Powers and duties of the Board

The powers and duties of the Board shall be as follows, (a) to employ such officers and servants upon such terms and conditions as it may think fit; (b) to request, receive and deal with returns from processors and from the Association; (c) before each year of operation, to authorise the Association to issue licences to producers to deliver citrus to processors in such quantities and during such periods and subject to such terms and conditions as may be specified in any contracts signed between the Association and the processors or, in the absence of any such contracts, as may be specified in such authorisation; (d) when requested by either party, to be arbitrator in any dispute, issue or disagreement arising between any processor and the Association. The decision of the Board in any such arbitration shall be final and binding upon both parties; (e) to advise processors and the Association on any matter in connection with this Act, which they may refer to the Board; (f) to advise the Minister on the granting of licences to exporters and importers of citrus REVISD EDITION 2020 Printed by Authority of the Government of Belize 14 and on the control of sale of citrus or processed fruit for consumption locally, including the fixing of the prices thereof; (g) to determine the basic quota of each producer, which shall be calculated on the estimated deliveries to be made by producers to processors each year and upon such other information as the Board may consider requisite in the circumstances of any particular producer; (h) to comply with any directions, whether general or special, given by the Minister in connection with the exercise or discharge of any powers or duties conferred upon it by this Act; (i) to hear and determine appeals by any person aggrieved at the refusal by the Association to issue a licence to him or to accept him as a member of the Association or at the terms and conditions of his licence