Amendment of Schedules

The Minister may from time to time, by Order, subject to negative resolution, published in the Gazette, amend any Schedule to this Act. National Cultural Heritage Preservation 53 SCHEDULE I [section 9] Rules of Council (a) The Chairman of the Council shall preside at all meetings of the Council and in the absence of the Chairman, the Vice Chairman shall act as the chairman at any meeting of the Council. (b) Where for any reason, the Chairman or Vice Chairman is unable to preside at any meeting of the Council, the members present shall elect one of their number to preside at the meeting. (c) A pro tem chairman elected under sub-section (2) above shall have all powers of the chairman at that meeting, including the power of exercising a casting vote in addition to his original vote. (d) The quorum for any meeting of the Council shall be five members and the decision of the majority present at any meeting shall be the decision of the Council. (e) The Chairman shall ensure that a minute book is kept with proper and accurate records of the Council’s meetings, resolution, decisions, proceedings, all business transacted at each meeting, and all other relevant information. (f) The Council may co-opt one or more persons to attend any particular meeting of the Council for the purpose of advising or assisting the Council in its deliberations but such person shall have no voting rights. National Cultural Heritage 54 SCHEDULE II [section 23] Criteria for designation. 1.–(1) In determining the criteria for designation and inclusion of a heritage asset in the Register, the following shall be considered– (a) historicity; (b) rarity and uniqueness; (c) social and cultural association; (d) design and aesthetics; (e) potential to educate; (f) artistic excellence; (g) provenance; (h) local and regional patrimony; (i) Scientific attributes; (j) International repute; (k) Indigenousness to Belize; (l) any other relevant consideration. (2) In respect of historic buildings, the criteria to be considered for designation are– (a) individual architectural merit; National Cultural Heritage Preservation 55 (b) historical associations; (c) sociological interests; (d) technological innovation; (e) association with well known character or events; (f) group value, in urban and rural planning.