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Requirement for submission of Plans
Public Health (Belize City Public Cemetery) By-Laws, r. 12 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) The Council shall submit Plans of monuments, grave- stones, fences, mausoleum, vaults, and columbarium to the Ministry of Health for approval prior to commencement of construction.
(2) Where burials by tomb or vault are approved in a mausoleum, the person desirous of erecting a mausoleum in a cemetery in Belize City or managed by the Council shall submit plans to the Ministry of Health for approval and notify the Council prior to application pursuant to By-law 10.
(3) The Ministry of Health may approve or disapprove a Plan submitted under paragraphs (1) or (2).
(4) Where the Ministry of Health disapproves a plan, it shall give due notice of such disapproval and require the Council or the person desirous of erecting a monument, fence, mausoleum,
vault or columbarium, as the case may be, to make adjustments to plan in order to the fulfil requirements.
(5) Where the Council or the person desirous of erecting a monument, fence, mausoleum, vault or columbarium, as the case may be, fails to submit plans under paragraphs (1) and (2),
the Ministry of Health may prohibit the construction of the monument, fence, mausoleum, vault or columbarium.
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