Insurance of self–employed persons

Subject to these Regulations, every self–employed person in the categories specified in the First Schedule who on the appointed day: (a) is between the ages of eighteen and sixty years; (b) is ordinarily resident in Belize; Social Security 261 (c) is gainfully occupied in employment in Belize and is not an employed person; and (d) has opted to join the Social Security Scheme, shall be insured under the Act.