Power to give effect to the Chicago Convention, etc., and to regulate air navigation

(1) The Minister may make regulations as may appear to him to be requisite or expedient– (a) for carrying out the Chicago Convention, and any Annex thereto relating to international standards and recommended practices (being an Annex adopted in accordance with the Convention) and any amendment to the Convention or any such Annex; (b) for carrying into effect the provisions of all or any other international convention relating to civil aviation to which Belize is a party; (c) generally for regulating air navigation. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Minister may make provision by regulations– (a) as to the registration and marking of aircraft in Belize; (b) for prohibiting aircraft from flying unless certificates of airworthiness issued or validated under the regulations are in force with respect to them and except upon compliance with such conditions as to maintenance and repair as may be prescribed; (c) for the licensing, inspection and regulation of aerodromes and establishments for the manufacture or repair of aircraft or aircraft parts, for access to aerodromes and other places where aircraft have landed and for prohibiting or regulating the use of and above- mentioned which are not licensed; Civil Aviation Act 9 (d) for prohibiting persons from engaging in, or being employed in or in connection with, air navigation in such capacities as may be prescribed unless they satisfy the prescribed requirements, and for the licensing of persons employed at aerodromes or elsewhere in the inspection, testing, maintenance, repair or supervision of aircraft; (e) as to the conditions under which, and in particular the aerodromes to and from which, aircraft entering or leaving Belize may fly, and as to the conditions under which aircraft may fly from one part of Belize to another; (f) as to the conditions under which passengers and goods may be carried by air and under which aircraft may be used for commercial, industrial, gainful or other purposes, and for prohibiting the carriage by air of goods of such classes as may be prescribed; (g) for minimizing or preventing interference with the use or effectiveness of apparatus used in connection with air navigation and for prohibiting or regulating the use of any apparatus and the display or use of any signs and lights liable to endanger aircraft; (h) for authorising persons to extinguish or screen any sign or light liable to endanger aircraft and to enter upon any land for that purpose, and for recovering the expenses in connection therewith from the owner or occupier of the place where the sign or light is exhibited or from the person having charge of the sign or light; 10 Civil Aviation Act (i) generally for securing the safety, efficiency and regularity of air navigation and the safety of aircraft and of persons and property carried therein, and for preventing endangering other persons and property; (j) for requiring persons engaged in, or employed in or in connection with, air navigation to supply meteorological information for the purposes of air navigation; (k) for regulating the making of signals and other communications by or to aircraft and persons carried therein; (l) for regulating the use for air navigation purposes of any ensign established in Belize; (m) for prohibiting aircraft from flying over such areas in Belize as may be specified in the regulations, by Order published in the Gazette; (n) for applying, adapting or modifying the enactments relating to customs in relation to aerodromes and to aircraft and persons and property carried therein, and for preventing smuggling by air, and for permitting in connection with air navigation, subject to such conditions as appear to be requisite or expedient for the protection of revenue, the importation of goods into Belize without the payment of duty; (o) as to the manner and conditions of the issue, validation, renewal, extension or variation of any certificate, licence or other documents required by the regulations (including the examination and tests to be undergone) and as to the form, custody, production, cancellation, Civil Aviation Act 11 suspension, endorsement and surrender of any such document; (p) for the registration of births and deaths occurring in aircraft and of particulars of persons missing from aircraft; (q) for establishing and regulating the conditions of use, including the charges that may be made for the use of Government aerodromes and for services or facilities provided therein, and for regulating the charges that may be made for the use of licensed aerodromes and for facilities and services provided at such (r) for regulating the conduct of persons in an (s) for requiring the payment to the prescribed persons of charges of such amounts and in such currencies as may be specified in the regulations or in agreement between the Minister and such persons in respect of air navigation, communication, air traffic control and other services; (t) for prescribing the fees to be paid in respect of the issue, validation, renewal, extension or variation of any certificate, licence or other document or the undergoing of any examination or test required by virtue of the regulations, and in respect of any other matters in respect of which it appears to the Minister to be expedient to charge fees; (u) for regulating or prohibiting the flight of aircraft over Belize at speeds in excess of Mach 1; 12 Civil Aviation Act (v) for requiring the examination of persons and members of the crew and goods carried in aircraft to ensure the security and safety of passengers and other persons and property; (w) for exempting from the provisions of the regulations or any of them any aircraft or persons or classes of aircraft or persons. (3) Any regulations or Orders made under this section may make different provisions with respect to different classes of aircraft, aerodromes, persons or property and with respect to different circumstances and with respect to different parts of Belize but shall be so framed as not to discriminate in like circumstances between aircraft registered in Belize operated by one air transport undertaking and aircraft operated by another