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(1) A road service permit shall be in the form set out in Schedule T to these Regulations, and the amount of permits necessary shall be issued to the applicant for each omnibus up to the number approved by the Department for the service. Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic [CAP. 230 159 (2) A road service permit issued in respect of a motor omnibus registered and licensed in a foreign country, shall be in the form set out in Schedule T2 to these Regulations, and one such permit shall be issued to the applicant for each omnibus up to the number approved by the Department for the service. Schedule T2. (3) A permit issued under subregulation (2) shall be for– (a) an indirect in transit service; (b) a direct in transit service; or (c) a hotel charter transit service. (4) Notwithstanding subregulation (3), no permit for a hotel charter transit shall be issued after March 4th, 2020. (5) No international service provider shall operate as a charter from within Belize. (6) A permit issued under subregulation (2) for an indirect in transit service shall– (a) be in respect to– (i) one run per day from one international service provider from Mexico; and (ii) one run per day from one international service provider from Guatemala; and (b) be subject to the following conditions– (i) except in cases of emergency, the international service provider shall stop only at designated bus terminals, with its final stop at the Belize City bus terminal; 160 (ii) an international service provider, upon entering Belize, may drop off a passenger at a designated bus terminal, but shall not pick up any passenger; (iii) an international service provider, during departure from Belize, may pick up a passenger at a designated bus terminal, but shall not drop off any passenger within Belize; and (iv) on departure from the international service provider shall not depart from the Belize City bus terminal before 7:30 pm. (7) An international service provider engaging in indirect in transit shall have a complete manifest of international passengers upon entering or departing from Belize, which– (a) states the designated bus terminal that each passenger will be dropped off upon entering (b) states the designated bus terminal where each passenger is picked up for departure from Belize; and (c) shall be presented to the following persons at the point of entry and departure– (i) Immigration Officer; (ii) Customs Officer; and (iii) Traffic Warden (8) An international service provider engaging in hotel charter transit shallMotor Vehicles and Road Traffic [CAP. 230 161 (a) have a complete manifest of international passengers upon entering and departing from Belize, which– (i) states the designated hotel for arrival of passengers in Belize; and (ii) shall be presented to an immigration officer, customs officer and traffic warden at points of entry and departure; and (b) stop only at the hotel designated in the manifest of international passengers; and (c) park and remain at the hotel designated in the manifest of international passengers until departure from Belize. (9) An international service provider engaging in direct in transit passage shall– (a) have a complete manifest of international passengers which shall be presented to the following persons at the point of entry and departure– (i) Immigration Officer; (ii) Customs Officer; and (iii) Traffic Warden (b) traverse through Belize using the “Burrell Boom Road”; and (c) not be permitted to pick-up nor drop-off any passengers on its direct in transit passage. 162 (10) Every driver for an international service provider shall, upon request by a police officer or traffic warden, produce the manifest of international passengers for examination.