Supervisor of Pensions

(1) For the purposes of this Act there shall be a Supervisor of Pensions who is appointed by the Minister and subject to the directions of the Minister, shall be responsible for the general administration of this Act and whose office shall be a public office. (2) The Supervisor shall be appointed for a term of office fixed by the Minister and shall only be removed by the Minister for misconduct, neglect, dereliction of duty or other just cause. (3) Where any function is by this Act or any other Act or by any statutory instrument made or issued thereunder, required, permitted or otherwise to be performed by the Supervisor, that function may be performed by some other public officer or person or entity authorized in that behalf by the Supervisor. (4) Neither the Minister nor the Supervisor nor any officer or person acting pursuant to any authority conferred by the Minister or the Supervisor, as the case may be, shall be liable to any action, suit or proceeding for, or in respect of any act or matter done or omitted to be done in good faith in the exercise or purported exercise of the functions conferred by or under this Act or any Regulations made there under. (5) Information acquired by the Supervisor in the course of carrying out his functions shall be regarded as confidential except to the extent that its disclosure appears to the Supervisor to be necessary– (a) to enable the Supervisor to carry out any of his statutory functions; (b) in the interests of the prevention or detection of crime; 52 (c) in connection with the discharge of any international obligation to which Belize is subject; (d) to assist, in the interests of the public, any authority which appears to the Supervisor to exercise in a place outside Belize corresponding to those of the Supervisor; or (e) to comply with the directions of the Court of Belize.