Regulations Committee

(1) The Regulations Committee shall have the duty of considering all such regulations (as defined by the Interpretation Act for the time being in force) as under the authority of any law are to be laid before the Senate, and to bring to the special attention of the Senate, any regulation or draft– (a) which involves the expenditure of public moneys or imposes or fixes fees for licences or for services; (b) which cannot be challenged in the Courts on the ground that it is ultra vires, or is only temporarily so challengeable; (c) the making of which appears to constitute an unusual or unexpected use of the powers conferred by the law under which it was made; (d) which purports to have retroactive effect although the law under which it was made does not in terms give the Minister such a power; (e) the publication or the laying before the Senate of which, appears to have been unduly delayed; 150 Belize Constitution (f) in respect of which there has been unjustifiable delay in notifying the President that the instrument had come into operation before it was laid before the Senate; or (g) the purport or form of which appears to require elucidation. (2) The Regulations Committee shall not consider or report on the merits or policy of any regulations. (3) The Regulations Committee shall consist of four Members inclusive of the Chairman. Foreign Affairs 68:01. The Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee shall be a Committee of the Whole Senate and shall have the duty of considering any of the following constitutional and foreign affairs measures, namely– (a) any Bill to alter any provision of Part II of the Constitution in accordance with subsection (5A) of section 69 of the Belize Constitution; (b) whether the Senate should authorise the ratification of any treaty by the Government of Belize, including any treaty for the final settlement of the territorial dispute between Belize and the Republic of Guatemala; (c) whether there should be established in Belize any new military base of operations for any foreign military forces after the 2nd January, 2002; (d) whether the Senate should approve the appointment of any person as an Ambassador, High Commissioner, the Chief Justice, a Justice of the Supreme Court, a Justice of the Belize Constitution 151 Court of Appeal, the Contractor General or the Ombudsman. (2) The Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee shall consist of all the members of the Senate, and the President of the Senate shall be the Chairman of the Committee. (3) The powers and functions of the Constitution and Foreign Affairs Committee under this Order shall be exercised through a Resolution supported by a simple majority of all the Senators.