Regulations

(1) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make Regulations generally with respect to the maintenance, control and management of the port and the approaches thereto, the services performed, the lighthouses and other facilities provided by the Authority for the maintenance of 49 order on any premises used by or for the purposes of the Authority, or in any ship or vehicle used by or for the purposes of the Authority and for the carrying out of the provisions of this Act, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations with respect to, (a) the proper control and maintenance of the foreshores of any port and the entrances thereof; (b) the control of all persons and vehicles on any such premises; (c) regulating, controlling and prohibiting the doing or omission of anything or class of thing within the boundaries of the port at all times; (d) the and control (without prejudice to the conduct of navigation) of the depositing of any substance, solid matter, article or thing that causes pollution of the port, or any port; (e) the regulation of traffic and navigation of ships within the limits and approaches to a port; (f) the regulation of the mode and place of mooring, anchoring and berthing of ships; (g) the protection of ships and cargoes and the removal, destruction, sale or abandonment of stranded ships and their cargoes which obstruct or are likely to obstruct the fairway of any port; 50 (h) the licensing, and obligations and the conduct and discipline of pilots and the charges to be paid for pilotage; (i) the regulation of the time, places, order and mode of shipping, unshipping, loading, warehousing, storing and the depositing of goods; (j) the fixing of dues and charges payable in respect of any ship, with different charges being applicable in respect of different ships or classes of ships; (k) the fixing of the charges payable in connection with the carriage or warehousing of goods and for any service performed by (l) the fixing of the scale of charges payable in respect of any other service performed by the (m) the licensing of shipping agents, customs brokers, landing agents, forwarding agents, baggage and parcel porters, contractors for supplies and victualing and other persons concerned in or engaged in performing any work in connection with the port; (n) the collection and collation of statistical data and other matters incidental thereto concerning any port in Belize. (2) The Authority shall, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations generally for the conveyance, loading, discharging and storage of dangerous goods within the limits 51 of the port, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may, (a) make regulations with respect to, (i) the classification of goods as dangerous goods; (ii) the regulation of the navigation and place of berthing of ships carrying dangerous goods; (iii) the regulating and control of landing, loading and discharging dangerous goods; (iv) the prohibition of the conveyance of any kind of dangerous goods with any other kind of goods, articles or substances; (v) the prohibition of the loading or discharging of dangerous goods at places within the control of the in cases such loading or discharging appears specially dangerous to the public; (vi) the fixing of places and times at which dangerous goods are to be loaded and the quantity to be loaded or discharged at any one time; (vii) the regulation of the mode and the precautions to be observed in conveying or keeping dangerous goods and in the loading or discharging of them; 52 (viii) the protection, whether by means similar to those above mentioned or not, of persons and property from danger generally. (3) Subject to the provisions of any enactment relating to merchant shipping, the Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations with respect to, (a) the taking of measures for the prevention of ships from leaving any port if overloaded, improperly loaded, improperly found, insufficiently manned or without qualified officers or engineers or with a number of passengers in excess of the number that can be carried with reasonable safety, or if otherwise unseaworthy; (b) the examination, certification and licensing of masters, mates and engineers of tugs conducting ships in and out of ports, dredges and light craft, and the licence fees payable in respect thereof; (c) the inspection, licensing, registration or certification of ships, ferries, tugs, launches, hulks, ferry boats, or other craft, the charges to be paid there for and the number of passengers to be carried therein. (4) The power of the Authority to make regulations under this section in relation to any matter, shall not be construed to be in conflict with or as derogatory from any other power conferred upon any other person under this Act or any regulations to make provisions in relation to any such matter in any different manner. (5) Notwithstanding anything enacted in any other law, regulations may provide that any breach or contravention of 53 any such regulations shall be punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by a term of imprisonment not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and term of imprisonment. (6) Any regulations made under this section shall be subject to negative resolution.