Specified Countries Schedule

(1) The countries specified in the Schedule to this Order, being members of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of 1886 as revised and amended, are hereby declared to be specified countries for the purposes of copyright protection in Belize pursuant to section 3(1)as read with section 143 of the Act. (2) Where a country becomes a party to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of 1886, as revised and amended, after the commencement of this Order, the provisions of, and the benefits of copyright protection conferred by, this Order shall apply to such country with effect from the date it becomes a party to the Convention.