Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “annual supplement” means the annual supplement prepared under section 14 of this Act; “appointed day” means such day as the Governor-General may, by proclamation published in the Gazette, appoint; “Commissioner” means the person appointed under section 3 of this Act; “cumulative edition” means the revised edition as revised from time to time by the Law Revision Counsel in accordance with Part III; “law or enactment” includes the Acts and subsidiary laws in force in Belize; “Law Revision Counsel” means the person appointed under section 13 to maintain the cumulative edition; 6 “Minister” means the Attorney General; “revised edition” means the new and revised edition of the Laws of Belize prepared under the authority of Part II; “subsidiary laws” includes any proclamation, rule, regulation, by- law, order in council, order, notice or form made or issued under the authority of any law; “the Laws of Belize” means the revised edition or, as soon as an annual supplement has been published, the cumulative edition and any revised edition of the subsidiary laws or subsequent cumulative edition of subsidiary laws prepared under the authority of Part IV.