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

Country/Territory
Belize
Document type
Legislation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An act to amend the Protected Areas Conservation Trust Act, Chapter 218 of the Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, to introduce a development fee, which, subject to specified exceptions, is to be, collected from every non-Belizean departing from any air border, administered with support from the Protected Areas Conservation Trust, and payable into the Consolidated Revenue Fund; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Royalties/fees Special fund
Geographical area
Americas, Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Act amends the Protected Areas Conservation Trust Act in section 33 so as to impose a development fee on travelling persons not being a citizen nor legal permanent resident of Belize. The fees shall be levied for the benefit of the Protected Areas Conservation Trust into the Revenue Fund.

Full text
English
Website
www.nationalassembly.gov.bz

References - Legislation

Amends

Protected Areas Conservation Trust Act, 1995.

Legislation | Belize | 1996 (2002)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Special fund, Institution, Ecosystem preservation, Protected area, Community management, Management/conservation, Education, Endangered species, Non-governmental entity, Protection of species, Survey/mapping

Source: FAO, FAOLEX