Power to make Regulations

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Registrar may, on the recommendations of the Director and with the approval of the Minister, make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act, and in particular but without restricting the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations in relation to– (a) measures for licensing and regulation of fisheries or any particular fishery, including the prohibition of specific activities in any designated fishery or area, any fishing gear as well as the establishment of closed seasons and size limits; (b) prescribing the criteria and conditions for the allocation or distribution of total allowable (c) measures for the licensing, authorization or registration in respect of any vessel or class or category of vessels to be used for fishing, related activities or any other purpose pursuant to this Act, including the form, issuance requirements, grounds for denial, terms and conditions and fees, charges, royalties and other forms of compensation related to such licensing, authorization or registration; High Seas Fishing 55 (d) providing for the installation and use of vessel monitoring systems on an individual vessel or a category of vessels authorized to fish under this Act; (e) the appointment and maintenance of an appropriate procedure for agents appointed to receive and respond to process pursuant to this Act; (f) setting out the requirements for providing details of the beneficial ownership of vessels for the catching, loading, landing, handling, transshipping, transporting, possession or disposal of fish; (g) for the import and export of fish, including live fish; (h) prohibiting the use of driftnets, bottom trawling and shark finning; (i) requiring the provision of statistical and other information related to fisheries; (j) regulating or prohibiting fishing for certain stocks or specie needing special attention; (k) the for the process of development and the contents of any management plan and the procedures to be followed in their implementation; (l) prescribing penalties and sanctions for offences under this Act and the Regulations; (m) prescribing any other matter which is required or authorized to be prescribed under this Act; 56 (n) related activities on the high seas; (o) the operation of fishing vessels or any other vessel which may fish on the high seas; (p) the use and protection of fishing gear and equipment, including fish aggregating devices; (q) licensing for fishing and other activities falling within this Act; (r) pollution or the environmental quality of the (s) fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance of fishing vessels as well as economic operators; (t) prescribing the powers and duties of persons engaged in the administration or enforcement of this Act and providing for the carrying out of those powers and duties; (u) compliance by fishing vessels which engage in fishing on the high seas with applicable laws of or regional management organizations or arrangements or fisheries management agreement; (v) issuing fishing vessel circulars to effect the implementation of and management measures for the effective management and control of high seas fisheries and any other measures that may be required under international treaties to which Belize subscribes; High Seas Fishing 57 (w) prescribing the jurisdiction of the courts for the purpose of this Act and other evidential matters; (x) providing for the sale, release and forfeiture of property; (y) prescribing any other matter to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act. (2) Such regulations may provide that any contravention or breach thereof shall be punishable by Order of the Registrar with a fine not exceeding three million dollars. (3) All regulations made by the Registrar under this section shall be laid before the National Assembly as soon as may be after the making thereof and shall be subject to negative resolution.