Licence to import or export scheduled substances (especially CFC Gas)

(1) Only an individual or company listed in Part I of the Sixth Schedule shall apply, on the form prescribed in Seventh Schedule, to the Chief Environmental Officer for a license to import or export any of the scheduled substances or mixtures of such substances. (2) There shall be a fee of three hundred dollars per ton of CFC quota payable to the Department in respect of any licence or permit issued. Environmental Protection 119 Sixth Schedule. (3) The individuals or companies listed in Part I of the Sixth Schedule shall only import or export scheduled substances in accordance withEight Schedule. Sixth Schedule. (a) a licence granted by the Department pursuant to the Eight Schedule; and (b) their respective annual quota allocations for CFC’s specified in Part III of the Sixth Schedule. (4) Subject to subregulation (3), the total quantities of CFC’s that may be imported in respect of each year shall not exceed the respective quantities specified in Part IV of the Sixth Schedule. Sixth Schedule. (5) In the event of any disaster or national emergency the Government may directly import any scheduled substance; where the Government imports any scheduled substance; the quantity imported shall be subtracted on a prorated basis from the quota entitlement of the importers listed in Part III of the Sixth Schedule. Sixth Schedule. (6) Any licence issued pursuant to this Regulation shall be valid for a period of twelve (12) months. (7) An importer of any scheduled substance may, with the approval of the Department, transfer to any other importer listed in Part I of the Sixth Schedule, up to 50% of his annual quota allocation in any given quota year. Sixth Schedule. (8) Any individual or company operating in any free zone in Belize, who or which has intention of exporting any scheduled substance, must first apply to the Chief Environmental Officer for a permit authorizing the trans–shipment or transit through Belize of the scheduled substance. (9) Applicants under subregulation (8) shall comply with regulation 52. 120 Environmental Protection HCFCs, HFCs or any other type of refrigerant gases or mixtures thereof. Seventh Schedule. Third Schedule. (10) Any individual or company can apply, on the form prescribed in Seventh Schedule, to the Chief Environmental Officer for a license to import or export any type of scheduled substances including Hydro Chloro-fluorocarbons (HCFCs), Hydro Fluorocarbons (HFCs), or any other type of refrigerant gases or mixtures thereof, as listed in PART 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Third Schedule, except Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), in accordance with– (a) a license granted by the Department pursuant to the Eight Schedule. (b) any license issued pursuant to subparagraph (a) shall be valid for a period of 30 calendar days. (11) All imports or exports of any scheduled substance shall comply with regulation 51.