Licensing

(1) No person shall abstract water, augment, distribute or use water resources, or construct or alter, or cause to be constructed or altered any works for the abstraction of water, unless that person is licensed for the purpose under this Act. (2) A person who intends to abstract water, augment, distribute or use water resources shall, (a) published the notice of application, in a newspaper of general circulation in Belize; (b) at least fourteen days of the making of the application under paragraph (a), apply to the Authority for a licence pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. (3) The Authority may, in its discretion, grant, renew, or refuse to grant a licence to an applicant. National Integrated 25 (4) Where the Authority intends to grant a licence, the Authority may by notice in the Gazette, and in a newspaper of general circulation in Belize, or by any other appropriate means, (a) declare its intention to grant the license; (b) give reasons for the grant of the license; (c) specify the time (not being less than twenty- eight days from the date of publication of the within which representation of objections with respect to the proposed licence may be made, and shall consider any representations or obligations duly made. (5) The fees, form and manner of application, form of license, and notice of application may be prescribed by Regulations may under section 99 of this Act. (6) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for one year or to both.