Qualifications for the grant of licence

(1) The Board shall not recommend the grant of a licence to practice land surveying to any person unless such person bears a good character and has passed such examination as may from time to time be prescribed or has obtained from the Board exemption from any part or the whole examination and, (a) has had professional training outside Belize; (b) has served a minimum of two years’ service with a surveyor, if he has had academic training outside Belize; (c) has served a minimum of three years’ service with a surveyor, if he has to sit for the whole examination. (1A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subsection (1) of this section, the Board shall recommend to the Minister the grant of a licence to a national of the CARICOM Member State who possesses a qualification recognised and approved by the Council of Human and Social Development, and subject to subsection (2) of this section shall not apply to such (2) The Board shall conduct the examination and the interview, if any, of the applicant within six months from the date of his written approval.