Regulations

(1) The Minister may make Regulations for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-section (1), Regulations made under this section may provide for, (a) the payment of fees by different organisations for the purpose of funding the Belize National (b) authority to search and access persons, baggage and property; (c) authority to personnel of the Concession Company, the Belize Airports Authority, the Belize Police Department, the Customs and Excise Department, the Department of Border Management and Immigration Services and any other government department to arrest persons without a warrant and to detain such persons for contravening any civil aviation security measures or laws; (d) operators offering or international services to submit to the Director of Civil Aviation for approval by a specified date their operators 34 (e) security inspections, audits, surveys and tests by officials designated by the Director of Civil Aviation with the approval of the National (f) access to airside areas of airports, aerodromes and aeronautical facilities serving civil (g) security restricted areas at airports and aeronautical facilities serving civil aviation; (h) unauthorized access to airside and security restricted areas, and the penalties payable therefor; (i) background checks conducted on passengers, crew, security personnel and other persons within airports and aeronautical facilities serving international civil aviation; (j) background checks conducted on persons granted unescorted access to airside and security restricted areas at airports and aeronautical facilities serving international (k) the supervision of the movement of vehicles and persons to and from aircraft in security restricted areas in order to prevent unauthorised access to aircraft; (l) the screening of passengers, crew, security personnel, baggage and cargo; (m) the security checking of aircraft engaged in commercial civil aviation; Civil Aviation Security Act [CAP. 239:01 35 (n) ensuring that passengers of commercial flights disembarking from aircraft at any time do not leave items on board the aircraft; (o) measures to prevent unauthorised persons, during a flight, from entering the flight crew compartment; (p) the screening of passengers and their baggage where such passengers are transferring from one aircraft to another; (q) the protection of in-transit passengers and their baggage from unauthorised interference by any person, and to protect the integrity of the security of the airport at the point of transit; (r) the screening of hold baggage and cargo prior to being loaded onto an aircraft; (s) the standards to be observed by aircraft operators for the transportation of the baggage of passengers who are not on board the aircraft, and the additional screening measures to be used in such cases; (t) the screening of transfer hold baggage prior to being loaded onto an aircraft; (u) the security measures to be applied to postal mail, prior to the mail being loaded onto the (v) the approval of regulated agents; (w) the prohibition of aircraft operators from accepting cargo or mail for carriage on an aircraft engaged in passenger commercial air transport operations unless the application of security controls is confirmed and accounted for by a regulated agent, or such consignments are subjected to appropriate security controls; (x) the screening of catering, stores and supplies intended for carriage on commercial lights; (y) the adoption of any Regulations developed by a regional organisation for use in Belize; (z) security inspections. CAP. 112.