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Commencement. SCHEDULE 18 Border Management Agency Act CHAPTER 144 S.I. 97 of 2000. BORDER MANAGEMENT AGENCY (LITTERING OFFENCES) (VIOLATION TICKETS) REGULATIONS [16th September, 2000] 1. These Regulations may be cited as the BORDER MANAGEMENT AGENCY (LITTERING OFFENCES) (VIOLATION TICKETS) REGULATIONS. 2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requiresInterpretation. “violation ticket” means a ticket issued in pursuance of these Regulations. 3. The Agency may appoint suitably qualified officers, by name or by office, to ensure the enforcement of these Regulations. Appointment of Officers. 4. A person whoLittering offence. (a) throws or places any litter or refuse, or causes any such thing to fall into any sewer, pipe or drain, or into any river, stream, canal, watercourse, pond or reservoir for water, within a border point managed by the Agency; (b) throws or places within any border point managed by the Agency, any litter or refuse, in or upon any street, thoroughfare, alleyway, or other public place, except upon such place designated by the Agency to be used as receptacles of litter or refuse; or Border Management Agency Act [CAP. 144 19 (c) causes any offensive matter, within any border point managed by the Agency, to run from any place into any street, thoroughfare, alleyway, or other public place, or into any sewer, pipe or drain, or into any river, stream, canal, watercourse, pond, reservoir for water, or into any uncovered place, whether or not surrounded by a wall or fence, commits a littering offence. 5.-(1) Any person who commits a littering offence may be issued with a violation ticket by an authorised officer, immediately or within forty-eight hours. Issue of violation tickets. (2) Any person who refuses to accept the violation ticket from an authorised officer, or refuses to give his correct name or address, or gives a false name or address, commits an offence and is liable to the same penalties as if he had committed a littering offence. 6.-(1) The violation ticket shall be in the form specified in the Schedule and shall be issued in duplicate. Form of violation ticket. Schedule. (2) The Agency shall be responsible for the printing, supply and distribution of all violation tickets necessary to give effect to these Regulations. 7. Any person who uses another person to commit a littering offence shall be issued with a violation ticket. Use of another person. 8. The driver or conductor of a motor vehicle shall be responsible for any littering offence involving the motor vehicle. Motor vehicles. 9. Every person who is issued with a violation ticket shall, except as otherwise provided by regulation 11, pay a fine ofPenalties. 20 Border Management Agency Act (a) three hundred dollars in the case of a person operating a business, a body corporate or an unincorporated body; or (b) fifty dollars in the case of any person, which amount shall be clearly stated on the face of the violation ticket. Court hearing. 10.-(1) Any person who is issued with a violation ticket may request a court hearing. (2) The request shall be made within fifteen (15) calendar days of the issue of the ticket and shall be directed to the Agency at its principal address, which address shall clearly be stated on the face of the violation ticket, together with a duplicate copy of the ticket. (3) The applicant shall then be served with a summons by the Agency to appear in court to answer the charge. Time for payment of fine. 11. The fine stated on the violation ticket shall be paid within fifteen (15) calendar days of the date of issue of the ticket, failing which the fine shall be increased at the rate of twenty dollars in the case of a person operating a business, or five dollars in the case of any other person, for every day that fine remains unpaid. Summons. 12. Any offender who fails to make good his ticket, within thirty (30) days of receipt, and no court hearing has been requested by him under regulation 10 above, shall be summoned to appear in court to answer the offence and upon summary conviction shall be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months. 13. The fines in respect of violation tickets shall be paid at the principal address of the Agency, or at any office of the Agency within the border point. Border Management Agency Act [CAP. 144 21 14.-(1) Every person paying a fine in respect of a violation ticket shall deliver the duplicate copy of the ticket to the officer collecting the fine. Procedure upon payment of fine. (2) The Agency shall– (a) ensure that the correct amount of fine is paid by a person, including any increased fine which may have accrued by virtue of regulation 11; (b) issue a receipt for the amount of the fine collected; and (c) keep a full record of the amount of fines collected for violation tickets, showing inter alia, the names and addresses of persons paying the fine, the number and date of the violation ticket, the amount of fine collected, and the date of payment of fines. 15. All fines and penalties collected by virtue of these Regulations shall be paid to the credit of the Agency. Use of fines paid. 16. Where an offence under these Regulations is committed by a body corporate, every person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, manager, secretary, principal representatives other similar officer of the body corporate, or was purporting to act in any such capacity, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised, having regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all the circumstances. Offences by body corporate. 22 Border Management Agency Act 17. The Summary Jurisdiction (Littering Offences) (Violation Tickets) Regulations, 1991, as amended, or any other law relating to littering offences shall not apply to border points managed by the Agency and these Regulations shall have effect within the limits of such border points. Application. S.I. No. 130 of 1991. S.I. No. 55 of 1996. Commencement. 18. These Regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of September, 2000. MADE by the Minister responsible for Tourism, after consultation with the Border Management Agency, this 28th day of August, 2000. (MARK ESPAT) Minister responsible for Tourism __________ Border Management Agency Act [CAP. 144 23 SCHEDULE [regulation 6(1)] BORDER MANAGEMENT AGENCY (LITTERING OFFENCES) (VIOLATION TICKETS) REGULATIONS. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS NO. OF 2000 NO. _____________ Date of Issue ____________ Amount of fine Three hundred dollars per person operating a business/ body corporate/unincorporated body. Fifty dollars for any other person. Name of person/body corporate/unincorporated body to whom issued: __________________________________________________ Address of person/body corporate/unincorporated body to whom issued: __________________________________________________ Date and time of offence: ______________________________ Place where offence occurred: __________________________ Brief description of litter: _____________________________ Due date of payment: _________________________________ Name of officer (IN BLOCK LETTERS) issuing ticket: _____ 24 Border Management Agency Act Principal Address of Agency is: ________________________ NOTES 1. This violation ticket has been issued in respect of a littering offence. 2. You should pay the fine on the ticket at the principal address of the Agency shown on the face of this ticket or at its office at the border point, within fifteen (15) calendar days of issue of the ticket, by delivering a duplicate copy of the ticket. 3. If the fine is not paid within fifteen (15) calendar days, a charge will be made of twenty dollars per person operating a business/body corporate/unincorporated body or five dollars in the case of any other person, for every day the fine is unpaid. 4. You have the right to ask for a court hearing. If you wish to exercise that right, you should, within fifteen (15) calendar days of the issue of the ticket, inform in writing, the Agency at its principal address shown on the face of this ticket. 5. If the fine stated on the violation ticket remains unpaid for a period of thirty (30) calendar days, and you do not request a court hearing, you may be summoned to appear in Court and in the event of a conviction you may be fined up to one thousand dollars or sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months. 6. It is an offence to refuse to give your proper name and correct address to the authorised office or to give a false name or address. __________ Border Management Agency Act [CAP. 144 25 CHAPTER 144 BORDER MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FOREIGN CARGO VEHICLES) (AXLE FEE) (REPEAL) REGULATIONS ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS 1. Citation. 2. Repeal of S.I. 98 of 2000. 3. Commencement. __________ CHAPTER 144 S.I. 84 of 2008. BORDER MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FOREIGN CARGO VEHICLES) (AXLE FEE) (REPEAL) REGULATIONS (section 31) [1 September, 2008] 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Citation. BORDER MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FOREIGN CARGO VEHICLES) (AXLE FEE) (REPEAL) REGULATIONS. 2. The Border Management Agency (Foreign Cargo Vehicles) (Axle Fee) Regulations, 2000, are hereby repealed. Repeal of S.I. 98 of 2000. 3. These Regulations shall come into force with effect from 1st September, 2008. Commencement. 26 Border Management Agency Act MADE by the Minister responsible for Tourism this 26th day of August, 2008. (JOSE MANUEL HEREDIA, JR.) Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation __________ Border Management Agency Act [CAP. 144 27 CHAPTER 144 BORDER MANAGEMENT AGENCY (DECLARATION OF BORDER POINTS) ORDER ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS 1. Citation. 2. Declaration of border points. __________ CHAPTER 144 BORDER MANAGEMENT AGENCY (DECLARATION S.I. 47 of 2014. OF BORDER POINTS) ORDER (section 2) [19th July, 2014] 1. This Order may be cited as the Citation. BORDER MANAGEMENT AGENCY (DECLARATION OF BORDER POINTS) ORDER. 2. The following is declared to be a “border point” or “prescribed border point” for the purposes of the Border Management Agency ActDeclaration of border points, CAP. 144 (a) the port or place of entry and exit by land, sea or river at Punta Gorda, in the Toledo District, prescribed in the Immigration Regulations; and CAP. 121 Sub Sid p. 5 28 Border Management Agency Act (b) the port or place of entry and exit by land, sea or river at San Pedro (Ambergris Caye), in the Belize District, prescribed in the Immigration Regulations. CAP. 121 Sub Sid p. 5 MADE by the Minister responsible for Tourism this 23rd day of June, 2014. (Manuel Heredia) Minister responsible for Tourism ___________