose of abandoned vehicles, etc.
Aircraft to comply with the Act.
Authority not a bailee for reward.
Lien on and arrest of aircraft.
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(2) The Authority may enter, take control of and arrest any aircraft over which it has a lien.
40. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a police officer or a person authorised by the Authority in that behalf (hereinafter referred to as the “authorised person”) may, within any prescribed airport, arrest with or without warrant any person who-
(a) contravenes or is suspected on reasonable grounds of con- travening or having contravened any provision of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder;
(b) having been so requested under section 42, fails or refuses to correctly state his name and address or the purpose of his being at the airport; and
(c) having been removed from an airport under section 42, returns or attempts to return thereto without the approval of a police officer or an authorised person:
Provided that any person arrested under this section by an authorised person shall as soon as practicable be handed over by him to a police officer or taken by him to a police station.
41. Where an offence is alleged to have taken place at an airport, it shall be deemed to have taken place thereat unless the contrary is proved.
42. Any person suspected on reasonable grounds of having contravened or of being about to contravene any of the regulations made under this Act shall upon being requested so to do by a police officer or an authorised person correctly state his name and address and the purpose of his being at the airport, and upon his failure so to do may be removed from the airport or any part thereof.
Arrest of persons.
Presumption of venue.
Penalty.
43.-(1) The Authority shall be exempt from income tax and property tax.
(2) All instruments executed by or on behalf of the Authority shall be exempt from stamp duty.
SCHEDULE
[Sections 2 and 4]
List of Prescribed Airports
The Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport as described in the Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport Regulations.
“Belize City Municipal Airport”
The Belize City Municipal Airport means all that lot, piece or parcel of land known as the Belize City Airstrip or Airport comprising 15.4 acres or thereabouts and the buildings thereon situate in Belize City and bounded as follows:-
North - by the sea;
East - by national land and a Road Reserve;
South - by the National Stadium;
Rev. Sub. Leg. 1962, Vol. IV, p.2282. S.I. 22 of 1979. S.I. 82 of 1988.
S.I. 126 of 1995. S.I. 126 of 1995.
Exemptions from income tax, property tax and stamp duty.
Description and boundaries of Belize City Airport.
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West - by Landivar, now or formerly the property of St. John’s College Incorporated.
The San Pedro Airport:-
The San Pedro Airport means all that lot, piece or parcel of land known as the San Pedro Airstrip or Airport, comprising 27.29 acres or thereabouts and the buildings thereon, situate in San Pedro and bounded as follows:-
North - by Inner Lagoon, lands of Dr. William Elmer, parcel 701, and other lands;
East - by now or formerly the R.C. School compound and other lots;
South - by lots being subdivided in the Cocal Esmeralda Area;
West - by national lands.
S.I. 145 of 1996.
Description and boundaries of San Pedro Airport.
