This is a summary of an extensive briefing  provided by the Hotels Department when a property is first licensed.  Visit the library to download a copy:

Hotels and Tourist Accommodation Act
Chapter 285, Revised Edition 2003
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The substantive Laws as at 31st May 2003
 

Types of Business Subject to the Act

• Hotels and Resort
• Apartments, Condominiums, and Villas
• Guest houses, lodges, and Inns
• Community based tourist establishments
• Campsites
• Live-aboard vessels
• Religious, educational, and research facilities
  

Administrators of the Act

• The Registrar, under the general directions of Belize Tourism Board
• Any person whom the Registrar find fit to discharges his powers conferred to him by this act either specifically or generally
• The office of the Registrar is located at Level 1, New Horizon’s Building, 3 ½ Miles Northern Highway, Belize City. Telephone number: 223-1913/1910 or fax number: 223-1943