Membership

(1) The following are eligible for membership of the (a) any person resident or formerly resident in CARICOM Member State who is a member of one of the scheduled societies and who makes a written application to the Institute for 13 (b) any person resident in CARICOM Member State in practice or in service as an accountant who shall prove to the Institute that he is a fit and proper person to be admitted to (c) any person possessing the Belize College of Arts, Science and Technology accountancy course certificates or some other accountancy course certificates from the school, university or college recognised and approved by the Council for Human and Social Development and who satisfies the Council that he has the qualifications and experience to practice accountancy in Belize; (d) any person possessing the accountancy examination certificate conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Belize or some other society or body of professional accountants recognised and approved by the Council of Human and Social Development; (e) any person possessing any qualification accepted by the Council or the Council for Human and Social Development as sufficient to qualify the applicant to practice as an accountant in Belize. (1A) The nationality of a national of a CARICOM Member State shall not be a condition for the refusal or registration under this section, and such a national, when registered, shall not require a work permit to practice the profession of accountancy, or any visa or other immigration permit to enter or leave Belize, or to reside in Belize for the purpose of practicing the profession of accountancy. 14 (2) All applications for admission to membership of the Institute shall be made to the Council in the form for the time being prescribed by the Council. (3) All admissions to membership shall be by the Council which shall have power to decide conclusively whether any applicant is or is not to be admitted to membership. (4) In relation to any applicant for admission the Council, may require such evidence as it thinks fit as to the character, suitability and fitness of the applicant for admission. (5) Every person being admitted to membership of the Institute shall receive a certificate of membership in such form as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Council. All certificates issued by the Institute shall remain the property of the Institute and shall be renewable upon the person ceasing to be a member of the Institute for any reason whatsoever. (6) The Council shall cause to be kept a register of students of any of the scheduled societies who are ordinarily resident in Belize. (7) On payment of an affiliation fee of an amount as may from time to time be determined by the Institute in general meeting, a registered student shall be entitled to attend any general meeting of the Institute or any lectures, debates or functions of the Institute but shall not be entitled to vote at any meeting or to hold office other than as a member of a students’ committee.