Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “Board” means the Customs Brokers and Customs Clerks Board established and constituted under section 3 of this Act; “customs broker” means a person who undertakes or holds himself out as willing to undertake for remuneration, fee or reward to act on behalf of another person, or who in fact so acts in connection with the entering and clearing of goods or other transactions under the customs laws for the time being in force in Belize; “customs clerk” means a person who is not a customs broker, and who is the employee of some other person and who acts on behalf of that other person in connection with the entering or clearing of goods or other transactions under the customs laws for the time being in force in Belize; “licence” means a licence issued by the Board under section 8 of this Act; “Minister” means the Minister for the time being responsible for Customs. Customs Brokers and 6 (2) In this Act, any reference to the expressions “Comptroller”, “customs laws”, and “Department of Customs and Excise” shall have the meanings respectively assigned to each of them under the Customs Regulation Act, Cap. 49. Brokers and Customs Clerks Board