Diversion of controlled drugs

(1) No person shall except under the authority of a diversion certificate in the form of Schedule X cause or procure any controlled drug brought into Belize in transit to be diverted to any destination other than that to which it was originally consigned. Schedule X. (2) In the case of any drug in transit accompanied by an export authorisation or a diversion certificate issued by a competent authority of some other country, the country to which the drug was originally consigned shall be deemed to be the country stated in such export authorisation or diversion certificate to be the country of destination. (3) The Director of Health Services may in his discretion issue a diversion certificate in respect of any controlled drugs in transit upon production to him of a valid and subsisting import certificate issued by a competent authority in the country to which it is proposed to divert the drug, or if that country is not a party to the Conventions upon such evidence as may satisfy him that the drug is to be sent in a lawful manner and for a lawful (4) Every diversion certificate shall be issued in duplicate and one copy thereof shall accompany the drug when it is exported from Belize, and the other copy shall be despatched by 52 Misuse of Drugs the Director of Health Services directly to the proper authority in the country to which the consignment has been diverted. (5) Upon the issue of a diversion certificate, the export authorisation or diversion certificate, if any, accompanying the drug on arrival in Belize shall be detained by the Director of Health Services and returned to the authority issuing such export authorisation or diversion certificate together with a notification of the name of the country to which such drug has been diverted.