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1 BELIZE: Land Utilization LAND UTILIZATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021 ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES 1.

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Short title.

Amendment of section 2.

Repeal and replacement of section 9.

Insertion of new section 9A.

Replacement of references to Land Subdivision and Utilization Authority.

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Savings.
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Savings.

2 BELIZE: Land Utilization BILL for AN ACT to amend the Land Utilization Act, Chapter 188 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011; to strengthen the membership of the Land Subdivision and Utilization Authority; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

(Gazetted ………………2021).

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 Short title.

CAP.

188.

43 of 2017.

Amendment of section 2.

Repeal and replacement of section 9.

LAND UTILIZATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2021, and shall be read and construed as one with the Land Utilization Act, which, as amended, is hereinafter referred to as the principal Act.

Section 2 of the principal Act is amended by inserting in the proper 2. alphabetical sequence, the following definition– ““Authority” means the Land Subdivision and Utilization Authority;”.
The principal Act is amended by repealing section 9 and substituting 3. the following– “Land Subdivision and Utilization Authority.
9.–(1) There shall be a Land Subdivision and Utilization Authority which shall be comprised of– (a) the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys or his representative; (b) the Chief Engineer or his representative; (c) the Chief Forest Officer or his representative; (d) the Chief Agricultural Officer or his representative; (e) the Chief Environmental Officer or his representative; 3 Land Utilization (f) (g) the National Coordinator appointed under the Disaster Preparedness and Response Act; CAP.
145. the Principal Planner, who shall be the Secretary to the Authority; and (h) two other persons appointed by the Minister.

(2) The Chairperson shall be the Commissioner of Lands and Surveys.

(3) The quorum shall consist of five persons.”.

The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 9 the following 4. as section 9A– Insertion of new section 9A.

“Tenure of office.
“Tenure of office.

9A.–(1) A member of the Authority appointed under section 9(1)(h) shall– (a) hold office for a term not exceeding two years, as specified in the instrument appointing such member; and (b) be eligible for reappointment.

(2) A member of the Authority appointed under section 9(1)(h) may at any time resign his office by instrument in writing addressed to the Minister, and from the date of receipt by the Minister of such instrument, such member shall cease to be a member of the Authority.
(3) The Minister may at any time for good and sufficient cause revoke the appointment of a member of the Authority appointed under section 9(1)(h) if he deems it necessary to do so.”.

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The principal Act is amended by deleting the term “Land Subdivision and Utilization Authority” wherever it occurs and substituting therefor the term “Authority”.

Replacement of references to Land Subdivision and Utilization Authority.
6.–(1) Upon the commencement of this Act, every application made to the Authority and wholly or partly heard by the Authority is to be continued and dealt with in all respects as if this Act had not come into force.

Savings.

(2) An approval granted as a result of an application determined under sub-section (1) is to be granted on the same terms and conditions that would have applied if this Act had not come into force.
4 Land Utilization (3) Every application made to the Authority as constituted under the repealed enactment that has not been wholly or partly heard by the Authority when this Act comes into force is to be taken to be an application made under the Authority as constituted at the commencement of this Act and this Act is to apply accordingly.