BULLETIN 2022 – NUMBER OF ACTS ENACTED – 30
An Act to provide for the membership, functions, operations and financial management of the Emoluments Commission; provide for a harmonised framework to govern the determination and management of emoluments for chiefs and officers in a State organ and State institution; enhance the capacity of a State organ and State institution to attract, retain and motivate officers and staff with requisite qualifications, skills and experience in order to improve service delivery; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 6th July, 2022 [through SI 47/2022].
An Act to continue the existence of the Zambia Institute of Marketing and redefine its powers and functions; promote and enhance the marketing profession; provide for the registration of marketers and regulate their practice and professional conduct; repeal and replace the Zambia Institute of Marketing Act, 2003; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 20th May, 2022 [through SI 35/2022].
An Act to continue the existence of the Zambia Institute of Human Resources Management and rename it as the Zambia Institute of Human Resource Management and re-define its functions; promote and enhance the human resource management profession; provide for the registration of human resource management practitioners and regulate their practice and professional conduct; repeal and replace the Zambia Institute of Human Resources Management Act, 1997; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 12th April, 2022.
An Act to continue the existence of the Social Workers’ Association of Zambia; provide for the registration of social workers and regulate their professional conduct; provide for disciplinary procedures for social workers in the social work profession; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: On Notice
An Act to provide for the additional functions, operations and management of the Bank of Zambia; provide for the composition of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Zambia and provide for their functions; provide for the establishment of the Monetary Policy Committee and the Financial Stability Committee and provide for their functions; repeal and replace the Bank of Zambia Act, 1996; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 11th August, 2023 [through SI 25/2023].
See: Bank of Zambia Act
An Act to amend the Judges (Conditions of Service) Act.
Date of Commencement: 29th July, 2022.
Amends: ss 2 and 12
Subs: s 3
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 2022, not exceeding in the aggregate twenty-two billion, three hundred fifty-seven million, six hundred eighty-five thousand, four hundred fifty- seven kwacha.
Date of Commencement: 5th August, 2022.
An Act to amend the Road Traffic Act, 2002.
Date of Commencement: 9th August, 2022.
Amends: ss 2, 4, 8, 13, 16, 20, 27, 28, 42, 45, 46, 48, 64, 120, 148, 149, 153, 158, 170, 172, 180, 184, 212, 233 and Third Schedule
Subs: ss 5, 6, 10, 39, 56, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 177, 187, heading of Part VIII and First Schedule
Inserts: ss 5A, 5B, 5C, 13A, 110A, 110B, 110C, 110D, 110E, 180A, 181A, 226A,
232A and 232B
Repeals: s 38
See: Road Traffic Act
An Act to amend the Public Roads Act, 2002.
Date of Commencement: 11th August, 2022.
Amends: s 2
Subs: ss 6, 7, 8 and First Schedule
Inserts: ss 8A and 76A
See: Public Roads Act
An Act to provide for the promotion, regulation and monitoring of the production, marketing and packing of tobacco in the Republic; provide for the regulation of the import of tobacco to the Republic; continue the existence of the Tobacco Board of Zambia and re-define its functions; re-constitute the composition of the Board and revise the Board functions; provide for the imposition and collection of a levy on tobacco grown in the Republic; repeal and replace the Tobacco Act, 1967 and the Tobacco Levy Act, 1967; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 11th August, 2022.
See: Tobacco Act
An Act to continue the existence of the Zambia Public Relations Association and re-name it as Zambia Institute of Public Relations and Communication and re- define its functions; provide for registration of public relations and communication professionals; regulate public relations and communication professionals conduct; constitute the Council of the Institute and provide for its functions; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 11th August, 2022.
See: Zambia Institute of Public Relations and Communication Act
An Act to reform and consolidate the law relating to children; provide for parental responsibility, custody, maintenance, guardianship, foster care, adoption, care and protection of children; provide for the grant of legal aid to, and establish procedures for the treatment of, children in conflict with the law; provide for the making of social welfare reports in respect of a child in conflict with the law; establish diversion and alternative correctional programmes and promote the rehabilitation of a child in conflict with the law through programmes to facilitate restorative justice and compliance with laws; provide for the protection of a child victim and child witness in investigative and judicial processes; provide for the probation of a child in conflict with the law and provision of probation services; provide for the development of treatment programmes, early intervention services and programmes to combat crime and prevent further offending; limit the negative effects of confinement by minimising the impact of a finding of guilty on the family of a child in conflict with the law and facilitate the re-integration of the child in conflict with the law into society; provide for the establishment of child approved centres and child reformatory centres; provide for the regulation of child care facilities; provide for child safeguarding; domesticate the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Inter-Country Adoption and the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; repeal the Legitimacy Act, 1929, the Adoption Act, 1956, the Juveniles Act, 1956 and the Affiliation and Maintenance of Children Act, 1995 and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 11th August, 2022.
See: Children Code Act
An Act to amend the Penal Code.
Date of Commencement: 11th August, 2022.
Subs: s 14
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An Act to amend the Probation of Offenders Act.
Date of Commencement: 11th August, 2022.
Amends: ss 2, 3, 10, 11 and 17
Inserts: s 3A
An Act to provide for the raising of loans and grants; the issuing of guarantees; the approval of loans by the National Assembly; the issuing of loans by or on behalf of the Government; the establishment of sinking funds; the establishment of the Debt Management Office and provide for its functions; the repeal of the Loans and Guarantees (Authorisation) Act, 1969, and the General Loan and Stock Act, 1931; and matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 11th August, 2022.
An Act to amend the Anti-Human Trafficking Act, 2008.
Date of Commencement: 16th November, 2022.
Amends: ss 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 19, 22, 110 and Schedule
Inserts: Part IA (ss 2A-2C), ss 3A, 22A and 94A
Subs: ss 3, 4, 24 and 101
General amendment: The Act is amended by the deletion of the words “police officer” wherever the words appear and the substitution therefor of the words “authorised officer”.
An Act to continue the existence of the Zambia Development Agency and re-define its functions; re-constitute the Board of the Agency and provide for its functions; repeal and replace the Zambia Development Agency Act, 2006; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 13th January, 2023 [through SI 2/2023].
An Act to foster economic growth and development by promoting trade, business development and investment in the Republic through an efficient, effective and coordinated private sector led economic development strategy; promote economic diversification through the growth of exports; promote, facilitate, protect and monitor domestic and foreign direct investment; promote investment through joint ventures and partnerships between local and foreign investors; facilitate the development of industrial infrastructure and commercial services; promote research on matters related to industrial development; facilitate the protection of infant industries; and provide for matters connected with, and incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 13th January, 2023 [through SI 3/2023].
An Act to continue the existence of the Professional Secretaries Association of Zambia and re-name it as Zambia Institute of Secretaries and re-define its functions; provide for the registration of professional secretaries; regulate professional secretaries’ conduct; constitute the Council of the Institute and provide for its functions; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 9th December, 2022.
An Act to amend the National Pension Scheme Act.
Date of Commencement: 9th December, 2022.
Amends: s 15
Subs: s 39
An Act to amend the Securities Act.
Date of Commencement: 27th December, 2022.
Amends: ss 2, 9, 22, 23, 37, 49, 79, 81, 84, 128, 148, 194, 208, 209 and First Schedule.
Repeals: ss 11 and 12.
Inserts: ss 46A, 46B, 130A, 194A, 195A, 218A, 218B and Part IIA (ss 19A-19J).
Subs: s 195.
General amendment: The Act is amended by the deletion of the words “venture capital fund” and “venture capital funds,” wherever the words appear and the substitution therefor of the words “private fund” and “private funds”, respectively.
See: Securities Act