Belize: Polity Style: 1973-2025 |
| 1 Jun 1973 |
the Colony of British Honduras is renamed Belize effective 1 Jun 1973 in accordance with the British Honduras Letters Patent 1973, issued by command of the Queen of the United Kingdom on 1 Jun 1973 (Statutory Instruments, 1973, Part II, Section 2, p. 4708) |
| 1 Jun 1973 - |
Belize |
| 21 Sep 1981 |
Belize became an independent state on 21 Sep 1981, the date appointed by the Belize Independence Order 1981, made on 31 Jul 1981 in accordance with an act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom (House of Commons on 30 Jun 1981, House of Lords on 27 Jul 1981, received Royal Assent on 28 Jul 1981) (Public General Acts, 1981, pp. 1103-1109) [1] |
| 21 Sep 1981 |
the Constitution of Belize, appended as a Schedule to the Belize Independence Order 1981, comes into operation on 21 Sep 1981, in accordance with the Belize Independence Order 1981 made on 31 Jul 1981 (Statutory Instruments, 1981, pp. 3398-3479; Belize Government Gazette, Extra, No. 44, p. 499 [attached as No. 14]) |
