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Immigration (Disembarkation Card) Regulations, 2019

This regulation specifies that every person arriving into Belize shall fill out and sign a disembarkation card in the form set out in the Schedule. Corresponding the Customs (Declaration form and Green Line Notice) (Amendment) Regulations 2019, the Immigration (Disembarkation Card) Regulations 2019 states that the Disembarkation Card may be attached to the “Customs Forms C 200”. In similar fashion to the aforementioned Customs amendment, the Disembarkation Card shall be set out in English, Spanish or any other language the Director of Border Management and Immigration Services may determine.

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Immigration (Embarkation Card) Regulations, 2019

In conjunction with the Disembarkation Card, this regulation addresses the Embarkation Card, which requires every person departing from Belize to fill out and sign the form set out in the Schedule. The Embarkation Card shall be set out in English, Spanish or any other language the Director of Border Management and Immigration Services may determine.

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Social Security (Non-contributory pension for persons over 65 years or over) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019

In 2003, the Social Security Board (SSB) had enacted the Statutory Instrument No. 77, otherwise known as the Social Security (Non-Contributory Pension for Persons 65 Years or Over) Regulations (hereafter “NCP-65”). The NCP-65 was designed to provide social assistance to any woman at or above the age of 65, and any man at or above the age of 67. The person is to be also without an adequate source of income. Initially…

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General Sales Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2018: Arrangement of clauses

The General Sales Tax Amendment Bill, 2018 amends the General Sales Tax Act 2011. Under the GST Act 2011, tour companies were zero-rated on the supply of tour services directed to the cruise lines visiting Belize by providing tours for their passengers.

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Designated Processing Areas Act

The Designated Process Areas (DPA) Act is designed to bring Belize’s Export Processing Zone (EPZ) regime into conformity with the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (ASCM).

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