Regulations for transport of forest produce

The Minister may from time to time make regulations to regulate– (a) the transport by land or water of any forest produce, including the floating of timber in the rivers of Belize; (b) the construction and maintenance of log booms or other devices for catching logs or timber; (c) the collection of drift, stranded and unmarked timber, or timber that is not under the control of any person, and may direct that any regulations made under this section shall or shall not apply to any specified class of forest produce or to any specified local area, Provided that, except in so far as may be prescribed by any regulations made under this section, no person shall be liable for any loss or damage occasioned by stoppage or obstruction of the fair way for boats on any river due to the construction or 13 maintenance by him, in accordance with any regulations made under this section, of any boom or other device for catching logs or timber, if he can prove such stoppage or obstruction to have been due to circumstances beyond his control and that he used all possible diligence in removing the cause of such stoppage or such obstruction.