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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox UK legislation |short_title = Belize Act 1981 |type = Act |parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom |long_title = An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, the attainment by Belize of independence within the Commonwealth. |year = 1981 |citation = 1981 c. 52 |introduced_by = |territorial_extent = |royal_assent = 28 July 1981 |commencement = 21 September 1981<ref>The Belize Independence Order 1981 (SI 1981/1107)</ref> |repeal_date = |amends = [[British Nationality Act 1948]] |replaces = |amendments = {{ubli|[[British Nationality Act 1981]]|[[Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995]]}} |related_legislation = |repealing_legislation= |status = amended |original_text = http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/52/enacted |legislation_history = |use_new_UK-LEG = yes |UK-LEG_title = |revised_text = |millbankhansard = |collapsed = }}

The '''Belize Act 1981''' (c. 52) was an [[Act of Parliament]] in the [[United Kingdom]].

The act made provisions for the nation of [[Belize]] (formerly [[British Honduras]]) to gain full independence and become a member of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] as a [[Commonwealth realm]]; prior to this, Belize had been a fully self-governing [[British colony]] from 1973.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hunter |first=Josh |date=2012-09-01 |title=A more modern crown: changing the rules of succession in the Commonwealth Realms |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03050718.2012.694997 |journal=Commonwealth Law Bulletin |language=en |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=423–466 |doi=10.1080/03050718.2012.694997 |issn=0305-0718|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Belize became independent on 21 September 1981.

==References== {{reflist}} {{refbegin}} *''Whitaker's Almanack: for the year 1982'', complete edition, p.&nbsp;364. J. Whitaker & Sons, London, 1981 *''Chronological table of the statutes''; HMSO, London. 1993. {{ISBN|0-11-840331-1}} {{refend}} {{Belize topics}} {{Authority control}}

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