Laws of Belize

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2014-2024 National Environmental Policy and Strategy

policy · Made 2014

Administration of Estates Act (Cap. 197)

Act · Made 1953-12-31

Agricultural Fires Act

Act · Made 1958-07-28

Aliens Landholding (Designated Area)(Offshore Islands) Order, 1992 (S.I. No.111 of 1992)

Regulation · Made 1992-08-14

Ancient Monuments and Antiquities Act (Cap. 330)

Act · Made 1972-05-01

Animals (Control of Experiments) Act

Act · Made 1957-08-31

Animals (Importation) Control Regulations

Regulation · Made 1953

Anthrax Regulations

Regulation · Made 2001

Antibiotics Act (Cap. 33)

Act · Made 1948-05-01

Antibiotics (Amendment) Act No. 35 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-05-25

Application of Act to Private Land Order

Regulation · Made 2003-10-31

Appointment of Authorised Officer Notice (Cap. 134)

Regulation · Made 1985-12-07

Aquaculture Development Act (Cap. 204:01)

Act · Made 2007-06-09

Ascertainment of Boundaries Act (Cap. 180)

Act · Made 1915-02-03

Bakehouse Regulations

Regulation · Made 1943-11-15

Banana Industry Act

Act · Made 1972-12-02

Banana Industry (Designated Area) Order (Cap. 205)

Regulation · Made 1972

Banana Industry (Forms) Regulations (Cap. 205)

Regulation · Made 1974-03-18

Banana Industry Loan Act (Cap. 67)

Act · Made 1980-04-12

Bees Control Act

Act · Made 1962-08-04

Belize Agricultural Health Authority Act, 1999 (Act No. 47 of 1999)

Act · Made 2000-02-07

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Animals) (Ante Mortem)(Inspection) Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No. 23 of 2001)

Regulation · Made 2001-02-17

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Biological Residues) (Control) Regulations, 2001 (Cap. 211)

Regulation · Made 2001-12-29

Repealed

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Biological Residues) (Control) Regulations, 2001

Regulation · Made 2001-12-12

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) (Prohibition from Importation) Regulations, 2004 (S.I. No. 25 of 2004)

Regulation · Made 2004

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Declaration of Diseases) Order 2022 (S.I.No. 41 of 2022)

Other · Made 2022-02-28

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Fish and Fisheries Products Inspection) Regulations, 2001

Regulation · Made 2001-12-14

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Fish and Fisheries Products Inspection) (Amendment) Regulations, 2001 (S.I. 88 of 2002)

Regulation · Made 2002-08-10

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Food Processing Plants) (Potable Water) (Minimum Standards) Regulations, 2001

Regulation · Made 2001-02-17

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Food Safety) Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No. 25 of 2001)

Regulation · Made 2001-02-12

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Foot and Mouth Disease and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy)(Prohibition from Importation of Diseased Animals) Regulations, 2001

Regulation · Made 2001-03-17

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Inspection in a Foreign Country) Regulations, 2004 (S.I. No. 54 of 2004)

Regulation · Made 2004-03-04

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Notifiable Pests) Order

Regulation · Made 1981-03-07

Repealed

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Poultry Health) Regulations, 2022

Regulation · Made 2022-08-18

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Prevention, Control and Eradication of New World Screwworm) (Cochliomyia Hominivorax) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 143 of 2024)

Regulation · Made 2024-10-08

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Prevention of Plant and Animal Diseases through Fumigation) Regulations

Regulation · Made 2000-07-22

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Prevention of Plant Pest and Animal Disease, OIRSA) Regulations, 2022

Regulation · Made 2022-02-07

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Quarantine Inspection and Certification Fees) Regulations

Regulation · Made 2001-04-21

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Restricted Plants) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1967-03-04

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Restricted Plants) Order

Regulation · Made 1989-04-28

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Service Fees) Regulations, 2004 (S.I. No. 182 of 2004)

Regulation · Made 2004-11-22

Belize Agricultural Health Authority (Veterinary Drugs and Animal Feed) (Registration) Regulations, 2001

Regulation · Made 2001-12-12

Belize City Sale of Food By-Laws

Regulation · Made 1943-11-15

Belize City Stand-Pipes By-Laws

Regulation · Made 1943-11-15

Belize Companies Act No. 11 of 2022

Act · Made 2022-07-28

Belize Constitution Act

Constitution · Made 1981-09-21

Belize Health Sector Strategic Plan 2014 - 2024

policy · Made 2014-04

Belize Institute of Agricultural Research and Development Act

Act · Made 2003-01-01

Belize Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan 2016

policy · Made 2016

Belize Land Development Authority Act

Act · Made 1980-12-20

Belize Marketing And Development Corporation Act

Act · Made 1949-01-15

Belize Medium Term Development Strategy 2010 – 2013

policy · Made 2010-06

Belize Medium-Term Development Strategy 2022 – 2026

policy · Made 2023-01

Belize National Biodiversity Strategy

policy · Made 1998-09

Belize National Coast Guard Service (Amendment) Act, 2016 (No. 3 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-02-26

Belize National Energy Policy 2023

policy · Made 2023-11

Belize National Plan of Action for the Prevention and Control of Non communicable Diseases 2013 - 2023

policy · Made 2013

Belize National REDD+ Policy 2021

policy · Made 2021-10

Belize National Standard for Rice – Specification (BZS 20: 2015 Revised)

Other · Made 2015-10

Belize National Standard, Specification for Salt (BZS 17: 2007)

Other · Made 2007

Belize National Standard, Specification for Wheat Flour (BZS 2: 2007 Revised)

Other · Made 2007

Belize National Tourism Council Act (Cap. 276)

Act · Made 1999-09-24

Belize Port Authority Act

Act · Made 1976

Belize Port Authority (Pilotage) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1965

Belize Port Authority Regulations

Regulation · Made 1980-04-26

Belize's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution under the United Nations Framwork Convention on Climate Change

policy · Made 2015-10

Belize’s National Environmental Action Plan 2015-2020

policy · Made 2014

Belize’s Third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0)

policy · Made 2025-05

Belize Tourism Board Act (Cap. 275)

Act · Made 1990-04-17

Belize Trade and Investment Development Service Act (CAP. 282)

Act · Made 1997-03-18

Biological Residues (Control) Regulations 1985 (S.I. No. 9 of 1985)

Regulation · Made 1985-01-22

Repealed

Border Management Agency Act, 1999 (No. 50 of 1999)

Act · Made 2000-01-18

Brewery Act

Act · Made 1971-12-31

Brewery (Amendment) Act, 2016 (No. 9 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-04-14

Burning of Vegetation Rules

Regulation · Made 0000

Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre Act, 2015 (No. 6 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-07-29

Caribbean Food Corporation Act (Cap. 18)

Act · Made 1977-12-10

Cattle Branding Act

Act · Made 1958-12-27

Cattle Trespass Act

Act · Made 1898-01-01

Chicle Protection Act

Act · Made 1935-12-02

Citrus (Processing and Production) Act

Act · Made 1967-04-01

Citrus (Processing and Production) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1976-08-07

Co-operative Societies Act

Act · Made 1948-06-01

Coast Guard Act (Cap. 131:01)

Act · Made 2005-07-06

Coastal Zone Management Act, Chapter 329 (Act No. 5 of 1998)

Act · Made 1998-04-25

Repealed

Coastal Zone Management Authority (Sport Fishing) Regulations, 2009

Regulation · Made 2009-09-26

Cockscomb Basin (closed Area for Hunting) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1984-12-08

Criminal Code (CAP. 101)

Act · Made 1981-11-01

Cruelty to Animals Act (Cap. 115)

Act · Made 1865-10-17

Custom and Excise Duties Act (CAP. 48)

Act · Made 1973-02-10

Custom and Excise Duties (Amendment) Act 2025 (No. 14 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-07-18

Customs (CARICOM Preference) Regulations, 1999 (S.I. No. 123 of 1999)

Regulation · Made 1999-10-23

Dangerous Goods Act

Act · Made 1877-06-26

Dangerous Goods Order (Cap. 134)

Regulation · Made 1964-10-10

Designated Processing Areas Act No.27 of 2018

Act · Made 2018-12-21

Designated Processing Areas (Amendment) Act 2025 (No. 3 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-01-22

Development Finance Corporation Act (No. 1 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009-02-03

Digging of Sand Rules

Regulation · Made 1992

Disaster Preparedness and Response Act, 2000 (Act No. 10 of 2000)

Act · Made 2000-06-21

Disaster Preparedness and Response (Amendment) Act 2024 (No. 32 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-12-09

Disaster Preparedness and Response (Hazard Inspection) (Procedure) Regulations (Cap. 115)

Regulation · Made 2000-08-22

Disaster Preparedness and Response (Threatened Disaster Alert Mobilisation) Regulations (Cap. 145)

Regulation · Made 2000-08-22

Economic Development Council Act (Cap. 285:02)

Act · Made 2017-07-21

Electricity Act CAP. 221 (No. 13 of 1992)

Act · Made 1992-08-28

Electricity Licensing and Consent Regulations (S.I. No. 39 of 2024)

Regulation · Made 2024-02-28

Enterprise Development Center Act No. 1 of 2005 (CAP. 279:01)

Act · Made 2005-02-12

Environmental Impact Assessment (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020

Environmental Impact Assessment (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 (S.I. No. 24 of 2007)

Regulation · Made 2007-03-15

Environmental Impact Assessment (Amendment) Regulations, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-02-03

Environmental Impact Assessment (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 23 of 2023)

Regulation · Made 2023

Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations, 1995

Regulation · Made 1995-09-30

Environmental Protection Act, 1992 (Cap. 328)

Act · Made 1992-10-14

Environmental Protection (Amendment) Act, 2009 (No. 5 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009-04-20

Environmental Protection (Amendment) Act (No. 2 of 1998)

Act · Made 1998-04-16

Environmental Protection (Effluent Limitations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2009 (S.I. No. 102 of 2009)

Regulation · Made 2009-07-27

Environmental Protection (Effluent Limitations) Regulations, 1995

Regulation · Made 1995-08-25

Environmental Protection (Pollution From Plastics) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022

Regulation · Made 2022-01-22

Environmental Protection (Pollution from Plastics) Regulations, 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-07-06

Environmental Protection (Prohibition of the open-burning of refuse and other regulations, 2020)

Regulation · Made 2020-04-20

Environmental Tax Act (Cap. 64:01)

Act · Made 2001-02-23

Environmental Tax (Amendment) Act, 2001 (No. 34 of 2001)

Act · Made 2001-08-22

Environmental Tax (Amendment) Act, 2009 (No. 32 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-03-31

Environmental Tax (Amendment) Act, 2009 (No. 4 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009

Estates of Deceased Foreigners Act (Cap. 198)

Act · Made 1906-06-28

Fertilizers and Feeding Stuffs Ordinance, 1973 (No. 21 of 1973)

Act · Made 1973-12-04

Repealed

Fertilizers and Feeding Stuffs Regulations

Regulation · Made 1979

Fire (Negligent Use of) Act

Act · Made 1912-08-15

Fiscal Incentives Act Cap. 54

Act · Made 1990-04-17

Repealed

Fiscal Incentives Act (No. 4 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-03-07

Fiscal Incentives (Amendment) Act 2025 (No. 6 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-02-11

Fiscal Incentives (Amendment) Act (No. 41 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-11-09

Fish (Export Duty) Order

Regulation · Made 1966

Fisheries Act (Chapter 210)

Act · Made 1948-09-24

Repealed

Fisheries Act (Extension of Application) Order (Cap. 210)

Regulation · Made 1987-04-21

Fisheries (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 143 of 1993)

Regulation · Made 1993-12-13

Fisheries (Amendment)(No. 2) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 68 of 1997)

Regulation · Made 1997-07-11

Fisheries (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 128 of 2021)

Regulation · Made 2021-10-12

Repealed

Fisheries (Amendment) (No. 2) (Revocation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 105 of 2022)

Regulation · Made 2022-07-11

Fisheries (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 1997 (S.I. No. 76 of 1997)

Regulation · Made 1996-08-09

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulation 1982 (S.I. No. 17 of 1982)

Regulation · Made 1982-02-27

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulation 1982 (S.I. No. 17 of 1982)

Regulation · Made 1982-02-19

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulation 1982 (S.I. No. 83 of 1982)

Regulation · Made 1982-11-27

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulation 1990 (S.I. No. 68 of 1990)

Regulation · Made 1990-06-23

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 1980 (S.I. No. 24 of 1980)

Regulation · Made 1980-04-12

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I. No. 169 of 1991)

Regulation · Made 1991-12-28

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations, 1993 (S.I. No. 55 of 1993)

Regulation · Made 1993-03-31

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 155 of 1996)

Regulation · Made 1996-12-28

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 34 of 1996)

Regulation · Made 1996-03-16

Repealed

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 27 of 1997)

Regulation · Made 1997-04-05

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. No. 13 of 1999)

Regulation · Made 1999-02-13

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 57 of 2021)

Regulation · Made 2021-05-25

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 106 of 2022)

Regulation · Made 2022

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 126 of 2024)

Regulation · Made 2024-10-07

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 135 of 2024)

Regulation · Made 2024-10-16

Fisheries (Amendment) Regulations (S.I. No. 81 of 2019)

Regulation · Made 2019-11-25

Fisheries (Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. No. 132 of 2024)

Regulation · Made 2024-10-16

Fisheries (Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve) Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No. 68 of 2001)

Regulation · Made 2001-04-26

Fisheries (Caye Caulker Marine Reserve) Regulations, 2008

Regulation · Made 2008-11-17

Fisheries (Export of Fish) Regulations (Cap. 320)

Regulation · Made 1968-01-27

Fisheries (Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve) Regulations (S.I. No. 95 of 2003)

Regulation · Made 2003-07-05

Fisheries (Glovers Reef Marine Reserve) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 70 of 1996)

Regulation · Made 1996-05-18

Fisheries (Hol Chan Marine Reserve)(Amendment) Regulations, 1999 (S.I. No. 101 of 1999)

Regulation · Made 1999-09-18

Fisheries (Hol Chan Marine Reserve)(Amendment) Regulations, 2008 (S.I. No. 114 of 2008)

Regulation · Made 2008-10-16

Fisheries (Nassau Grouper Protection) Regulations, 2009 (S.I. No. 49 of 2009)

Regulation · Made 2009-04-01

Fisheries Officers (Appointment) Order, 1989

Regulation · Made 1989-10-28

Fisheries Officers (Appointment) Order, 1990 (S.I. No. 79 of 1990)

Regulation · Made 1990-06-22

Fisheries (Port Honduras Marine Reserve) Regulations (S.I. No. 18 of 2000)

Regulation · Made 2000-08-19

Fisheries Regulations 1977

Regulation · Made 1977-10-01

Fisheries Resources Act No.7 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-01-30

Fisheries Resources (Amendment) Act No. 7 of 2022

Act · Made 2022-03-24

Fisheries Resources (Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve) Order (S.I. No. 131 of 2024)

Other · Made 2024-10-16

Fisheries Resources (Gill Net Prohibition) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 158 of 2020)

Regulation · Made 2020-11-04

Fisheries Resources (Glover's Reef Marine Reserve) Order (S.I. No. 133 of 2024)

Other · Made 2024-10-16

Fisheries Resources (High Protection for Biodiversity Marine Reserves) Regulations, 2022

Regulation · Made 2022-04-19

Fisheries Resources (High Protection for Biodiversity Marine Reserves) Order, 2022

Regulation · Made 2022-04-19

Fisheries Resources (Lighthouse Reef Atoll Marine Reserve) Order (S.I. No. 134 of 2024)

Other · Made 2024-10-16

Fisheries Resources (Stone Crab) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 108 of 2022)

Regulation · Made 2022

Fisheries Resources (Stone Crab) Regulations (S.I. No. 108 of 2022)

Regulation · Made 2022-07-11

Fisheries (Turnefe Atoll Marine Reserve) Regulations (S.I. No. 111 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-11-22

Food and Drugs Act

Act · Made 1953-05-09

Food and Drugs (Amendment) Act, 2016

Act · Made 2016

Food and Drugs (Amendment) Act (No. 11 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-02-02

Food and Drugs (Registration, Licensing and Inspection) Regulations, 2017

Regulation · Made 2017-07-29

Food And Nutrition Policy and Plan of Action for Belize 2010-2015

policy · Made 2010-02

Foot and Mouth Disease Regulations

Regulation · Made 2001

Forest (Amendment) Rules 1997 (No. 110 of 1997)

Regulation · Made 1997-11-22

Forest Fire Protection Act, 1962

Act · Made 1962-11-10

Forest Licences (Delegation of Powers) Order

Regulation · Made 2003-10-31

Forest (Protection of Trees) Regulations, 1992

Regulation · Made 1992-04-02

Forest Reserves (Consolidation) Order

Regulation · Made 1977

Forest Roads Regulations

Regulation · Made 1974

Forest Rules

Regulation · Made 1973

Forests Act

Act · Made 1927-01-01

Forests (Amendment) Act, 2017 (No. 17 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-02-09

Forests (Export Duty) Order

Regulation · Made 1973-05-12

Forests (Protection of Mangroves) (Amendment) Regulations, 1992 (S.I. No. 86 of 1992)

Regulation · Made 1992-06-05

Repealed

Forests (Protection of Mangroves) Regulations, 1989

Regulation · Made 1989-05-06

Repealed

Forests (Protection of Mangroves) Regulations, 2018

Regulation · Made 2018-06-15

Forests (Royalty) Ordinance, 1973 (No. 15 of 1973)

Regulation · Made 1973-04-18

Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve - Management Plan (2019–2023)

policy · Made 2019

Government of Belize Forest Department Strategic Action Plan 2019-2023

policy · Made 2018-12-28

Grain Act 1982

Act · Made 0000

Growth and Sustainable Development Strategy 2016-2019

policy · Made 2016

Harbours and Merchant Shipping Act

Act · Made 1920-06-29

Harbours and Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act (No. 5 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-02-21

Hazardous Waste Regulations, 2009 (S.I. No. 100 of 2009)

Regulation · Made 2009-07-27

High Seas Fishing Act

Act · Made 2003-01-31

Repealed

High Seas Fishing Act, 2013 (No. 26 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-11-07

High Seas Fishing (Licensing) Regulations (S.I. No. 33 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-03-07

High Seas Fishing (Monitoring, Control and Surveillance) Regulations (S.I. No. 39 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-05-15

High Seas Fishing Sanctions Regulations (S. I. No. 32 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-03-07

Hol Chan Marine Reserve (Amendment) Regulations, 1989 (S.I. No. 113 of 1989)

Regulation · Made 1989-10-16

Hol Chan Marine Reserve (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 170 of 1994)

Regulation · Made 1994-11-18

Hol Chan Marine Reserve (Amendment) Regulations, 1996 (S.I. No. 35 of 1996)

Regulation · Made 1996-03-08

Hol Chan Marine Reserve (Amendment) Regulations, 1997 (S.I. No. 18 of 1997)

Regulation · Made 1994-11-18

Hol Chan Marine Reserve Regulations

Regulation · Made 1988-12-13

Horizon 2030 National Development Framework for Belize 2010-2030

policy · Made 2010

Infected Plant Order, 2001 (S.I. No.37 of 2001)

Regulation · Made 2001-03-17

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management Act, 2025

Act · Made 2025-10-28

International Merchant Marine Registry Act 2025 (No. 10 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-02-11

Labour Act (Cap. 297)

Act · Made 1960-08-01

Land Acquisition (Promoters) Act

Act · Made 1947-11-27

Land Acquisition (Public Purposes) Act

Act · Made 1947-04-11

Land Adjudication Act, 1992

Act · Made 1992-12-14

Land Reform (Security of Tenure) Act

Act · Made 1962-01-01

Land Reserves (Other Than Indian and Carib Reserves) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1966

Land Surveyors Act

Act · Made 1977-12-10

Land Tax Act, 1982

Act · Made 1982-11-18

Land Tax (Amendment) Act, 2001 (No.11 of 2001)

Act · Made 2001-03-31

Land Tax (Amendment) Act, 2017 (No. 3 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-02-01

Land Tax (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2017 (No. 44 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-11-02

Land Tax (Appeal) Rules

Regulation · Made 1982-11-18

Land Utilization Act (Application) Order, 1983 (S.I. 57 of 1983)

Regulation · Made 1983-09-03

Land Utilization Act [Chapter 188]

Act · Made 1981-09-16

Land Utilization (Amendment) Act, 2017 (No. 43 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-11-02

Land Utilization (Amendment) Act, 2021 (No. 7 of 2021)

Act · Made 2021-05-06

Land Utilization (Belize District North East Special Development Area) Regulations, 1994 (S.I. 1 of 1994)

Regulation · Made 1993-12-28

Land Utilization (Burrell Boom/Hattieville/Ladyville Special Development Area) Regulations, 1991 (S.I. 164 of 1991)

Regulation · Made 1991-11-29

Land Utilization (Cayo District West Special Development Area) Regulations, 1992 (S.I. 90 of 1992)

Regulation · Made 1992-06-05

Land Utilization (Corozal District East Special Development Area) Regulations, 1991 (S.I. 163 of 1991)

Regulation · Made 1991-11-29

Land Utilization (Corozal District North Special Development Area) Regulations, 1994 (S.I. 3 of 1994)

Regulation · Made 1993-12-28

Land Utilization (Lake Independence Special Development Area) Regulations, 2019 (S.I. 49 of 2019)

Regulation · Made 2019-07-23

Land Utilization (Manatee Special Development Area) Regulations, 1991 (S.I. 162 of 1991)

Regulation · Made 1991-11-29

Land Utilization (Manatee West Special Development Area) Regulations, 1992 (S.I. 142 of 1992)

Regulation · Made 1992-10-20

Land Utilization (Mango Creek Special Development Area) Regulations, 1994 (S.I. 4 of 1994)

Regulation · Made 1993-12-28

Land Utilization (Monkey River Special Development Area) Regulations, 1991 (S.I. No. 152 of 1991)

Regulation · Made 1991-10-17

Land Utilization (Orange Walk District East Special Development Area) Regulations, 1994 (S.I. 2 of 1994)

Regulation · Made 1993-12-28

Land Utilization (Two Mile Corridor Special Development Area) Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No. 104 of 2001)

Regulation · Made 2001-07-13

Landlord and Tenant Act

Act · Made 1953-12-31

Landlord and Tenant (Forms, Fees and Costs) Rules

Regulation · Made 1985

Low Emissions Development Strategy and Action Plan: Belize

policy · Made 2021

Maritime Areas Act 1992

Act · Made 1992-01-30

Maritime Areas (Amendment) Act No.7 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-05-22

Measurers of Wood Act

Act · Made 1910-09-28

Meat and Livestock Act

Act · Made 1981-11-25

Meat (Post Mortem)(Boneless Meat) Inspection Regulations 1985

Regulation · Made 1985-01-22

Meat (Post Mortem) Inspection Regulations

Regulation · Made 1970-04-11

Medical Waste Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 153 of 2021)

Regulation · Made 2021

Mines and Minerals Act

Act · Made 1989-01-01

Mines and Minerals (Amendment) Act (No. 4 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-02-01

Mines and Minerals (General) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1994-04-30

Mines and Minerals (Safety, Health and Environmental) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1994-04-30

Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1991 (S.I. No. 14 of 1992)

Regulation · Made 1992-01-20

Mosquito (Protection) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1943-11-15

National Adaptation Strategy to address Climate Change in the Water Sector in Belize

policy · Made 2009-03

National Adaptation Strategy to Address Climate Change in the Agriculture Sector in Belize

policy · Made 2015-06

National Agriculture and Food Policy of Belize 2015 – 2030

policy · Made 2015-11

National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2016 – 2020), Belize

policy · Made 2016

National Climate Change Policy, Strategy and Action Plan to Address Climate Change In Belize

policy · Made 2014

National Climate Finance Strategy of Belize 2021–2026

policy · Made 2021

National Climate Resilience Investment Plan

policy · Made 2013-10

National Cultural Heritage Preservation Act, 2017 (No. 40 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-08-22

National Cultural Policy 2016-2026

policy · Made 2016

National Fire Service Act, 2001 (No. 33 of 2001)

Act · Made 2001-08-14

National Food and Agriculture Policy (2002-2020)

policy · Made 2003-04

National Forest Policy

policy · Made 2015-05-01

National Health Insurance (Validation) Act 2024 (No. 2 of 2025)

Act · Made 2024-12-19

National Implementation Plan (NIP) Update for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) for Belize

policy · Made 2019-01

National Integrated Water Resources Act (CAP. 222:01)

Act · Made 2010-05-18

National Integrated Water Resources Management Policy (Including Climate Change) for Belize

policy · Made 2008-09

National Lands Act 1992

Act · Made 1992-04-23

National Lands (Amendment) Act, 2001 (No. 10 of 2001)

Act · Made 2001-03-27

National Lands (Amendment) Act, 2017 (No. 6 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-02-01

National Lands (Delegation of Powers) Order

Regulation · Made 2001

National Lands (Leases) (Transfer Fee) Order

Regulation · Made 1992

National Lands Rules

Regulation · Made 2003

National Landscape Restoration Strategy for Belize (2022-2030)

policy · Made 2022

National Parks System Act 1981

Act · Made 1981-11-25

Repealed

National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks on the High Seas

policy · Made 2015-03-12

National Plan of Action For the Control of Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution in Belize

policy · Made 2008-08

National Plan of Action of Belize for Reducing Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Long-Line High Seas Fisheries

policy · Made 2016-02-01

National Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing on the High Seas

policy · Made 2014-05-20

National Poverty Elimination Strategy and Action Plan (NPESAP) 2009-2013

policy · Made 2009-09

National Protected Areas System Act, 2015

Act · Made 2015-10-21

National Protected Areas System Plan 2015

policy · Made 2015-03

National Sustainable Tourism Master Plan for Belize 2030

policy · Made 2011-06

National Trade Policy 2019-2030

policy · Made 2019-02

National Wildlife Policy, Strategy and Action Plan 2025 - 2035

policy · Made 2025

National Women’s Commission Act (No. 1 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-02-21

Notifiable Plant Pest (Citrus Canker and Citrus Leprosis) Order

Regulation · Made 2002-06-29

Notifiable Plant Pest Order (Cap. 211)

Regulation · Made 2000

Oil Mining Regulations

Regulation · Made 1964

Papaya Growers' Association Act

Act · Made 1992-09-28

Pesticides Control Act 1985

Act · Made 1985-12-24

Pesticides Control (Amendment) Act, 2002 (No. 2 of 2002)

Act · Made 2002-02-26

Pesticides Control (Sale and Confiscation) Regulations, 1998 (S.I. No. 71 of 1998)

Regulation · Made 1998-07-04

Pesticides (Replacement of Schedules) (Amendment) Order, 1990 (S.I. No. 76 of 1990)

Regulation · Made 1990-07-14

Pesticides (Replacement of Schedules) Order, 1988 (S.I. No. 72 of 1988)

Regulation · Made 1888-09-01

Petroleum Act

Act · Made 1991-07-05

Petroleum Operations (Maritime Zone Moratorium) Act (No. 54 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-12-29

Petroleum Regulations

Regulation · Made 1992-08-29

Plant Disease (Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus and Bud Necrosis Virus) Order, 2004 (S.I. No. 97 of 2004)

Regulation · Made 2004-05-03

Plant Protection (Citrus Certification) Regulations, 2000

Regulation · Made 2000-03-27

Plant Protection (Infected Plant Area) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 112 of 1999)

Regulation · Made 1999-07-14

Plants, Fruits and Vegetables (Importation) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1984

Pollution (Amendment) Regulations, 2009 (S.I. No. 101 of 2009)

Regulation · Made 2009-07-27

Pollution Regulations

Regulation · Made 1996

Pomona Village Land Reservation Regulations

Regulation · Made 1992

Poultry Disease Regulations

Regulation · Made 2001

Repealed

Pounds Act

Act · Made 1899-05-07

Poverty Reduction Action Plan

policy · Made 2014

Powers of Forest Officers Proclamation

Regulation · Made 1992

Prescription Act

Act · Made 1953-12-31

Prevention of Corruption Act No. 21 of 2007

Act · Made 2008-01-17

Private Forests (Conservation) Act

Act · Made 1945-12-01

Protected Areas Conservation Trust Act, 1995

Act · Made 1996-01-02

Protected Areas Conservation Trust (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 18 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-10-21

Protected Areas Conservation Trust (Amendment) Act, 2017 (No. 26 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-03-31

Protection of New Plant Varieties Act (Act No. 16 of 2000)

Act · Made 2000-06-21

Protection of New Plant Varieties Regulations (S.I. No. 116 of 2001)

Regulation · Made 2001-08-25

Public Health (Amendment) Act 2021 (No. 2 of 2021)

Act · Made 2021-01-19

Public Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021 (No. 11 of 2021)

Act · Made 2021-05-06

Public Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Act 2021 (No. 31 of 2021)

Act · Made 2021-11-11

Public Health (Reform) Act

Act · Made 1943-11-15

Public Utilities Commission Act, 1999

Act · Made 1999-08-24

Quarantine Act

Act · Made 1947-12-20

Quarantine (Amendment) Act No.21 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-08-07

Quarantine (Amendment) Act No. 36 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-11

Quarantine Pest (Thrips Palmi) Order, 2004 (S.I. No. 98 of 2004)

Regulation · Made 2004-05-03

Radiation Safety and Security Act No. 31 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-10-05

Ramonal-Zapote Reserve Regulations

Regulation · Made 1992

Registered and Restricted Pesticides (Manufacture, Import and Sale) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1995-07-08

Registered and Restricted Pesticides (Registration) Regulations Arrangement of Regulations

Regulation · Made 1989-01-14

Registered and Restricted Pesticides (Uses, Restrictions and Precautions) Regulations, 1990

Regulation · Made 1990-07-14

Registered Land Act (Cap. 194)

Act · Made 1977

Registered Land (Amendment) Act, 2017 (No. 5 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-02-01

Registered Land (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2017 (No. 45 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-11-02

Registration of Merchant Ships Act 1989 (Act No. 32 of 1989)

Act · Made 1989-12-20

Registration of Merchant Ships (Amendment) Act, 1996 (No. 5 of 1996)

Act · Made 1996-03-30

Registration of Merchant Ships (Disciplinary) Regulations, 1999 (S.I. No. 56 of 1999)

Regulation · Made 1999-05-08

Registration of Merchant Ships (Fishing Vessels of 24 Meters in Length and Above) Safety Regulation, 1995 (S.I. No. 113 of 1995)

Regulation · Made 1995-11-04

Registration of Merchant Ships (Registration and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1991-08-31

Registration of Merchant Ships (Vessels under 500 GRT in service outside of the Territorial Waters of Belize) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1991-11-16

Removal of Refuse (Belmopan) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1993-10-23

Removal of Refuse By-Laws

Regulation · Made 1993-10-23

Restricted Pesticides (Certified User) Regulations, 1996

Regulation · Made 1996-08-17

Returnable Containers Act, No. 12 of 2009

Act · Made 2009-12-30

Revised National Gender Policy (Updated Version 2013)

policy · Made 2013-03

Sarteneja (Closed Area for Hunting) Regulations, 1990 (S.I. No. 47 of 1990)

Regulation · Made 1990-04-22

Slaughter of Animals Act

Act · Made 1968-08-03

Slaughterhouses (Hygienic Practices) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1970-04-11

Social Investment Fund Act (Cap. 43)

Act · Made 1996-05-01

Social Security Act (Cap. 44)

Act · Made 1979

Social Security (Amendment) Act 2024 (No. 1 of 2025)

Act · Made 2024-12-19

Solid Waste Management Authority Act

Act · Made 1991-06-26

South Water Caye Marine Reserve Management Plan 2019 – 2023

policy · Made 2020-12-06

Standards (Accreditation of Laboratories and Testing Facilities) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1997-05-10

Standards Act

Act · Made 1992-04-23

Standards (Belize National Standard BZS1: Part 1: 1998) (Specification for Labelling - General principles) (Declaration as a Compulsory Standard) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 116 of 1999)

Regulation · Made 1999-10-16

Standards (Belize National Standard BZS1: Part 2: 1998) (Specification for Labelling - Labelling of Pre-packaged Goods) (Declaration as a Compulsory Standard) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 117 of 1999)

Regulation · Made 1999-10-16

Standards (Belize National Standard BZS1: Part 3: 1998) (Specification for Labelling - Labelling of Pre-packaged food) (Declaration as a Compulsory Standard) Order, 1999 (S.I. No. 118 of 1999)

Regulation · Made 1999-10-16

Standards (Inspection and Use of Standards Mark or Quality Assurance Mark) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1997-01-00

Standards (Preparation and Declaration) Regulations, 1997

Regulation · Made 1997-03-15

Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Belize

Other · Made 1992-04-03

Strata Titles Registration Act, 1990

Act · Made 1990-12-28

Strata Titles Registration Regulations, 1994

Regulation · Made 1994-04-09

Sugar Cane Farmers Association Act

Act · Made 1960-01-05

Repealed

Sugar Industry Act, 2001

Act · Made 2001-08-14

Sugar Industry (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 1 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-01-20

Sugar Industry (Control) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1975-07-05

Sugar (Industry Development Fund) (Use) Regulations

Regulation · Made 2002-08-17

Sugar Industry (Licence to Import Export Sugar) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 62 of 2023)

Regulation · Made 2023-05-13

Sugar (Special Funds) Act

Act · Made 1954-01-01

Repealed

Summary Jurisdiction (Littering Offences) (Violation Tickets) Regulations (S.I. No. 130 of 1991)

Regulation · Made 1991

Supplies Control Act Chapter 293

Act · Made 1963-05-18

Swine Fever Regulations

Regulation · Made 2001

Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act, 1878

Act · Made 1878

Theft of Cattle Act

Act · Made 1986-03-27

Toledo Indian Reserve Regulations

Regulation · Made 1992

Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Act No. 3 of 2023

Act · Made 2023-03-07

Trade Licensing Act 2024 (No. 19 of 2024)

Act · Made 2024-10-21

Trade Licensing Act (Amendment) 2025 (No. 5 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-02-11

Turneffe Atoll Management Plan 2012 – 2017

policy · Made 2012

Updated Nationally Determined Contribution of Belize

policy · Made 2021-08

Veterinary Surgeons Act (Cap. 326)

Act · Made 1999-05-13

Village Councils Act (CAP 88)

Act · Made 1999-01-01

Village Councils (Amendment) Act, 2022 (No. 10 of 2022)

Act · Made 2022-03-31

Village Councils (Animals Restriction) By-laws, 2004 (S.I. No. 186 of 2004)

Regulation · Made 2004-10-19

Village Councils (Market ad Slaughterhouse) By-laws, 2004 (S.I. No. 189 of 2004)

Regulation · Made 2004-10-19

Water and Sewerage Act

Act · Made 1980-01-01

Repealed

Water And Sewerage (Tariffs) (Amendment) Byelaws, 2008 (S.I. No. 89 of 2008)

Regulation · Made 2008-09-13

Water Industry Act (No. 1 of 2001)

Act · Made 2001-02-09

Water Industry (Amendment) Act, 2017 (No. 51 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-12-29

Water Industry Authority (Tariffs) By-Laws

Regulation · Made 2002-06-01

Water Industry (Infrastructure Charges) Order

Regulation · Made 2002-03-24

Water Industry (Plumbing) Code

Regulation · Made 1982-03-20

Water Industry (Rates) Order

Regulation · Made 1996-11-30

Water Industry (Vesting Day) (Dissolution of Water and Sewerage Authority and Nomination of Successor Company) Order

Regulation · Made 2001-03-24

Wildlife Protection Act 1981 (Act No. 4 of 1981)

Act · Made 1981-11-28

Wildlife Protection Regulations 1982

Regulation · Made 1980