The House of Representative met today, Friday, September 28, 2018, at 10:15 A.M. in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building, Belmopan. The proceedings of the Sitting were as follow:
PAPERS PRESENTED
No. HR158/1/12 – Supplementary Appropriation Schedule for Fiscal Year 2018/2019.
No. HR158A/1/12 – Social Security Board Annual Reports 2017 – Actuarial Review of the Social Security Scheme – 31 December 2017; and Audited Financial Statements for Years Ended – December 2017 and 2016.
No. HR159/1/12 – Harbours and Merchant Shipping (Certificate of Competency) Regulations, 2018.
Sessional Papers No. HR158/1/12 was referred to the Committee of Supply for examination, consideration and report, while Sessional Papers No. HR158A/1/12 and No. HR159/1/12 were ordered to lie on the Table.
BILLS INTRODUCED
- General Revenue Supplementary Appropriation (2018/2019) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to appropriate further sums of money for the use of the Public Service of Belize for the financial year ending on the thirty-first day of March, two thousand and nineteen.
2. Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to amend the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, Chapter 91 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011; to make provisions allowing petitions for divorce by consent of the parties in non-contentious proceedings; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
3. Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to amend the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act, Chapter 230 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011; to make better provisions in relation to the registration requirements of bills of sale in relation to vehicles and trailers requiring registration to be done with a Transport Department or municipal authority in the respective district; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
4. Bills of Sale (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to amend the Bills of Sale Act, Chapter 246 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011; to make better provisions in relation to the registration requirements of bills of sale in relation to vehicles and trailers by requiring registration to be done with a Transport Department or municipal authority in the respective district; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
MOTIONS
- International Fund for Agricultural Development US$8,000,000 – Resilient Rural Belize (Be-Resilient) Project Loan Motion, 2018.
- Conditional Settlement Agreement between NEWCO Limited and the Government of Belize Ratification Motion, 2018.
- Caribbean Development Bank Third Water (South Ambergris Caye Water and Sewerage Expansion) Project – Belize Water Services Limited Loan Guarantee Motion, 2018.
- Adoption of the Report from the Ombudsman Reports Committee on The Seventeenth Annual Report of the Ombudsman of Belize for the Year Ending 2017.
All 4 Motions were adopted in the House of Representatives.
BILLS FOR SECOND READING
1. General Revenue Supplementary Appropriation (2018/2019) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to appropriate further sums of money for the use of the Public Service of Belize for the financial year ending on the thirty-first day of March, two thousand and nineteen.
2. General Registry (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to amend the General Registry Act, Chapter 327 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, to alleviate the administrative burden of the Registrar General; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
3. Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to amend the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, Chapter 157 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, to make better provisions for the administration of the office of registration of births and deaths; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
4. Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to amend the Companies Act, Chapter 250 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, to clarify the definition of the term Registrar of Companies; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
5. Business Names (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to amend the Business Names Act, Chapter 247 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, to clarify the definition of the term Registrar of Business Names; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
6. Patents (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to amend the Patents Act, Chapter 253 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, to clarify the definition of the term Registrar of Intellectual Property; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Crime Control and Criminal Justice (Amendment) (No.2) Bill, 2018.
Bill for an Act to amend the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act, Chapter 102 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011, as amended by Act No. 6 of 2018, to ensure the continued application of section 16(2) (k) of the Act in relation to the bail restrictions for gang membership and other offences, so as to, among other things, ensure consistency with the amendments introduced by the Crime Control and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act, 2018; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The meeting came to an end at 3:35 P.M.