Duty to provide advance passenger information

(1) The master of every vessel shall provide the Director and IMPACS with the API detailed in Schedule 1 for every vessel that is expected to arrive in, or depart from Belize. (2) A master commits an offence if that master– (a) fails to API in accordance with sub- regulation (1); (b) intentionally or recklessly provides incomplete or false API; or (c) transmits API in an incorrect format. (3) A master who commits an offence under subregulation (2) is liable on summary conviction to– (a) a fine of ten thousand dollars; (b) imprisonment for one year; or (c) both such fine and imprisonment. (4) A master does not commit an offence under subregulation (2)(b), if the master satisfies the Director that the error was not made knowingly or recklessly.