Refusal, revocation or suspension of licences

(1) The Board may revoke, suspend or refuse to renew a licence issued to any person under this Act if after holding an inquiry at which such person has been represented and given an opportunity to be heard, the Board comes to the decision that the person has been engaged in unbecoming conduct detrimental to the interests of the Board, customs brokers or (2) In arriving at any decision under subsection (1) of this section, the Board may take into account, inter alia, (a) the mental or physical incapacity of the person concerned; (b) whether the person concerned obtained his licence by misrepresentation, fraud or deceit; (c) whether the person concerned has been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction in Belize or elsewhere of an offence involving dishonesty, fraud or corruption during the performance of his functions and duties as a customs broker or a Customs Brokers and 13 (3) The Board shall notify every person of the revocation or suspension of, or refusal to renew, his licence and shall in such written notification state the reasons therefor. (4) Any person whose licence has been revoked or suspended, or the renewal thereof has been refused, may within twenty-one days of the receipt by him of the written notification referred to in subsection (3) of this section, appeal to the Minister against such revocation, suspension or refusal and the Minister’s decision thereon shall be final. (5) Where the Board revokes, suspends or refuses to renew a licence under this section, then, if no appeal against such suspension, revocation or refusal has been made within the time-limit prescribed in subsection (4) of this section, or if such an appeal has been made and dismissed for any reason by the Minister, the Chairperson of the Board shall cause to be published forthwith a notice in the Gazette stating the name and address of the person whose licence has been revoked, suspended, or the renewal thereof refused, and the date on which such revocation, suspension or refusal took effect.