Application of international system of units in Belize

(1) The International System of Units as set out and defined in the First Schedule, including the base, supplementary, the symbol applicable thereto, shall be the legal units of measurement of Belize. 10 (2) For the purposes of this Act, the multiples and submultiples of the unit of measurements referred to in subsection (1) of this section, are and shall be determined by the application of the prefixes set out and defined in the Second Schedule. (3) The abbreviation “SI” shall be officially and judicially noticed and recognised in Belize as a legal reference to the units.