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Blue Bonds Loan BELIZE: BLUE BONDS LOAN ACT, 2021 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 1.

Short title.

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Interpretation.

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Validity of Government’s authority.

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Agreement to have force of law.

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Financial provisions.

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Exemption from taxes.

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Exemption from registrations.

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Closing costs.

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Act to bind Crown.

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28 of 2021 I assent, (H.E.

MS. FROYLA TZALAM) Governor-General 29th October 2021.
AN ACT to authorize the Government of Belize to enter into the Blue Loan Agreement, Conservation Funding Agreement and Ancillary Agreements for and on behalf of Belize and to give statutory effect to the terms and conditions of the Blue Loan Agreement, the Conservation Funding Agreement and Ancillary Agreements; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

(Gazetted 29th October, 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.

BLUE BONDS LOAN ACT, 2021.

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In this Act– “Agreement” means the Blue Loan Agreement to be made between Belize, Belize Blue Investment Company LLC, as Initial Lender, and Belize Blue Investment Company, LLC, as Administrative Agent, and authorized by resolution of the National Assembly; “Ancillary Agreements” means such other agreements as may from time to time hereafter be required to give effect to or better perform obligations under, or otherwise to supplement, or to complement any legal structure or arrangement contemplated by provisions of the Agreement and the Conservation Funding Agreement, including the Direct Agreement to be made on the same date as the Agreement and the Conservation Funding Agreement; “Belize Blue Investment Company LLC” means a Delaware, USA, limited liability company; “Conservation Funding Agreement” means the Conservation Funding Agreement to be made between Belize and Belize Blue Investment Company, LLC and authorized by resolution of the National Assembly; “Government” means the Government of Belize; “Initial Lender” means the special purpose vehicle wholly owned by Blue Investments for Nature, Inc., a Delaware, USA non-profit corporation that is an affiliate of The Nature Conservancy; and “The Nature Conservancy” means the District of Columbia, USA, non-profit corporation.
Validity of Government’s authority.

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The National Assembly hereby resolves in accordance with section 7 of the Finance and Audit (Reform) Act, and for greater certainty and effect, enacts subject only to the No.
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Subject to the provisions of the Constitution of Belize, all provisions of the Agreement and the Conservation Funding Agreement set out in the Schedule (with such modifications as may be approved by the Minister responsible for finance that do not otherwise increase Belize’s payment obligations or conservation commitments thereunder), as well as all provisions of any Ancillary Agreement, shall have the force of law in Belize and any other law or regulation in any way inconsistent therewith shall stand repealed to the extent of any inconsistency.
Agreement to have force of law.

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All sums required to be paid by the Government for the purpose of meeting its obligations under the Agreement, the Conservation Funding Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement shall constitute debt charges on the Consolidated Revenue Fund and shall be– Financial provisions.
(a) approved by an appropriation law; (b) charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund; (c) in the case of the Agreement, paid in United States Dollars; and (d) in the case of the Conservation Funding Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, paid in United States Dollars or Belize Dollars in accordance with its terms.

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Exemptions from registrations.

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the parties to the Agreement, the Conservation Funding Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement shall, in the exercise of any rights conferred, or performance of any obligations imposed, by the provisions of the Agreement, the Conservation Funding Agreement, or any Ancillary Agreement be exempted from taxes, duties or other imposts under the following Acts– (a) Income and Business Tax Act; (b) General Sales Tax Act; (c) Customs and Excise Duties Act; (d) Customs Regulations Act; (e) Exchange Control Regulations Act; (f) the Stamp Duties Act, and (g) the Trusts Act.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the parties to the Agreement, the Conservation Funding Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement and any other entities formed pursuant to and in furtherance of the Agreement, the Conservation Funding Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement shall be exempted from any requirement to secure any consents, effect any registrations or give any notices under the Exchange Control Regulations Act, the General Registry Act, the Trusts Act, the Companies Act or any other law, for the purpose of performing any obligations or exercising any rights under or in furtherance of the Agreement, the Conservation Funding Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.
Closing costs.

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any closing costs, structuring fees or charges, including legal fees, financial advisory fees, agency fees, bondholder committee No.

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This Act binds the Crown.


Act to bind Crown.

Printed in Belize by the Government Printer #1 Power Lane, Belmopan, Belize, C.A.

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