Protected Areas Conservation Trust (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 18 of 2015).
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Abstract
This Act amends the Protected Areas Conservation Trust Act, in part as a consequence of the enactment of the National Protected Areas System Act. Amendments concerns, among other things, the Board of Directors of the Trust, the functions of the Trust, the Finance and Audit Committee, the Technical Committee on Protected Areas, awarding of moneys from the Trust Fund, a Register of Protected Areas to be maintained by the Trust; and primary activities that qualify for trust funding. The Act also amends the Environmental Protection Act is in section 68 by deleting paragraph (g).
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An Act to amend the Protected Areas Conservation Trust Act, Chapter 218 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, to provide for a new definition of “protected area” and a new composition of the Board of Directors; to expand the functions of the Trust; to provide for the appointment of a Finance and Audit Committee, Technical Committee on Protected Areas and other Committees by the Board of Directors; to further strengthen the provisions of the Act in order to enhance the operations of the Trust in achieving its mission of promoting the sustainable management of Belize’s protected areas; to make better provisions relating to the exemption from payment of the conservation fee; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
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Repealed
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English
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No