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Registration, licensing and control of vehicles in the municipality
Cap. 230, s. 117 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Subject to this section, the responsibility for the registration, licensing and control of all vehicles and traffic management within the municipality shall vest in the municipal
(2) The municipal authority shall not issue international
(3) The municipal authority shall issue Belize Driving Licences subject to regulations made by the Department of
(4) The municipal authority shall appoint such transport officers, inspectors, and other staff as may be necessary for the carrying out of its functions under this Act or any regulations made thereunder.
(5) Transport officers, inspectors and other staff appointed by the municipal authority shall have like powers as those officers and staff of comparable rank appointed by the Department of Transport for the purpose of carrying out any functions conferred upon it under this Act.
(6) The municipal authority shall maintain such registers,
records and other documents with respect to vehicles registered in the municipality as are maintained by the Department of
(7) All licence fees and registration fees received by the Board or the Department from the registration and licensing of omnibuses and heavy vehicles and the issue of international driving licences in the municipality pursuant to sub-sections (1) and (2), shall be paid to the credit of the municipal authority.
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Amended by: 41 of 2002; 8 of 2008; 8 of 2008
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