Collection of airport development fee

(1) Each airline duly licensed to operate international flights to and from the Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport and each pilot of a non-commercial private aircraft departing on an international flight shall collect the airport development fee and the passenger service fee from the passengers referred to in Regulations 3 and 4 and shall pay over the same forthwith to the Authority. (2) Where the airport development fee or the passenger development fee was collected in the currency of the United States of America, the payment to the Authority under subregulation (1) shall be in that currency. (3) The fees collected under these Regulations shall be paid into the revenue of the Authority. (4.) Where an airline or its agent or a pilot of a private non- commercial aircraft fails or neglects to collect or to pay over the fees provided under these Regulations, the airline and its agent and the pilot, as the case may be– (a) shall be liable to pay the fees, which may be recovered by the Authority as a civil debit; and (b) commit an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and period of imprisonment. 32 Belize Airports Authority (5) The Minister may in writing allow the Authority to make its own arrangements for the collection of the fees payable under these Regulations.