Appointment and Composition of Council

(1) The Council shall consist of persons with knowledge and experience in cultural heritage and shall comprise– (a) the President of NICH; National Cultural Heritage Preservation 17 (b) the Director of the Institute of Archaeology; (c) the Director of the Central Building Authority; (d) the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys or his representative, being a person having expertise in physical planning; (e) a representative of the Association of Professional Architect of Belize; (f) the Director, Belize Archives and Records (g) the Director, Belize Tourism Board or his representative, being a person having expertise in tourism product development and destination planning; (h) a person who represents a major private sector association with national scope; (i) a professional in the discipline of trademarks, copyrights, and other means of intellectual property management; (j) a professional in the discipline of architecture, history, architectural history, planning, prehistoric and historic archaeology, folklore, cultural anthropology, curation, conservation or landscape architecture, or related disciplines to the extent that those professionals are available in the community. (2) The members of the Council shall be appointed by the Minister and shall hold office for a term not exceeding two years and may be eligible for reappointment. National Cultural Heritage 18 (3) The President shall be the Chairman of the Council and the Council shall appoint one of its members to be the Vice Chairman. (4) The Director of the Institute of Archaeology shall have no voting rights. (5) The validity of any proceedings of the Council shall not be affected by any vacancy in the membership of the Council or by any defect in the appointment of a member thereof. (6) A vacancy occurring in the Council shall be filled in the same manner as the appointment or election of the member vacating office and a person so appointed or elected shall hold office for the unexpired term of the person vacating office. (7) The Institute of Archaeology shall serve as Secretariat to the Council. Schedule I.