BULLETIN 2023 – NUMBER OF ACTS ENACTED – 29
An Act to amend the National Pension Scheme Act.
Date of Commencement: 18th April, 2023.
Amends: ss 2, 9, 19, 24, 34 and 53.
Inserts: ss 19A and 21A.
An Act to provide for the granting of a licence to deal in, manufacture, import and export a controlled substance; regulate the use, dispensing, manufacture, wholesale, transfer, supply, sell, distribution and possession of a controlled substance for medicinal, scientific and research purposes; provide for procedures and criteria for classification of controlled substances; provide for the functions of the Zambia Medicines and Regulatory Authority relating to controlled substances; repeal and replace the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1967; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: On Notice.
See: Controlled Substances Act.
An Act to provide for the accreditation of examination centres; provide for the administration of examinations; continue the existence of the Examinations Council of Zambia and re-define its functions; constitute the Board of the Examinations Council of Zambia and provide for its
functions; repeal and replace the Examinations Council of Zambia Act, 1983; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 6th October, 2023 [through SI 42/2023].
An Act to amend the Teaching Profession Act.
Date of Commencement: 18th April, 2023.
Amends: ss 2, 6, 11, 28 and 59.
Repeals: ss 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37 and Part V.
Subs: s 36.
An Act to promote and enhance rural electrification; continue the existence of the Rural Electrification Authority and redefine its functions; constitute the Board of the Authority
and provide for its functions; continue the existence of the Rural Electrification Fund; repeal and replace the Rural Electrification Act, 2003; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 18th April, 2023.
An Act to amend the Anti-Terrorism and Non-Proliferation Act.
Date of Commencement: 18th April, 2023.
Amends: ss 2, 6, 7, 11, 14, 30, 32, 36, 41, 44, 47, 48, 50, 52, 62, 66 and 70.
Subs: ss 5, 12, 18, 20, 23, 42, 43, 49, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, First and Second Schedules.
Inserts: ss 9A, 43A, 43B, 69A and 72A.
Repeals: s 22.
General Amendment: This Act is amended by the deletion of the words “financing of terrorism” wherever the words appear, except in the Second Schedule, and the substitution therefor of the words “terrorism financing”.
An Act to amend the National Prosecution Authority Act.
Date of Commencement: 17th August, 2023.
Amends: s 2.
Subs: s 7 and First Schedule (Part 1).
Inserts: s 7A.
An Act to amend the Environment Management Act.
Date of Commencement: 17th August, 2023.
Amends: ss 2, 6, 9, 11, 13, 29, 30, 31, 37, 40, 53, 56, 66, 90, 105, 112, 113, 117, 132 and First Schedule.
Subs: ss 61, 65, 111 and 115.
Inserts: ss 12A, 29A, 29B and 65A.
An Act to provide for the registration of valuation surveyors and regulate their practice and professional conduct; continue the existence of the Valuation Surveyors Registration Board and re-name it as the Zambia Institute of Valuation Surveyors and re-define its functions; repeal and replace the Valuation Surveyors Act; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 17th August, 2023.
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, 2023, not exceeding in the aggregate eleven billion, five hundred thirteen million, eight hundred forty-five thousand, eight hundred seventy-three-kwacha.
Date of Commencement: 17th August, 2023.
An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trade marks and geographical indications; provide for the rights conferred by the registration of trade marks and geographical indications; provide for the effects of registration of trade marks and geographical indications; provide for civil and criminal enforcement for infringement of registered trade marks and geographical indications; domesticate the Madrid Protocol relating to the International Registration of Marks, the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and the World Trade Organisation Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, and any other relevant international treaty or convention to which the Republic is a State Party; repeal and replace the Trade Marks Act, 1958; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: On Notice.
An Act to amend the Defence Act.
Date of Commencement: 26th December, 2023.
Amends: ss 29, 30, 36, 37, 73, 74, 75, 88, 95, 116, 117, 134, 136 and 137.
Subs: s 71.
Repeals: ss 107 and 145.
An Act to amend the Marriage Act.
Date of Commencement: 26th December, 2023.
Amends: s 2.
Subs: ss 33 and 34.
An Act to establish the Judicial Training Institute of Zambia for the purposes of providing continuing professional development training for judges, judicial officers and judicial staff in order to enhance the quality of the justice system in the Republic; 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: On Notice.
An Act to amend the Zambia Institute of Marketing Act.
Date of Commencement: 26th December, 2023.
Amends: s 2.
An Act to provide for imposition, payment and collection of a mobile money transaction levy and provide for matters connected with, and incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: 1st January, 2024.
An Act to amend the Public Procurement Act.
Date of Commencement: 26th December, 2023.
Amends: ss 2, 3, 4, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 29, 34, 37, 39, 41, 51, 56, 68, 71, 72, 76, 84, 89, 93, 97, 100 and 105.
Subs: ss 36, 48, 66, 77 and 99.
Inserts: s 51A.
An Act to regulate the implementation of public-private partnerships in the Republic; promote the participation of the private sector in the design, financing, construction, development, operation or maintenance of infrastructure or delivery of services through public-private partnerships; provide for the procedures for the approval, award and implementation of public-private partnerships projects in accordance with principles of transparency, fairness, stability, proper management, integrity, competition, economy and long term sustainability; provide for rehabilitation, modernisation, expansion and operation of existing infrastructure facilities and systems and their maintenance; strengthen the institutional framework for the implementation of public-private partnership projects; provide for the establishment of the Public-Private Partnership Office; provide for a transparent project selection process, clear procurement procedures, effective regulatory approvals and expanded contractual models in order to promote private sector investment; provide for the establishment of the Public- Private Partnership Project Development Support Fund; repeal and replace the Public-Private Partnership Act, 2009; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Date of Commencement: On Notice.
An Act to amend the Criminal Procedure Code.
Date of Commencement: 26th December, 2023.
Amends: ss 2, 11 and 123.
Inserts: ss 358A.
An Act to amend the Penal Code.
Date of Commencement: 26th December, 2023.
Inserts: Chapter XXXVIA (ss 282A to 282E).
Repeals: s 275.
An Act to amend the Competition and Consumer Protection Act.
Date of Commencement: 26th December, 2023.
Amends: ss 2, 3, 5, 7, 14, 24, 42, 43, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, 55, 57, 59, 64, 65 and 67.
Subs: ss 8, 17, 35, 37, 45, 47, 51, 58 and 75.
Inserts: ss 5A, 23A, 23B, 34A and Third schedule.
General Amendment: This Act is amended by the deletion of the words “to pay the Commission a fine” wherever the words appear and the substitution therefor of the words “to pay the Commission a penalty”.