Power to make Regulations

(1) The Minister may make regulations, in relation to any sector in Belize or the whole or any part of Belize as respects the whole or any part of Belize, including the ports and coastal waters of Belize, for preventing the threat, outbreak or spread of an infectious disease or danger to public health from– (a) persons, ships, aircraft or any other form of conveyance arriving at any place in Belize; or 6 (b) persons or things in ships, aircraft or any other form of conveyance arriving at any place in Belize. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) regulations under that sub-section may make provision for all or any of the following– (a) the collection and transmission of epidemiological and sanitary information; (b) the signals to be displayed by ships or aircraft; (c) the questions to be answered and information whether oral or documentary to be supplied by masters, commanders and other persons who are or have been on board any ship or aircraft or are desirous of boarding any ship or aircraft; (d) in the interest of preventing the threat or spread of an infectious disease health and safety requirements upon entry into Belize at any port, including– (i) requiring persons to submit to medical testing at any port upon entry; (ii) screening requirements prior to travel; (iii) mandatory quarantine of persons; (iv) designating places for mandatory (v) the requirement to provide information to an officer in the Ministry responsible for health or the Ministry responsible for immigration; 7 (vi) requiring persons to subscribe to any digital technology required by the Ministry responsible for health; (vii) requiring persons to use any device or tool prescribed by the Ministry responsible for health; (viii) regulating the transportation of international tourists; (ix) prescribing standards for the sanitization of ships, aircraft or any other form of conveyance; (x) prescribing the procedure on the arrest and charge for an offence; and (xi) prescribing entry requirements for categories of persons entering Belize; (e) the detention of ships or aircraft and of persons and things that are or have been on board them; (f) the destruction of things which are or have been on board ships or aircraft; (g) the duties to be performed by masters, commanders and other persons who are or have been on board ships or aircraft or who are desirous of boarding any ship or aircraft; (h) authorising the making of charges and providing for the recovery of charges and (i) the enforcement of the regulations; 8 (j) the imposition of fixed penalties for the breach or contravention of any regulation made under this section; and (k) the conferring on appropriate officers of powers to board ships and aircraft and to enter premises. (3) Fixed penalties imposed under sub-section (2)– (a) in respect of a contravention by a person, shall not exceed ten thousand dollars; and (b) in respect of a contravention by a hotel or tourist accommodation, shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars. (4) Regulations made under this section may provide for any breach or contravention of any such regulation may be punishable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars or by a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years. rules.