Amount to be levied on sugar exporters

(1) Subject to section 69, every exporter who, upon the commencement of this Act, either exports any sugar to which this section applies pursuant to any sale or agreement to sell or with a view to sell, or sells any sugar to which this section applies for export, shall, within such time as may be prescribed by the Board, after the receipt, whether in Belize or elsewhere, by itself or by any person on its behalf of monies– (a) in respect of the sale of such sugar; or Sugar Industry Act 43 (b) in the event of such sugar being lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed before the property in such sugar passes to any purchaser thereof, under any policy of insurance in relation to such sugar, pay to the Board an amount which shall be levied at the rate of two percent or eleven dollars whichever is less, in respect of the value of sugar so exported, sold for export or lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed. (2) This section applies to all sugar exported from Belize. (3) In default of payment when due of any amount payable under this section by an exporter of sugar, such amount shall, after demand for payment has been made by the Board, be recoverable by him against the exporter as a debt due to the Government of Belize. (4) For the purpose of this section the tonnage exported shall be deemed to be the outturn tonnage as certified by the account sales.