BULLETIN 2018 – NUMBER OF ACTS ENACTED – 23
An Act to provide for an institutional and regulatory framework for management of public funds; the strengthening of accountability, oversight, management and control of public funds in the public financial management framework; responsibilities and fiduciary duties of controlling officers and controlling bodies; enhancement of cash management systems to ensure efficient and effective utilisation of cash for the Government; the processes for efficient production of the Financial Report for the Republic; the management and control of public assets and stores; the repeal of the Public Finance Act No. 15 of 2004; and matters connected with, or incidental, to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 30th May, 2018.
An Act to provide for sound financing for the national health system; provide for a universal access to quality insured health care services; establish the National Health Insurance Management Authority and provide for its functions and powers; establish the National Health Insurance Scheme and provide for its systems, procedures and operation; establish the National Health Insurance Fund and provide for contributions to and payments from the Fund; provide for accreditation criteria and conditions in respect of insured health care services; provide for complaints and appeals processes; provide for the progressive establishment of provincial and district health offices of the Authority; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 2nd November, 2018.
An Act to amend the Subordinate Courts Act.
Date of Commencement: 11th April, 2018.
An Act to amend the Judiciary Administration Act.
Date of Commencement: 11th April, 2018.
An Act to prevent and prohibit the carrying out of terrorism financing and proliferation activities; provide for measures for the detection and prevention of terrorism and proliferation activities; provide for the continued existence of the National Anti-Terrorism Centre and redefine its functions; provide for the offences of proliferation and proliferation financing; domesticate the international conventions and treaties on anti-terrorism and proliferation; repeal the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2007; and provide for matters, connected with, or incidental to the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 31st July, 2018.
An Act to establish the Information and Communications Technology Association of Zambia and provide for its functions; provide for the registration of information and communications technology professionals and regulate their professional conduct in the interest of the information and communications technology sector; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 31st July, 2018.
An Act to provide for the regulation of credit reporting agencies by the Bank of Zambia; the licensing of credit reporting agencies; the establishment of a Credit Registry; the governance and management of credit reporting agencies; the protection of data subjects; information sharing and reporting to enable assessment of the credit worthiness of a data subject; and matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 17th October 2019.
An Act to amend the Public-Private Partnership Act, 2009.
Date of Commencement: 31st July, 2018.
An Act to authorise supplementary expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of monies required for the services of the Republic during the financial year ending 31st December 2018, not exceeding in the aggregate seven billion, two hundred and thirty-three million, five hundred and thirteen thousand, eight hundred and sixty-six kwacha.
Date of Commencement: 31st July, 2018.
An Act to provide for the management, disbursement, utilisation and accountability of the Constituency Development Fund established under the Constitution; establish Constituency Development Fund Committees in constituencies and provide for their composition and functions; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 24th May, 2019.
An Act to provide for co-ordinated border management and control for the efficient movement and clearance of goods; give effect to the provisions of agreements on one-stop border posts; provide for simplified arrangements with adjoining States relating to the movement and clearance of goods; to establish control zones and provide for powers of officers in control zones; to provide for the development, management and maintenance of border infrastructure; to authorise the application of the Laws of Zambia and the laws of adjoining States in one-stop border posts; to repeal and replace the One-stop Border Control Act, 2009; and to provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 22nd February, 2019.
An Act to establish an integrated National Statistical System; provide for mechanisms for coordination, collection, management and dissemination of statistics; promote the use of statistical data and information at individual, institutional, national and international levels; re-constitute the Central Statistical Office as the Zambia Statistics Agency and define its functions; establish the Board of the Zambia Statistics Agency and define its functions; provide for the production and compilation of official statistics in a transparent and impartial manner; ensure the protection of personal data collected for statistical compilation purposes; build sustainable capacity for the production and use of statistical data and information for planning purposes; ensure coordination among statistical agencies; give effect to the United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics and Principles of the African Charter on Statistics; repeal the Census and Statistics Act 1955 and the Agricultural Statistics Act 1964; and to provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: On Notice.
An Act to amend the Business Regulatory Act.
Date of Commencement: 26th December, 2018.
An Act to amend the Value Added Tax Act.
Date of Commencement: 1st January, 2019.
See: Value Added Tax Act.
An Act to amend the Insurance Premium Levy Act, 2018.
Date of Commencement: 1st January, 2019.
An Act to amend the Mines and Minerals Development Act, 2015.
Date of Commencement: 1st January, 2019.
An Act to amend the Customs and Excise Act.
Date of Commencement: 1st January, 2019.
See: Customs and Excise Act.
An Act to provide for the sustainable regulation and management of solid waste; general and self-service solid waste services; the incorporation of solid waste management companies and define their statutory functions; the licensing and functions of solid waste service providers, operators and self-service solid waste providers and provide for their functions; the regulation, operation, maintenance and construction of landfills and other disposal facilities; the setting and approval of tariffs for management of solid waste and provision of solid waste services; and matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 11th April, 2019.
An Act to provide for the levying of rates; provide for the assessment of rateable property, plant and machinery; provide for the appointment and powers of valuation surveyors; provide for the continuation of the Rating Valuation Tribunal and revise its composition, jurisdiction and powers; repeal the Rating Act, 1997; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 22nd February, 2019.