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REGULATIONS
National Legislation
The procedures and activities concerning registration
of ships and relevant obligations and requirements applicable to all
ships enrolled in The International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize
are governed by the following instruments:
- Registration of Merchant Ships Act, 1989, as amended
by Act No. 5 of 1996
- Registration of Merchant Ships (Miscellaneous Provisions
of 1991)
- Registration of Merchant Ships (Vessels under 500
GT in service outside the territorial waters of Belize, 1991)
- Registration of Merchant Ships (Pleasure Vessels,
1991)
- Registration of Merchant Ships (Fishing Vessels
of 24 meters in length and above) Safety Regulations, 1995
- Registration of Merchant Ships (Cargo Vessels operating
in the Caribbean Trading Area) Safety Regulations, 1997
- Registration of Merchant Ships (Disciplinary Regulations,
1999)
- Registration of Merchant Ships (Safe Manning, Hours
of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations, 1999
- The High Seas Fishing Act, 2003
- Registration of Merchant Ships (Ship Security) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 90 of 2004)
International Regulations
As a member of the International Maritime Organisation
and the International Labour Organisation, Belize has ratified several
International Conventions as follows:
IMO
- Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 as amended
- Loadlines, 1966 and amends
- Prevention of Pollution by Ships, 1973 as modified
by the Protocol of 1978
- Tonnage Measurements of Ships, 1969
- Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969
- Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation
for Oil Pollution Damage 1971, 1976 and 1992 Protocols
- Civil Liability Convention (CLC) 1969, 1976, 1992
Protocols
- Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972
- Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976
- Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping,
1978/1995
- SOLAS Protocol 1988
- MARPOL Protocol 1997
- LOADLINES Protocol of 1988
The following are in the process of being ratified:
- Safe Containers 1972, 1993 Amendments
- Intervention Comvention 1969
- Intervention Protocol 1973
- Fund Protocol 2000
- Athens Conventions relating to the Carriage of Passengers
and their Luggage at Sea 1974; 1976 and 1990 Protocols.
- LLMC 1996 Protocol.
- Salvage Convention 1989
- SUA Convention 1988
- SUA Protocol 1988
ILO
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Medical Examination
of Young Persons 1921 |
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22 |
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Articles
of Agreement 1926 (Merchant Shipping Notice MSN-0021) |
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58 |
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Minimum Age
(Revised) 1936 |
| No.
87 |
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Freedom of
Association and Protection of Right to Organize, 1948 |
| No
108 |
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Identity Documents
1958 |
| No
111 |
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Discrimination
(Employment and Occupation), 1958 |
| No
138 |
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Minimum Age
1973 |
| No.
23 |
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Repatriation of Seamen,
Convention, 1926 |
| No.
55 |
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Shipowners' Liability
(Sick and Injured Seamen) Convention, 1936 |
| No.
92 |
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Accommodation of Crews
Convention (Revised), 1949 |
| No.
133 |
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Accommodation of Crews
(Supplementary Provisions) Convention, 1970 |
| No.134 |
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Prevention of Accidents
(Seafarers) Convention, 1970 |
| No.
147 |
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Protocol to the Merchant
Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention 1976 |
FISHING CONVENTIONS/AGREEMENTS
- Instrument of Adherence to the International Convention for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.
- Instrument of Acceptance for the Agreement to Promote Compliance
with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing
Vessels on the High Seas (“Compliance Agreement”)
- Instrument of Accession to the Agreement relating to the Conservation
and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish
Stocks (“Fish Stocks Agreement”)
- Adopted the necessary steps to effectively implement the International
Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported
and Unregulated Fishing, which was adopted 2nd March 2001 and signed
on 23rd June 2001. These measures are contained in our High Seas Fishing
Act, 2003.
- Instrument of Acceptance of the Agreement for the Establishment
of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission.(IOTC)
- Instrument of Accession to the IATTC “Convention for the Strengthening
of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Established by the
1949 Convention between the United States of America and the Republic
of Costa Rica (“Antigua Convention”)
Accession to the following Fishing Conventions is in Process
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