Conditions for issue of licence to non-Operator

(1) The Managing Director, at a fee of $500, shall, in consultation with the Minister, issue a fish or fishery products export license to any person who is not an operator of a registered establishment if– (a) an application is received that contains– (i) the full business name, business address and business telephone number of the applicant and, if applicable, the full names of the partners or officers of the company; (ii) a description of the operations that the applicant intends to conduct; (iii) a product description for each product intended to be exported; and (iv) if applicable, a detailed diagram of the (b) the applicant demonstrates that they are able to meet the applicable requirements set out by the Fisheries Department; and (c) the Managing Director has no reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant will not comply with the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Food Safety) Regulations, 2001, or these Regulations. (2) The Managing Director may not require an applicant to provide the information referred to in subregulation (1)(a) if it has been previously submitted to the Authority and there has been no change to the information. (3) A holder of a fish or fishery products export licence shall– (a) meet the applicable requirements set out by the Fisheries Department; (b) adhere to any conditions attached to the license; and (c) make available to an Inspector in a readily available location the records set out in subregulation (4). (4) A holder of a fish export license shall maintain, at an address in Belize and for not less than three years, a record in English of258 (a) the name, business address, business telephone number and title of the person responsible for ensuring that all operations and fish or fishery products exported meet the applicable requirements of these Regulations; (b) a description of the system used to trace fish or fishery products to their first shipping destination; (c) in respect of each shipment of fish or fishery products– (i) the name and address of the person to whom each shipment was sent; (ii) the type of fish or fishery products; (iii) the quantity of fish or fishery products; (iv) the method of transportation, including manifest and container numbers or other information that is sufficient to identify or trace the location of the fish or fishery products; (v) the date on which the fish was shipped; and (vi) the date on which the fish or fishery products were removed from the aquaculture site; (d) the date and time when the holder of the fish or fishery products export licence received information that questions the safety of fish or fishery products stored or exported by the holder; (e) if the information referred to in paragraph (d) is validated on investigation, a description of the information, the date and time when it was received, the time and date the information is validated, the name, address and telephone number of the informant, the method of investigation and the results obtained, the corrective actions taken and the time and date on which the Authority was notified under regulation 7(2), and if applicable, in respect of every person responsible for supervising the development or implementation of the food safety program or performing or supervising a product preservation process, documentary evidence of their training or qualifications in fish, fishery products or food processing or quality control. etc.