Coast Guard Act (Cap. 131:01).

This Act lays down provisions for the establishment, duties, functions and powers of the Coast Guard and the Coast Guard Board. The Coast Guard shall be responsible for the enforcement of Belize’s maritime laws, maritime security, maritime safety and marine resource protection in relation to the maritime areas of Belize, and in particular the enforcement or assistance in the enforcement of the provisions of any law relating to quarantine, ports and harbours, fisheries management and conservation, protection of marine resources and the environment, marine pollution, Port State Control, maritime crime and violence, and the enforcement of all maritime conventions that Belize is party to.