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Regulations
Cap. 46, s. 20 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) The Minister may make regulations for the purpose of carrying out or giving effect to the principles and provisions of this Act.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1) of this section, the Minister may make regulations in respect of all or any of the following matters,
(a) any matter required by this Act to be prescribed or in respect of which regulations are authorised by this Act to be made;
(b) the registration by the National Sports Council of sporting organisations in Belize;
(c) the procedure to be followed in any appeal against the decisions or actions of a sports committee or the Council and the scale of fees and costs in respect thereof;
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(d) supervision of the standards adopted by registered sporting organisations in the appointment of coaches, referees, umpires and judges;
(e) the books to be maintained by sporting organisations in respect of moneys received and expended by them;
(f) the participation in sports either in Belize or abroad of individual participants or teams of players purporting to represent Belize;
(g) the selection of national sports teams to represent Belize; and
(h) the quorum for meetings of the Council and
(3) All regulations made under this section shall be subject to negative resolution.
(4) Regulations under subsection (2) (d),(f) and (g) of this section, shall be made in consultation with the registered sporting organisations and shall not conflict with recognised international rules and practices relating to any particular sport or to sport in general.
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