Licence duties

(1) Every motor vehicle or trailer licence issued shall be in the prescribed form. Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic [CAP. 230 29 (2) The Minister may from time to time by Order prescribe the duties to be paid on motor vehicle and trailer licences, and also the fees and duties to be paid for– (a) (b) learners licence and driving test; (c) any duplicate or copy of a licence or licence authorised or required to be used; (d) registration of any motor vehicle or trailer, including certified extract; (e) certified extract of any entry in motor vehicles record other than on registration; (f) amendment of any record or licence on change (g) any other amendment of any record or licence; or (h) dealers’ licence. (3) Any Order made under sub-section (2), shall be subject to affirmative resolution. (4) Licences may be issued for three, six, nine or twelve calendar months at rates in proportion to the annual rates, and shall expire at the end of the respective period, provided that the month in which the licence was issued shall be counted as one full month. (5) Where an owner of any motor vehicle, which has been duly licensed under this Act, desires to take out in respect of such motor vehicle a licence for which a different duty is payable, he shall, if such duty is higher than the duty already paid in respect of such motor vehicle, be required to pay only the difference between such higher duty and the duty already paid. (6) No licence duty shall be payable in respect of any vehicle which is exempt from the need for registration under section 9 (1) (a), (b) and (c) or from payment of registration fee under (7) No licence shall be required and no licence duty payable in respect of any vehicle mentioned in section 9 (1) (c), (d), (e) and (f). (8) The Department in its discretion may authorise, in respect of any motor vehicle which has been laid up for repairs or which has been rendered permanently unserviceable or removed permanently from Belize for each complete month during which the vehicle was not in use in Belize a rebate of such proportion of the licence fee paid as it thinks fit but not exceeding one-twelfth of the annual licence duty, but no claim for a rebate shall be considered unless a half-yearly licence at least was in force during the period for which a rebate is claimed and the identification plates of the vehicle were surrendered to the Department for safe keeping for the whole of such period. (9) The Accountant General shall, on the certificate of the Department, refund to the person named in the certificate the amount certified for rebate.