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

BELIZE: LAND TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 1. Short title. 2. Insertion of new section 22A in principal Act. No. 3] Land Tax 11 AN ACT to amend the Land Tax Act, Chapter 58 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011; to make provision, in the interest of administrative and operational efficiency, for the responsible Minister to delegate certain functions to any Minister of State appointed to assist the Minister; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. (Gazetted 4th February, 2017). BE IT ENACTED, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives and Senate of Belize and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the LAND TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017, Short title and construction. No. 3 of 2017 I assent, (SIR COLVILLE N. YOUNG Governor-General 1st February, 2017 Printed in Belize by the Government Printer #1 Power Lane, Belmopan, Belize, C.A. 12 Land Tax [No. 3 Insertion of new section 22A in principal Act and shall be read and construed as one with the Land Tax Act,, which as amended, is hereinafter referred to as the principal Act. 2. The principal Act is amended by inserting next after section 22, the following as section 22A – 22A. (1) The Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, delegate to any Minister of State appointed to assist him, the exercise or performance of all or any of the powers or functions conferred upon the Minister under the provisions of this Act specified in subsection (4). (2) A delegation under subsection (1) is revocable by the Minister and the delegation of the exercise of a power of the performance of a function shall not preclude its exercise or performance by the Minister. (3) The provisions of this Act shall apply in relation to a power or a function delegated under this section as they would apply where the power or function is exercised or performed by the Minister. (4) The specified provisions are sections for land tax – sections 3, 12, 21, 23A, 23B and 39. (5) The provisions of this section shall apply notwithstanding the provisions of section 59 of the Interpretation Act (power to delegate authority).” “ Minister may delegate specified functions.