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CHAPTER 273 - ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND ACT: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

 

INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

Employers Exemption Order

Zambia National Provident Fund (Eligible Employees) Order

Employees Declaration Order

Zambia National Provident Fund (Zambia Railways Benefit) Regulations

Zambia National Provident Fund (Age Benefit) Regulations

Zambia National Provident Fund (Home Ownership Withdrawal Benefit) Order

Zambia National Provident Fund (Funeral Grant) Regulations

Zambia National Provident Fund (Maternity Grant) Regulations

Zambia National Provident Fund (Domestic Servants) Regulations

Zambia National Provident Fund Regulations

Zambia National Provident Fund (Annuity) Regulations

Zambia National Provident Fund (Statutory Contributions) Regulations

 

EMPLOYERS EXEMPTION ORDER

[Section 10(2)]

Arrangement of Paragraphs

   Paragraph

   1.   Title

   2.   Exemption of employers of domestic servants in private households

SI 338 of 1967.

[Order by the Minister]

 

1.   Title

This Order may be cited as the Employers Exemption Order.

 

2.   Exemption of employers of domestic servants in private households

Employers of domestic servants in private households shall be exempted from the requirements of sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Act, relating to the registration of employers.

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES) ORDER

[Section 11]

Arrangement of Paragraphs

   Paragraph

   1.   Title

   2.   Certain holders of offices to be deemed eligible employees

   3.   Designated employees liable to make contributions

   4.   Declaration of date

      SCHEDULE

[Order by the President]

SI 2 of 1975.

 

1.   Title

This Order may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Eligible Employees) Order.

 

2.   Certain holders of offices to be deemed eligible employees

It is hereby directed that the holders of the offices specified in column 1 of the Schedule shall, for the purposes of the Zambia National Provident Fund Act, be deemed to be eligible employees.

 

3.   Designated employees liable to make contributions

The persons designated in column 2 of the Schedule shall be liable to make contributions to the Fund in respect of the holders of the offices listed in column 1 thereof and such persons shall be deemed to be employers for the purposes of section 10 of the Zambia National Provident Fund Act.

 

4.   Declaration of date

The date stated in column 3 of the Schedule shall be the date when the persons designated as employers in column 2 thereof become contributing employers for the purposes of section 10 of the Zambia National Provident Fund Act.

 

SCHEDULE

Column 1
Office

Column 2
Employer

Column 3
Date

Vice President

Permanent Secretary,
Minister of Planning and Finance

1st January, 1975

Speaker

Clerk of the National Assembly

1st January, 1975

Minister

Permanent Secretary,
Minister of Planning and Finance

1st January, 1975

Attorney-General

Permanent Secretary,
Minister of Planning and Finance

1st January, 1975

Deputy Speaker

Clerk of the National Assembly

1st January, 1975

Junior Minister

Permanent Secretary,
Minister of Planning and Finance

1st January, 1975

Member of the National Assembly

Clerk of the National Assembly

1st January, 1975

Town Clerk

Permanent Secretary,
Minister of Planning and Finance

1st January, 1975

 

EMPLOYEES DECLARATION ORDER

[Section 14(2)]

Arrangement of Paragraphs

   Paragraph

   1.   Title

   2.   Students in vacation employment and school leavers in temporary employment declared to be non-eligible employees

   3.   Categories of probationers in the public service declared to be non-eligible employees

 

[Order by the Minister]

SI 77 of 1966.

 

1.   Title

This Order may be cited as the Employees Declaration Order.

 

2.   Students in vacation employment and school leavers in temporary employment declared to be non-eligible employees

Whole-time students of any University or institution offering further education or vocational training who obtain temporary employment while on vacation from such a University or institution, and persons who having left school take temporary employment while waiting to take places granted for admission for a full-time course at such a University or institution, are hereby declared not to be eligible employees.

 

3.   Categories of probationers in the public service declared to be non-eligible employees

Persons serving on probation and whose service would on being confirmed in appointment qualify as service for pension or gratuity under the African Civil Servants"™ Pensions Regulations, Chapter 57 of the 1964 Edition of the Laws, or under the Subordinate Police (Pensions) Regulations, and persons serving on probation or on probationary agreements who would on being confirmed in pensionable office qualify for pension under the European Officers"™ Pensions Act, are hereby declared not to be eligible employees.

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (ZAMBIA RAILWAYS BENEFIT) REGULATIONS

[Section 26(5)]

Arrangement of Regulations

   Regulation

   1.   Title

   2.   Secretary authorised to make payments

[Regulations by the Minister]

SI 294 of 1969.

 

1.   Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Zambia Railways Benefit) Regulations.

 

2.   Secretary authorised to make payments

Authority is hereby given to the Secretary of the Zambia National Provident Fund to pay to any employee of Zambia Railways who was until midnight on the 30th June, 1967, an employee of Rhodesia Railways and a member of the Rhodesia Railways Contributory Pension Fund, and who applies for such payment, one instalment of up to forty per centum of the capital sum paid by the Trustees of the Rhodesia Railways Contributory Pension Fund to the Zambia National Provident Fund on his behalf, and each such payment made in pursuance of this regulation is hereby approved.

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (AGE BENEFIT) REGULATIONS

[Section 27]

Arrangement of Regulations

   Regulation

   1.   Title

   2.   Benefit payable on retirement

   3.   Benefit payable on age qualification

   4.   Claim by Member for benefit

      SCHEDULE

[Regulations by the Minister]

SI 77 of 1973.

 

1.   Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Age Benefit) Regulations, and shall come into force on 1st April, 1973.

 

2.   Benefit payable on retirement

A Member who has attained the age of 50 years and satisfies the Director that he intends to be self-employed or to retire from regular paid employment under a contract of service, shall be eligible for a retirement benefit from the Fund:

Provided that any person who was a Member of the Fund prior to 1st April, 1973, may, at his option, claim a retirement benefit at any time after attaining the age of 45 years.

 

3.   Benefit payable on age qualification

A Member who satisfies the Director that he has attained the age of 55 years, whether or not he has retired from employment under a contract of service, shall be eligible for an age benefit:

Provided that any person who was a Member of the Fund prior to 1st April, 1973, may, at his option, claim an age benefit at any time after attaining the age of 50 years.

 

4.   Claim by Member for benefit

A claim by any Member for a benefit under these Regulations shall be in the form set out in the Schedule hereto, and shall be lodged at the head office of the Fund not less than fourteen days before the payment is required.

 

SCHEDULE

[Regulation 4]

 

NPF31

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND

CLAIM FOR AGE BENEFIT

1.   Name and address of claimant (in block capitals)

 

For Office Use Only

   (a)   Surname ...............................................................

As on National
Registration

   (b)   Other names ..........................................................}
..............................................................................
..............................................................................

Card or Member's
Registration Card

NPF64 sent

   (c)   National Registration Number.

........../........../....

 

   (d)   Year of birth ............................................................}

..........................

 

Initials

   (e)   Member's Social Security Number

:         :

 

..............

   (f)   Date of joining National Provident Fund

.......

 

Date

   (g)   Address for correspondence and benefit payment:
............................................................................................................
............................................................................................................
............................................................................................................

   

   (h)   Residential address:
............................................................................................................
............................................................................................................

 


........

2.   (a)   Age of claimant as shown on National Registration Card...............

   (b)   If date of birth is different from that shown on National Registration Card, list documents to support difference:

   (a)   ..........................................

   (b)   ..........................................

   (c)   ..........................................

3.   Claimant's present or last employer

Account No. (if known)

   (a)   Employer's full name and address

..................................

      .........................................................................................
      .........................................................................................
      .........................................................................................

 

   (b)   Claimant's occupation and works No. (if any)
   ................................................................................................................................

   (c)   If not employed, state date left the above-mentioned employer
   ................................................................................................................................

4.   Claimant's previous employers:

Employer's full

Claimant's occupation and works No.

Period employed

Employer's

names and address

(if any)

From

To

account No.

   (a)   ....................
....................
....................

...........................

..............

..............

..........................

   (b)   ....................
....................
....................

..........................

..............

..............

.........................

(If this space is insufficient, please write details on a separate sheet)

5.   Claim for benefit: *I declare that I have attained the age of 50/55 years.

I hereby claim an age benefit in accordance with the provisions of the Zambia National Provident Fund Act, and I declare that the above particulars stated in support of my claim are correct.

   (a)   I declare that I have not previously been paid a benefit.

 

   (b)   I declare that I received an age benefit on.................................................

   (c)   I declare that I have received the following other benefit(s) from the Fund.....................................................................................................

 

*Only persons who were members of the Fund prior to 1st April, 1973, are eligible for an age benefit at 50 years

 

Two years must elapse between payments of benefit to any member on age grounds, and if a member has received a benefit, this must be declared at (b).

I wish the benefit payment to be sent to me at the following address:

...............................................................................................................................................

...............................................................................................................................................

which will be my address for any correspondence in connection with this claim until

(Date)   ........................................................................................................

Claimant's signature (or mark) ..................................................................................................

Date........................................................................................................................................

Attesting Witness:

(A Labour Officer, or Social Welfare Officer in the Administrative Grade or Minister of Religion, or Legal Practitioner, or Bank Manager, or Medical Practitioner, or Commissioner for Oaths)

Signature.......................................................

Full Name......................................................

(block letters)

Designation ...................................................
Address ........................................................
.....................................................................

This form should be sent to:

The Director

Zambia National Provident Fund

P.O. Box 2990

Lusaka

 

NPF31A

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND CLAIM FOR RETIREMENT BENEFIT


1.   Name and address of claimant (in block capitals)

 

For Office Use Only

   (a)   Surname ...............................................................

As on National
Registration

   (b)   Other names ..........................................................}
..............................................................................
..............................................................................

Card or Member's
Registration Card

NPF64 sent

   (c)   National Registration Number.

........../........../....

 

   (d)   Year of birth ............................................................}

..........................

 

Initials

   (e)   Member's Social Security Number

:         :

 

............

   (f)   Date of joining National Provident Fund

.......

 

Date

   (g)   Address for correspondence and benefit payment:
............................................................................................................
............................................................................................................
............................................................................................................

   

   (h)   Residential address:
............................................................................................................
............................................................................................................

 


........

2.   (a)   Age of claimant as shown on National Registration Card...............

   (b)   If date of birth is different from that shown on National Registration Card, list documents to support difference:

   (a)   ..........................................

   (b)   ..........................................

   (c)   ..........................................

3.   Claimant's present or last employer

Account No. (if known)

   (a)   Employer's full name and address

..................................

      .........................................................................................
      .........................................................................................
      .........................................................................................

 

   (b)   Claimant's occupation and works No. (if any)
   ................................................................................................................................

   (c)   If not employed, state date left the above-mentioned employer
   ................................................................................................................................

               4.   Claimant's previous employers:

Employer's full

Claimant's occupation and works No.

Period employed

Employer's

names and address

(if any)

From

To

account No.

   (a)   ....................
....................
....................

...........................

..............

..............

..........................

   (b)   ....................
....................
....................

..........................

..............

..............

.........................

(If this space is insufficient, please write details on a separate sheet)

5.   Claim for benefit: *I declare that I have attained the age of 50/55 years.

I hereby claim an age benefit in accordance with the provisions of the Zambia National Provident Fund Act, and I declare that the above particulars stated in support of my claim are correct.

   (a)   I declare that I have not previously been paid a benefit.

   (b)   I declare that I received an age benefit on.........................................................................................................

complete or delete as applicable

   (c)   I declare that I have received the following other benefit(s) from the Fund...................................................................................................

 

*Only persons who were members of the Fund prior to 1st April, 1973, are eligible for an age benefit at 50 years

 
 

6.   Claim for benefit:

I hereby claim a retirement benefit under the Zambia National Provident Fund Act, and I declare that the particulars in support of this claim are correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

   I wish the benefit payment to be sent to me at the following address:

   ...........................................................................................................................................
   ...........................................................................................................................................

   Claimant's signature (or mark)...............................................................................................
Date..............................................................................................................................

Attesting Witness:

(A Labour Officer, or Social Welfare Officer in the Administrative Grade or Minister of Religion, or Legal Practitioner, or Bank Manager, or Medical Practitioner, or Commissioner for Oaths)

Signature........................................................

Full Name.......................................................

(block letters)

Designation ....................................................

Address .........................................................

......................................................................

This form should be sent to:

The Director

Zambia National Provident Fund

P.O. Box 2990

Lusaka

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (HOME OWNERSHIP WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT) ORDER

[Section 30A]

Arrangement of Paragraphs

   Paragraph

   1.   Title

   2.   Entitlement of a Member

   3.   Payment of benefit

   4.   Method of payment

   5.   Claim by Member for benefit

   6.   Evidence to be produced

   7.   Claim by husband and wife

   8.   Transfer of benefit to another house

   9.   Refund of unutilised balance of benefit

   10.   Benefits to be claimed only once

   11.   Information to be furnished

      FIRST SCHEDULE

      SECOND SCHEDULE

[Order by the Minister]

SI 136 of 1974.

 

1.   Title

This Order may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Home Ownership Withdrawal Benefit) Order.

 

2.   Entitlement of a Member

Subject to the provisions of this Order, a Member of the Fund who satisfies the Director that he intends to acquire or build a dwelling house for his own occupation in a township or municipality shall be entitled to withdraw a benefit from the Fund:

Provided that"”

      (i)   the benefit does not include the twenty-four statutory contributions last credited to the Member's account by a contributing employer;

      (ii)   the benefit claimed from the Member's main account does not exceed the cumulative total of sixty contributions; and

      (iii)   the benefit claimed from the Member's savings account does not exceed the cumulative total of sixty contributions.

 

3.   Payment of benefit

The benefit referred to in paragraph 2 shall at the direction of the Member be payable to one of the following:

   (a)   the Zambia National Building Society;

   (b)   the Township Council or Municipal Council in whose area the dwelling house is situated or is to be erected;

   (c)   the vendor of the dwelling house; or

   (d)   a contractor engaged to build a dwelling house.

 

4.   Method of payment

The Director shall pay the benefit direct to the person named by the Member under the provisions of paragraph 3 at such times and in such instalments as may be required, and shall inform the Member of each payment so made.

 

5.   Claim by Member for benefit

A claim by any Member for a benefit in terms of this Order shall be in the form prescribed in the First Schedule, and shall be lodged at the head office of the Fund not less than thirty days before the payment is required.

 

6.   Evidence to be produced

The Director may require such supporting documents or other evidence as, in his opinion, are necessary to substantiate the claim for benefit.

 

7.   Claim by husband and wife

Where a husband and wife are both Members of the Fund and are otherwise both eligible to claim a benefit in terms of this Order, a joint application in respect of the same dwelling house may be made.

 

8.   Transfer of benefit to another house

Where a benefit or any part thereof has been paid to the person named by the Member under the provisions of paragraph 4 and the Member is unable for any reason beyond his control to proceed with the acquisition or building of the dwelling house described in his application and wishes to transfer the amount of his benefit towards the acquisition or building of another house, he shall notify the Director forthwith in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule.

 

9.   Refund of unutilised balance of benefit

Where the person named by the Member in paragraph 3 does not utilise the whole of the amount of the benefit paid to him, he shall refund the unutilised balance to the Director for credit to the Member's account.

 

10.   Benefits to be claimed only once

A benefit under the provisions of paragraph 2 may be claimed only once by a Member unless he has repaid in full to the Director for credit to his account any earlier benefit paid on his behalf under this Order.

 

11.   Information to be furnished

The person receiving the benefit under the provisions of paragraph 3 shall furnish the Director with such information as he may require for the administration of the benefit, and in any event shall inform the Director when the transfer or erection of the dwelling house has been completed.

 

FIRST SCHEDULE

[Paragraph 5]

NPF

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND

CLAIM FOR HOME OWNERSHIP WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT

Transfer of benefit to another house

1.   Name and address of claimant (in block capitals)


   (a)   Surname ...............................................................

 

For Office
Use Only

   (b)   Other names


      .............................................................................


      .............................................................................


      .............................................................................

As on National
Registration
Card or Member's
Registration Card


NPF64 sent


Initials

   (c)   National Registration Number.


   (d)   Year of birth

........../........../.....


............................

...........


..........


Date


...........

   (e)   Member's Social Security Number

:         :

 

   (f)   Date of joining National Provident Fund

.......

   (g)   Address for correspondence and benefit payment:


      .............................................................................................................


      .............................................................................................................


      .............................................................................................................


   (h)   Residential address:


      .............................................................................................................


      .............................................................................................................

2.   Claimant's present or last employer


   (a)   Employer's full name and address


      ........................................................................................


      ........................................................................................

Account No. (if known)


..................................

   (b)   Claimant's occupation and works No. (if any)


      .............................................................................................................................


   (c)   If not employed, state date left the above-mentioned employer


      .............................................................................................................................

3.   Claimant's previous employers:

Employer's full names and address

Claimant's occupation and works No. (if any)

Period employed

Employer's account No.

   

From

To

 

(1)   ............................


   ............................


   ............................


(2)   ............................


   ............................


   ............................


(3)   ............................


   ............................


   ............................


(4)   ............................


   ............................


   ............................

...........................




..........................




...........................




..........................

..............




..............




..............




..............

..............




..............




..............




..............

..........................




.........................


.



.........................




.........................

4.   Claim for benefit:


I hereby claim a withdrawal benefit in accordance with the provisions of section 30A of the Zambia National Provident Fund Act, and I declare that the particulars stated in support of my claim are correct.


   *(a)   I declare that I have not previously been paid a benefit from the Fund.


   *(b)   I declare that I have previously received a home ownership withdrawal benefit


      but repaid this to the Fund on..................................................







}







*Complete or delete as applicable

5.   (a)   I wish the benefit payment to be sent to one of the following:

      (i)   The Zambia National Building Society, P.O. Box ...............................................,

      (ii)   ............................................................Council, P.O. Box ...................................,

      (iii)   The vendor of the house, namely:

         P.O. Box ..............................................................................................................

          .............................................................................................................................

      (iv)   .......................The contractor engaged*/* to be engaged to build the house, namely:

         P.O. Box ..............................................................................................................

          .............................................................................................................................

   (b)   ............................................................*I wish the total benefit to be paid on or before

               (date payment required)

   (c)   *I wish payment to be made in......................................instalments as follows:

   

(number)

   

Date Payment

 

Amount

Required

1st instalment

K..........................

....................................................

2nd instalment

K..........................

....................................................

3rd instalment

K..........................

....................................................

4th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

5th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

6th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

7th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

8th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

6. I declare that my wife*/*husband is an eligible Member of the Fund and is also claiming a home ownership withdrawal benefit for the house described below.

Particulars of wife*/*husband:

   (a)   Surname ..................................................................................


   (b)   Other names ............................................................................


      ................................................................................................

As on National Registration Card or Member's Registration Card

   (c)   National Registration Number..................../......../........


*Delete words inapplicable


   (d)   Year of Birth............................................

 

   (e)   Social Security Number

.......:.........:.........

 

   (f)   Date of joining National Provident Fund .....................................................................


<BR:BT:0,0.0138889,FC:0,0,0>   (g)   Home Ownership Withdrawal Benefit Claim Form (NPF ) for wife*/*husband attached*/*sent to the Fund's office on ......................................................................


<BR:BT:0.00694444,0.0138889,FC:0,0,0>      .............................................................................................................................

7.   Particulars of house to be acquired or built:

   (a)   General:...................................

      (i)   Name of property:..........................

      (ii)   Plot Number: :..........................

      (iii)   Street Number: :.........................

      (iv)   Town: :.............................

   (b)   To be completed if the house is already built (otherwise complete (c) below):

      (i)   No. of living rooms:..........................................No. of bedrooms: :.....

         Water point: Yes*/*No.      W.C.: Yes*/*No.

         Bath or Shower: Yes*/*No.

      (ii)   Type of construction (brick, asbestos, etc. :..............

         Walls:............................................Roof: ...........................................................

      (iii)   Municipal valuation of land K.................................and improvements K...........

      (iv)   Purchase Price K...........................................

      (v)   Name and address of present owner: :................

         ..................................

      (vi)   Name and address of vendor's solicitors/advocates: ..........

         ...........................................................................................................................

   (c)   To be completed if the house is not yet built:

      (i)   Do you own the land, or have you been allocated the land by the local authority?
.......................................................

      (ii)   What is the receipt number for the deposit for the plot paid to the local authority?
.....................................................

      (iii)   Who is going to build the house?

Name:......................................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................................

      (iv)   No. of living rooms:...................................No. of bedrooms: ..................

         Water point: Yes*/*No.      W.C.: Yes*/*No.

         Bath or Shower: Yes*/*No.

      (v)   Type of construction (brick, asbestos, etc.) ..............

         ...........................................................................................................................

         Walls:...................................................Roof: ...............................................

      (vi)   Architect (if any). Name.............................................................................

         ...........................................................................................................................

*Delete words inapplicable

      (vii)   Estimated cost: K ........................................................................................

      (viii)   Estimated time for completion: ......................................................................

 

8.   (a)   *I wish to claim a benefit amounting to K....................................................................


   (b)   *I wish to claim the maximum benefit for which I am eligible in terms of the First Schedule to the Zambia National Provident Fund (Home Ownership Withdrawal Benefit) Regulations, 1974.


   Claimant's signature (or mark) ........................................................................................


   Date ...............................................................................................................................


Attesting Witness:

(A Labour Officer, or Social Welfare Officer in the Administrative Grade or Minister of Religion, or Legal Practitioner, or Bank }Manager, or Medical Practitioner, or Commissioner for Oaths)

}

Signature ..................................
Full Name .................................


(BLOCK LETTERS)


Designation ................................
Address .....................................

This form should be sent to:

The Director

Zambia National Provident Fund

P.O. Box

Lusaka

For Office Use Only


<BR:TP:0,0.0138889,FC:0,0,0,BT:0.00694444,0.0138889,FC:0,0,0>The Member is eligible for a benefit amounting to K..................................................................

     
 

N.B. You should attach to this form copies of any documents in your possession which will support your application.

 

 

SECOND SCHEDULE

[Paragraph 5]

NPF

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND

HOME OWNERSHIP WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT:

NOTIFICATION TO DIRECTOR OF TRANSFER OF BENEFIT

1.   Name and address of Member (in block capitals)


   (a)   Surname ..............................


   (b)   Other names............................


   (c)   National Registration Number......./......./.......


   (d)   Year of Birth...................................

As on National Registration Card or Member's Registration Card

   (e)   Member's Social Security Number:

.........................................

   (f)   Address for correspondence:


      ....................................................................................................................................


      ....................................................................................................................................


   (g)   Residential address:


      ....................................................................................................................................


      ....................................................................................................................................

2.   Member's present employer:


   (a)   Employer's full name and address:


      ...............................................................................................


      ...............................................................................................

Account No. (if known)


...................................

   (b)   Member's occupation and works No. (if any):


      ....................................................................................................................................

3.   Particulars of property for which benefit was paid:


   (a)   General:


      (i)   Name of property:...................................................................................................


      (ii)   Plot Number:...........................................................................................................


      (iii)   Street number:........................................................................................................


      (iv)   Town:......................................................................................................................


   (b)   Amount of benefit approved K........................................................................................


   (c)   Amount of benefit actually paid (if known) K..................................................................


   (d)   Name of person receiving benefit:


      (i)   Zambia National Building Society


      (ii)   ..........................................................................Local Authority


      (iii)   Vendor:....................................................................................................................


      (iv)   Contractor:...............................................................................................................

4.   Reason why transfer of benefit to another property is necessary:


....................................................................................................................................................


....................................................................................................................................................


..............................................................

5. Particulars of house to be acquired or built:


   (a)   General:


      (i)   Name of property:......................................................................................................


      (ii)   Plot Number:.............................................................................................................


      (iii)   Street Number:..........................................................................................................


      (iv)   Town:.......................................................................................................................


   (b)   To be completed if the house is already built (otherwise complete (c) below):


      (i)   No. of living rooms:.............................No. of bedrooms: ...........................................................


         Water point: Yes*/*No.       W.C.:Yes*/*No.


         Bath or Shower: Yes*/*No.


      (ii)   Type of construction (brick, asbestos, etc.)


         ..............................................................................................................................


         Walls:............................................ Roof: .............................................................


      (iii)   Municipal valuation of land K.............................. and improvements K................


      (iv)   Purchase price K..............................


      (v)   Name and address of present owner


      (vi)   Name and address of vendor's solicitors


         ..............................................................................................................................


         ..............................................................................................................................


         ..............................................................................................................................


   (c)   To be completed if the house is not yet built:


      (i)   Do you own the land, or have you been allocated the land by the local authority?


      (ii)   What is the receipt number for the deposit for the plot paid to the local authority?.................


         ..................................


      (iii)   Who is going to build the house?


         Name: ....................................................................................................................


         Address: ................................................................................................................


      (iv)   No. of living rooms:...................................No. of bedrooms: .................................


         Water point: Yes*/*No.      W.C.: Yes*/*No.


         Bath or Shower: Yes*/*No.


      (v)   Type of construction (brick, asbestos, etc.)


         ..............................................................................................................................


         Walls:...................................................Roof: .......................................................


      (vi)   Architect (if any).


         Name: ..................................................................................................................


         Address: ..............................................................................................................


*Delete words inapplicable

6. Revised schedule for instalment payments:

Please send the schedule of instalment payments for my befit as follows:

   

Date Payment

 

Amount

Required

1st instalment

K..........................

....................................................

2nd instalment

K..........................

....................................................

3rd instalment

K..........................

....................................................

4th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

5th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

6th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

7th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

8th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

Member's signature (or mark).....................................................................................................................................

Date........................................................................................................................................

This form should be sent to:

The Director

Zambia National Provident Fund

P.O. Box

Lusaka

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (FUNERAL GRANT) REGULATIONS

[Section 44]

Arrangement of Regulations

   Regulation

   1.   Title

   2.   Interpretation

   3.   Funeral grant

   4.   One grant to be paid

   5.   Board to determine amount of grant

   6.   Application for grant

   7.   Employer may act as agent

SI 193 of 1973.

 

1.   Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Funeral Grant) Regulations.

 

2.   Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires"”

"administrator" means a person appointed as such by the High Court or a Local Court;

"Board" means the Zambia National Provident Fund Board established under section 5 of the Act;

"contribution" means a contribution payable by an employer under the provisions of section 16, 16A or 17A of the Act;

"Director" means the Director of the Fund appointed under section 6 of the Act;

"employer" means an employer registered under section 10 of the Act;

"executor" means a person appointed by a deceased person to be executor of his Will;

"Fund" means the Zambia National Provident Fund;

"relative of a person" means"”

   (a)   when used in relation to a person not generally subject to customary law, the wife, husband, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, stepfather, step-mother, child, grandchild, brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister of such person; and

   (b)   when used in relation to a person generally subject to customary law, any one of such persons as are recognised under customary law as comprising his family.

 

3.   Funeral grant

The executor or administrator of a deceased Member's estate, or any relative of such deceased person who is responsible for the expenses of a deceased Member's burial, shall be entitled to claim from the Fund a grant towards the funeral expenses, if"”

   (a)   the deceased Member is buried or cremated in Zambia; and

   (b)   such grant is claimed within six months of the deceased Member's date of death; and

   (c)   at least twenty-four contributions of any class have been credited, or are due to be credited, by an employer to the account of the deceased Member at the date of his death; and

   (d)   the claim is supported by a certified copy of an entry in the Register of Deaths maintained by the Registrar-General under the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, or, in the absence of such certificate of registration of death, such evidence of death and burial as the Director may require; and

   (e)   the claim is supported by evidence of disbursement of money in connection with the deceased Member's burial and funeral arrangements.

 

4.   One grant to be paid

Only one funeral grant shall be paid from the Fund in connection with the funeral arrangements of a deceased Member.

 

5.   Board to determine amount of grant

The Board shall determine the amount of any funeral grant payable under these Regulations, having regard to the amount or probable amount of the special reserve created by the Board for such grants under the provisions of sub-section (3)(e) of section 34 of the Act.

 

6.   Application for grant

An application for a grant under these Regulations shall be in such form as the Director may determine from time to time.

 

7.   Employer may act as agent

The Director may enter into an arrangement with any registered employer under which such employer may act as the agent of the Board for the payment on behalf of the Board of a funeral grant to any person entitled to claim and complying with the provisions of regulation 3 and, if such an arrangement is made, the Director is authorised to reimburse such employer by an amount not exceeding the extent of the funeral grant determined under regulation 5.

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (MATERNITY GRANT) REGULATIONS

[Section 44]

Arrangement of Regulations

   Regulation

   1.   Title

   2.   Interpretation

   3.   Maternity grant

   4.   Board to determine amount of grant

   5.   Application for grant

[Regulations by the Minister]

SI 192 of 1973.

 

1.   Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Maternity Grant) Regulations.

 

2.   Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires"”

"Board" means the Zambia National Provident Fund Board established under section 5 of the Act;

"child" includes all children delivered as a result of the confinement in respect of which a maternity grant is claimed, and a child stillborn;

"contribution" means a contribution payable by an employer under the provisions of section 16, 16A or 17A of the Act;

"Director" means the Director of the Fund appointed under section 6 of the Act;

"Fund" means the Zambia National Provident Fund;

"maternity grant" means a grant from the special reserve created by the Board under the provisions of sub-section 3(d) of section 34 of the Act;

"Member" means a person to whose credit there is an amount standing in the Fund.

 

3.   Maternity grant

A female Member of the Fund shall, after confinement, be entitled to claim from the Fund a maternity grant towards the expenses of her confinement:

Provided that"”

   (a)   the confinement shall have taken place in Zambia;

   (b)   such grant is claimed within six months of the birth of her child;

   (c)   at least twenty-four contributions of any class have been credited, or are due to be credited, by an employer to the account of the Member at the date of the child's birth; and

   (d)   the claim is supported by a certified copy of an entry in the Register of Births maintained by the Registrar-General under the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, or, in the absence of such certificate of registration of birth, or of a still-birth, such evidence of confinement as the Director may require.

 

4.   Board to determine amount of grant

The Board shall determine the amount of any maternity grant payable under these Regulations, having regard to the amount or probable amount of the special reserve created by the Board for such grants under the provisions of sub-section 3(d) of section 34 of the Act.

 


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5.   Application for grant

An application for a grant under these Regulations shall be in such form as the Director may determine from time to time.

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (DOMESTIC SERVANTS) REGULATIONS

[Section 44]

Arrangement of Regulations

   Regulation

   1.   Title

   2.   Employer's records

   3.   Every domestic servant to be recorded

   4.   Register to be forwarded to Director

   5.   Domestic contribution and assessment

   6.   Amount of domestic contribution

   7.   Payment of domestic contributions

   8.   Contribution stamp to be cancelled

   9.   Wages paid in advance

   10.   Custody of domestic contribution card

   11.   Member's right of access to card

   12.   Termination of employment

   13.   Non-compliance by employer

   14.   Contribution card not to be assigned or charged

   15.   Prohibition of defacing or destroying of card

   16.   Allowance for spoiled, unused or erroneously used stamps

      SCHEDULE

SI 194 of 1973,

SI 69 of 1984,

SI 98 of 1984,

SI 75 of 1993,

SI 85 of 1995.

[Regulations by the Minister]

 

1.   Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Domestic Servants) Regulations.

 

2.   Employer's records

Every employer of a domestic servant required to register under the provisions of section 24A of the Act shall maintain a register of domestic servants employed by him in the form set out in the Schedule.

 

3.   Every domestic servant to be recorded

Whether an employer is liable to pay a domestic contribution in respect of an employee or is not so liable, the employer shall complete the register referred to in regulation 2 in respect of every domestic servant employed by him.

 

4.   Register to be forwarded to Director

The register maintained in accordance with regulation 2 shall be forwarded to the Director of the Fund before the thirtieth day of April in every year, or within fourteen days of the employer ceasing to employ any domestic servant whatsoever.

 

5.   Domestic contribution and assessment

Every employer of a domestic servant shall, for every month during which he employs such domestic servant in his private dwelling house for a period exceeding thirteen days (including Sundays and public holidays), pay into the Fund"”

   (a)   the domestic contribution of K1,500.00 in respect of which contribution the employer may deduct from the employee's wages a sum of K200.00, as the employee's share of such contribution; and

   (b)   an assessment of 10 ngwee under section 109 of the Workers"™ Compensation Act.

[Am by SI 85 of 1995.]

 

6.   Amount of domestic contribution

Out of the said domestic contribution of K1.500.00 mentioned in regulation 5, a sum of K1,000.00 be credited to the domestic servant's account in the Fund and K300.00 is hereby authorised as payment to the Fund in respect of the expenses of administration.

[Am by SI 85 of 1995.]

 

7.   Payment of domestic contributions

The domestic contribution and assessment mentioned in regulation 5 shall be deemed to have been paid into the Fund when a contribution stamp is purchased from a Post Office, or such other place as the Director may designate, and affixed to the domestic servant's contribution card, which shall be made available by the Director to any employer without charge.

 

8.   Contribution stamp to be cancelled

When the domestic contribution stamp is affixed to the contribution card, it must be cancelled forthwith by writing or stamping in non-washable ink across the face of the stamp the date on which it was affixed and the initials of the employer.

 

9.   Wages paid in advance

Where a domestic servant's wages for any contribution period are paid in advance by an employer, the employer shall pay before the payment of such wages the domestic contribution and the assessment mentioned in regulation 5 and due for such period by affixing stamps to the contribution card in accordance with the provisions of regulation 7.

 

10.   Custody of domestic contribution card

During the currency of the employment of a domestic servant a contribution card for the domestic servant shall be in the custody of the employer and, on expiration of the period for which the card is current or on termination of employment, shall be delivered by the employer to the Director within a period of fourteen days after such expiration or termination.

 

11.   Member's right of access to card

Subject to the provisions of regulation 12, a domestic servant shall be entitled during the currency of his employment to examine his contribution card at any reasonable time once in each calendar month.

 

12.   Termination of employment

On termination of a domestic servant's employment a domestic servant shall be entitled to examine his contribution card before leaving his employer's service, and is required to acknowledge by his signature or mark on the appropriate space on the card that the card has been correctly stamped.

 

13.   Non-compliance by employer

Where a domestic servant finds that his employer has not complied with regulation 5, he shall report the facts forthwith to the Director of the Fund, an inspector appointed by the Board, or to a Labour Officer.

 

14.   Contribution card not to be assigned or charged

No person shall assign or charge, or agree to assign or charge, any contribution card, and any sale, transfer or assignment of, or any charge on, any contribution card shall be void and of no effect.

 

15.   Prohibition of defacing or destroying of card

No person shall deface or destroy any contribution card or, save as authorised by the Director, alter, amend or erase any of the particulars thereon, except to record any changes of address of the employer.

 

16.   Allowance for spoiled, unused or erroneously used stamps

If the Director is satisfied within six months of the happening of the events mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) that any contribution stamp produced to him"”

   (a)   has been inadvertently and undesignedly spoiled or rendered unfit for use and has not, in his opinion, been affixed to a contribution card;

   (b)   has not been spoiled or rendered unfit for the purpose intended, but for which he has no immediate use; or

   (c)   has been affixed by him to a contribution card in error for a contribution month which was not payable by him, or for which a domestic contribution has previously been paid;

he may take over the contribution stamps and refund the amount of such stamps.

 

SCHEDULE

[Regulation 2]

REGISTER OF DOMESTIC SERVANTS EMPLOYED

 

Name of Servant

Male

National

Year

Social

Category

   

Date Engaged

Surname

First Name

or Female

Registration Number

of Birth

Security Number

of Servant*

Monthly Wages

Date Left

       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     

*Please classify the domestic servant as Gardener, House Servant, Cook or Nursemaid

Important


Please"”


O   Complete this Register in ink or with a ballpoint pen and use block letters.


O   Copy exactly the names, registration number and year of birth as shown on the employee's national registration card and NPF membership card.


O   Always quote the servant's social security number, as this is his savings account number.


O   State the work on which each servant is primarily engaged, e.g., gardener, house servant, cook, nursemaid.


O   Enter the employee's basic wages ignoring ration money, rent allowances and the value of any benefits in kind. Gross up daily or weekly pay to a monthly total.


O   Ensure that the details on the front cover of this register are completed before the register is returned to the ZNPF Head Office on 1st April next or if you cease to employ any domestic servants.



I certify that the information contained in this Register is correct.




Employer's signature:


....................................................................


This Register, duly completed for the previous year, and signed by the employer, must be sent by post to:


The Director,


Zambia National Provident Fund,


P.O. Box, Lusaka.



ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT
FUND


Register of Domestic Servants


Employed During the Year Ending


31st of March


Name of Employer:


...................................................................


Residential Address:


Stand/Plot No. ...........................................


Street: ........................................................


Town: .........................................................


P.O. Box No.: .............................................


Telephone No.: ...........................................

 

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND REGULATIONS

[Section 44]

Arrangement of Regulations

   Regulation

PART I
PRELIMINARY

   1.   Title

   2.   Interpretation

PART II
REGISTRATION OF EMPLOYERS AND IDENTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES

   3.   Registration of employers

   4.   Change of circumstances

   5.   Religious organisations

   6.   Employer's account number

   7.   Registration of employee

   8.   Membership card

   9.   Social security number

   10.   Employee responsible for card

   11.   Custody of cards

   12.   Member's right of access to card

   13.   Disposal of card

   14.   Lost or destroyed cards

   15.   Found cards

   16.   Incorrect card

   17.   Prohibition of defacing or destroying of cards

   18.   Incorrect possession of card

   19.   Possession of more than one card

PART III
CONTRIBUTIONS

   20.   Records to be kept by contributing employers

   21.   Monthly return to be made by contributing employers

   22.   Member contributing on his own behalf

   23.   Employment by two or more employers

   24.   Payment of contributions

   25.   Contributions made in error

   26.   Making of refunds

PART IV
BENEFIT

   27.   Claim by member for benefit

   28.   Claim for benefit after death of a member

   29.   Further evidence

   30.   Medical examination

   31.   Statutory declaration

PART V
MISCELLANEOUS

   32.   Form of payment

   33.   Signing of documents

   34.   Duty of employees

   35.   Incomplete or inaccurate documents

   36.   Transfer to the Reserve Account

   37.   Classification of wages

      FIRST SCHEDULE

      SECOND SCHEDULE

[Regulations by the Minister]

SI 269 of 1970,

SI 18 of 1971.

 

PART I
PRELIMINARY

 

1.   Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund Regulations.

 

2.   Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires"”

"account number" means an account number allotted under regulation 6;

"attesting witness" includes a labour officer, a social welfare officer, a public officer in the administrative grade, a Minister of religion, a legal practitioner, a Bank Manager, a qualified medical practitioner, a Commissioner for oaths and, exceptionally, such other person as the Director may approve for the purpose;

"Fund Office" means the head office of the Board or any district office established by the Board;

"inspector" means any person who is appointed an inspector under section 9 of the Act;

"member" means a person registered as such under the provisions of regulation 7, and includes a Member as defined in the Act;

"social security number" means the number allotted as such by the Director under the provisions of regulation 9;

"termination of employment" means the day on which the employment actually comes to an end, whether or not such termination is in accordance with the terms of the contract, and whether or not the employment is to be resumed at a later date.

 

PART II
REGISTRATION OF EMPLOYERS AND IDENTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES

 

3.   Registration of employers

An employer who is required to register under section 10 of the Act shall forward to the Director in writing the following"”

   (a)   full particulars of"”

      (i)   his name, the nature of his business, and his trader's licence (if any);

      (ii)   the address where his business is carried on, his postal address telephone number;

      (iii)   the number of his employees; and

      (iv)   any branches of the business, if the business is organised in branches (shops, departments, etc.), which have separate arrangements for paying wages; and

   (b)   a declaration signed by him in the following form:

"I declare that the information given above is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Signature .............................................................................

Date .....................................................................................

Designation or official status ...............................................

............................................................................................"

 

4.   Change of circumstances

Every registered employer shall inform the Director of the occurrence of any of the following events, not later than fourteen days after the event, that is to say"”

   (a)   if he changes his address;

   (b)   if he changes his business name or designation;

   (c)   if a branch of his business, which has been separately registered, is closed;

   (d)   if a new branch of his business, which is due to be separately registered, is opened; or

   (e)   if he ceases to be an employer.

 

5.   Religious organisations

An application by a religious organisation to register under section 12 of the Act shall be supported in writing by full particulars of"”

   (a)   the name of the organisation, its account number (if already allotted) and the name and postal address of its treasurer;

   (b)   the names of the Ministers of religion concerned; and

   (c)   a certified copy of the resolution of the organisation authorising the application.

 

6.   Employer's account number

The Director shall allot an account number to every registered employer.

 

7.   Registration of employee

   (1) Every person who intends to engage in regular employment and who will, in such employment, become an eligible employee, shall apply to the Director in such manner as the Director shall specify for registration as a member of the Fund and obtain a membership card or provisional registration card.

   (2) Every member of the Fund at the 23rd October, 1970.28commencement of these Regulations shall be deemed to have applied for registration in accordance with this regulation, and the Director shall issue a membership card or provisional registration card.

 

8.   Membership card

   (1) A membership card or provisional registration card shall be issued without charge to a person properly applying therefor and, when issued, shall remain the property of the Fund.

   (2) A membership card of an eligible employee shall be in the form set out in the First Schedule.

   (3) A provisional registration card shall be in the form set out in the Second Schedule.

 

9.   Social security number

The Director shall allot a social security number to every member of the Fund.

 

10.   Employee responsible for card

   (1) A person, on obtaining a membership card or provisional registration card, shall be responsible for its custody unless or until it is delivered to an employer or a Fund Office, or retained by an inspector.

   (2) Every eligible employee, on first commencing employment with an employer, must produce to his employer his membership card or provisional registration card, or furnish such particulars as the employer may require for the purpose of compliance with the provisions of the Act.

 

11.   Custody of cards

   (1) The employer, on obtaining the membership card or provisional registration card, shall become responsible for the custody thereof so long as the employment continues or until the membership card or provisional registration card is returned to the member or delivered to a Fund Office or retained by an inspector in accordance with these Regulations or any other regulations made under the Act.

   (2) The employer or any other person for the time being responsible for the custody of the membership card or provisional registration card in accordance with these Regulations, or any person having in his possession or under his control any membership card or provisional registration card issued in respect of an eligible employee, shall produce it for inspection at any reasonable time when required to do so by the Secretary or by an inspector, who may, if he thinks fit, retain it. The Secretary or the inspector shall give a receipt for any membership card or provisional registration card so retained by him.

 

12.   Member's right of access to card

Every employer responsible for the custody of the membership card or provisional registration card in accordance with these Regulations shall permit the person to whom it relates to have access to such card for the purpose of obtaining any details thereon:

Provided that no member of the Fund shall be entitled by virtue of this provision to inspect his membership card or provisional registration card more than once in any one month nor except at such time within or immediately before or after working hours as may be fixed by the employer for the purpose.

 

13.   Disposal of card

   (1) Subject as hereinafter provided in these Regulations, the employer shall, on the termination of the employment, forthwith return the membership card or provisional registration card to the member to whom it relates:

Provided that where the employment is terminated by the member without any notice or intimation to the employer, the membership card or provisional registration card shall be returned to the member or, where this is impracticable, to a Fund Office, within fourteen days of the termination of employment.

   (2) The member, on the termination of his employment, shall apply to the employer for the return of his membership card or provisional registration card, and, on the card being returned to him, shall give to the employer, if he demands it, a receipt for the card.

   (3) If for any reason other than the loss or destruction of the card, the membership card or provisional registration card is not returned to the member on the termination of his employment in accordance with sub-regulation (1), the employer shall, within fourteen days, send the card to a Fund Office.

   (4) On the death of a member, any membership card or provisional registration card in the custody of an employer or any other person having possession or thereafter obtaining possession of the deceased member's card, shall forthwith send it to a Fund Office.

 

14.   Lost or destroyed cards

Where a membership card or provisional registration card of any member is destroyed or lost or is defaced in any material particular, the employee shall apply to the Secretary for a new card, and the Secretary, on being satisfied as to such destruction, loss or defacement, shall issue a new card:

Provided that where a membership card or provisional registration card is in the custody of an employer at the time it is destroyed, lost or so defaced, it shall be the duty of the employer forthwith to report the destruction, loss or defacement of the card to a Fund Office and to the member so that he may comply with the provisions of this regulation.

 

15.   Found cards

Any person who finds a membership card or provisional registration card shall forthwith deliver it to some responsible officer at a police station, employment exchange, post office or a Fund Office.

 

16.   Incorrect card

A person who has a membership card or provisional registration card containing any particulars which are to his knowledge incorrect shall forthwith inform a Fund Office so that a fresh membership card or provisional registration card may be issued in lieu thereof.

 

17.   Prohibition of defacing or destroying of cards

No person shall deface or destroy any membership card or provisional registration card, or, save as authorised by the Director, alter, amend or erase any of the figures or particulars therein contained.

 

18.   Incorrect possession of card

A person who has in his possession a membership card or provisional registration card except as provided by these Regulations shall forthwith send it to a Fund Office.

 

19.   Possession of more than one card

A person who has in his possession more than one membership card or provisional registration card relating to the same person shall forthwith inform the Director.

 

PART III
CONTRIBUTIONS

 

20.   Records to be kept by contributing employers

Every contributing employer shall maintain a record showing"”

   (a)   in respect of each eligible employee whom he has engaged"”

      (i)   the social security number allotted in accordance with regulation 9;

      (ii)   the dates on which the employment commences and terminates;

      (iii)   the date and amount of each payment of wages to the employee;

      (iv)   the amount of each statutory contribution due in respect of the employee; and

      (v)   the amount deducted from any payment of wages by way of an employee's share of a statutory contribution;

   (b)   in respect of each casual employee whom he has engaged"”

      (i)   the days during which the employee is employed; and

      (ii)   the date and amount of each payment of wages to the employee; and

   (c)   the date and amount of each payment he makes to the Fund by way of contributions under the Act.

 

21.   Monthly return to be made by contributing employers

Every contributing employer shall forward to the Director each month, together with the contributions payable under sections 16 and 17 of the Act, a return showing the following"”

   (a)   full particulars of"”

      (i)   the month to which the return relates;

      (ii)   the employer's name, postal address and account number;

      (iii)   the names of all eligible employees employed by him during the month and the social security number of each of them;

      (iv)   employees who commenced employment during the month;

      (v)   the total wages paid to each employee, and the total statutory contributions due in respect of each employee, for contribution periods ending during the month; and

      (vi)   the total wages paid to casual employees during the month and the special contribution due in respect of such payment; and

   (b)   a certificate signed by him and completed in the following form:

"I certify that the amount of wages paid and the amounts of contributions payable by me under the Zambia National Provident Fund Act, as set out on the attached return, are correct.

Signature ..............................................................................

Date ......................................................................................

Employer's official stamp.................................................."

 

22.   Member contributing on his own behalf

An application by a member to contribute to the Fund under section 21 of the Act shall be supported in writing by full particulars of"”

   (a)   his name, postal address and social security number;

   (b)   the name, postal address and (if known to him) account number of his last employer, and the date the employment ceased; and

   (c)   wages received, and the employee's share deducted for the last contribution period in his previous employment.

 

23.   Employment by two or more employers

   (1) Where an employee is regularly employed by two or more employers during the same contribution period, the Director may, on application by those employers and the employee, direct that the statutory contributions payable in respect of the employee for that period shall be reduced, in such proportion as the Director may think fit, so that in total they do not exceed the statutory contribution which would have been payable if the employee's wages during that period had been received from one contributing employer, and that the employee's share shall be correspondingly reduced.

   (2) For the purposes of this regulation, a person shall not be deemed to have been regularly employed by any two employers unless he has been employed by each of them during at least two days in each week of any four consecutive weeks.

   (3) Where any statutory contribution which is the subject of a direction under sub-regulation (1) has already been paid, the Director shall, subject to the provisions of regulation 26, refund the appropriate amount of that contribution.

 

24.   Payment of contributions

All contributions to the Fund shall be paid"”

   (a)   by money order, postal order or cheque drawn on any Bank in Zambia, delivered or sent by post to the head office of the Fund;

   (b)   by cash at a Fund Office; or

   (c)   in such manner as the Director may from time to time authorise in any particular case.

 

25.   Contributions made in error

Where the Director is satisfied that any amount has been paid to the Fund in excess of the amount which was due to be paid, he may, subject to the provisions of regulation 26, refund the amount so paid to the person by whom it was paid.

 

26.   Making of refunds

   (1) No refund shall be made except with the consent of the Director, who may require the person by or in respect of whom the relevant payment was made to make a written application for refund and to furnish such other information as the Director may require to determine the circumstances in which the payment was made and the amount to be refunded.

   (2) No refund shall be made of any amount which, having been credited to the account of a member in the Fund, has been withdrawn as benefit, and any such benefit shall be deemed to have been properly paid.

   (3) If any debt is due to the Fund by the person to whom a refund would otherwise be paid, the Board may retain the whole or any part of the amount to be refunded and set it off against the debt.

   (4) Where any amount to be refunded is in respect of a payment made by way of statutory contribution to the Fund, the Director may, if he is satisfied that a deduction has been made from the wages of any employee by way of the employee's share of that contribution, reduce the amount to be refunded by the amount of that deduction and repay the amount of the deduction to the employee.

   (5) Where any amount to be refunded has been in the Fund throughout the whole of a financial year, that amount shall be increased by adding thereto interest at the rate fixed by the Board for accounts of members in respect of that financial year.

 

PART IV
BENEFIT

 

27.   Claim by member for benefit

A claim by a member for benefit shall be made to a Fund Office or other office designated by the Board for this purpose and shall be supported in writing by the following"”

   (a)   full particulars of"”

      (i)   the member's name, social security number, national registration number, year of birth, postal address and residential address;

      (ii)   the grounds of the application and the conditions which the member claims to satisfy as justifying his claim; and

      (iii)   any supporting documents bearing on the member's age and retirement, disability or emigration; and

   (b)   a declaration signed by the member and completed in the following form:

"I hereby declare that the particulars in support of this claim are correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Signature ..............................................................................

Date ......................................................................................

Signature of attesting witness and designation

........................................................................................... "

 

28.   Claim for benefit after death of a member

A claim by any person for benefit payable upon the death of a member shall be made to a Fund Office or other office designated by the Board for this purpose and shall be supported in writing by the following"”

   (a)   full particulars of"”

      (i)   the claimant's name, national registration number (if any), postal address and residential address;

      (ii)   the name, social security number and date of death of the member;

      (iii)   the conditions which the applicant claims to satisfy as justifying his claim; and

      (iv)   any supporting documents bearing on the member's death, or the applicant's relationship to the member or status as a dependant; and

   (b)   a declaration signed by the claimant and completed in the following form:

"I hereby declare that the particulars in support of this claim are correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Signature ..............................................................................

Date ......................................................................................

Signature of attesting witness and designation

..........................................................................................."

 

29.   Further evidence

The Director may require such further evidence of identity and of entitlement as is in his opinion necessary to substantiate the claim for benefit, including production by the applicant of his national registration card.

 

30.   Medical examination

The Director may require any member whose application for benefit is based on mental or physical disability to attend for medical examination by a registered medical practitioner and may use the report of any such examination as evidence in deciding the claim for benefit.

 

31.   Statutory declaration

The Director may require any person who has made an application for benefit to make a statutory declaration as to the truth of any statement of fact made by him in his application or in connection therewith.

 

PART V
MISCELLANEOUS

 

32.   Form of payment

Payments from the Fund shall be made in cash or by cheque.

 

33.   Signing of documents

Any document used in connection with the Fund which requires a person's signature may be signed with his written signature or, if he is unable to write, with his mark and shall, where the document so requires, be authenticated by the signature of an attesting witness.

 

34.   Duty of employees

Every employee shall furnish to his employer any information, and produce any document, necessary for the completion of forms or returns required by these Regulations to be made by his employer.

 

35.   Incomplete or inaccurate documents

If, in the opinion of the Director, any document containing information required to be furnished under these Regulations is incomplete or inaccurate or is insufficiently clear for its purpose, he may return the document to the sender; and the sender shall comply with all lawful directions given to him and shall complete and deliver a fresh document in its place, or return the original document duly corrected, as the case may require.

 

36.   Transfer to the Reserve Account

   (1) There shall be transferred to the Reserve Account any amount standing to the credit of a member in the Fund in respect of whom no contributions have been received for five years after he appears from the records to have attained the age of sixty years and in respect of which no claim for benefit has been received before the end of that period.

   (2) Any amount which is in the Reserve Account may be paid to any person who can establish a valid claim thereto within a period of five years from the date of its transfer to the Reserve Account, provided he gives such indemnity to the Fund as the Board may require.

[Am by SI 18 of 1971.]

 

37.   Classification of wages

In the case of an employee whose wages consist of remuneration falling within two or more of the categories contained in the definition of wages in section 2 of the Act, the Director may at his discretion treat the amounts falling within one only, or two or more, of those categories as the wages of that employee.

 

FIRST SCHEDULE

[Regulation 8 (2)]

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND

MEMBERSHIP CARD

N P F

National Registration

Year of Birth

MEMBERSHIP CARD

183275/11/1

1925

BANDA JOHN

Temporary Registration

 
 

305576/01/0

1925

 

121 347 174

189525/02/0

1925

The Number shown above is your social Security Number and your Account Number in the National Provident Fund.

       

Please give this card to your employer when you start a new job.

   

NPF Ref. No.

 
         

 

 

SECOND SCHEDULE

[Regulation 8(3)]

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND

PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION CARD

N P F

NPF.11C

PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION CARD

Surname .......................................................

Give this card to your employer so that he can send your contribution to the Fund using your Social Security Number, which is your account number in the National Provident Fund.

First Name ....................................................

Membership No. ...........

   

National Registration No. ........../........../............

Year of Birth ..................................................

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (ANNUITY) REGULATIONS

[Section 44]

[Re-denominate the currency as stipulated under S 4 of Re-denomination Act, 8 of 2012, read with Bank of Zambia Act, 43 of 1996.]

Arrangement of Regulations

   Regulation

   1.   Title

   2.   Interpretation

   3.   Establishment of Annuity Account

   4.   Purchase of annuity by Member of Fund

   5.   Purchase of annuity by a registered employer

   6.   Calculation of annuity

   7.   Conditions of payment of annuity

   8.   Age for commencement of deferred annuity

   9.   Death of annuitant

   10.   Death before commencement of a deferred annuity

      FIRST SCHEDULE

      SECOND SCHEDULE

      THIRD SCHEDULE

[Regulations by the Minister]

SI 395 of 1967.

 

1.   Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Annuity) Regulations.

 

2.   Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires"”

"annuity account" means the account to which all amounts meant to purchase annuities and all amounts determined under sub-regulation (3) of regulation 3 shall be credited, and to which all payments, charges and expenses in accordance with sub-regulation (4) of regulation 3 shall be debited;

"deferred annuity" means an annuity other than an immediate annuity;

"immediate annuity" means an annuity commencing on the last day of the month next following the month during which the benefit is converted into an immediate annuity or during which an immediate annuity is purchased;

"registered employer" means an employer registered under the provisions of section 10 of the Act;

"selected age" means the age referred to in regulation 8.

 

3.   Establishment of Annuity Account

   (1) There shall be established and maintained by the Director a separate account in the Fund to be termed "the Annuity Account".

   (2) There shall be transferred to the Annuity Account"”

   (a)   any capital sum paid by the employer to purchase an annuity for his employee, or former employee, in terms of section 20 of the Act;

   (b)   the whole or any part of a Member's main account or savings account, as defined in section 23 of the Act, which is converted into an annuity in terms of regulation 4.

   (3) There shall be credited to the Annuity Account each year interest at the average rate earned on the total assets of the Fund for that year as determined by the Board's actuaries.

   (4) There shall be debited to the Annuity Account"”

   (a)   all payments of annuity;

   (b)   all payments in commutation of annuity;

   (c)   all expenses incurred in payment of annuities; and

   (d)   such charges of administration as the Board may determine.

 

4.   Purchase of annuity by Member of Fund

A Member of the Fund may, on satisfying a condition for benefit under the Act, other than that for emigration benefit, exercise an irrevocable option to convert at least two-third of such benefit into"”

   (a)   an immediate annuity in accordance with regulation 7, provided that he has attained the age of forty-five years and that the amount of such annuity is at least forty-eight kwacha per annum;

   (b)   a deferred annuity in accordance with regulation 7, provided that the amount of the deferred annuity is at least forty-eight kwacha per annum.

 

5.   Purchase of annuity by a registered employer

A registered employer may, at any time, pay into the Annuity Account a capital sum in terms of section 20 of the Act in respect of an employee, or former employee, for the purpose of purchasing either"”

   (a)   an immediate annuity in accordance with regulation 7, provided that the employee, or former employee, has attained the age of forty-five years; or

   (b)   a deferred annuity in accordance with regulation 7, provided that the amount of such annuity is at least forty-eight kwacha per annum.

 

6.   Calculation of annuity

   (1) The amount of any annuity shall be determined by the Secretary in accordance with the annuity tables set out in the Schedules:

Provided that if an age other than one between the age of fifty years and sixty years is approved for a deferred annuity in terms of regulation 8, or if an immediate annuity is required for an age greater than sixty-five years for males or sixty years for females, the annuity shall be calculated by the Director after reference to the Board's actuaries.

   (2) The tables set out in the Schedules shall be reviewed from time to time by the Board's actuaries who shall make a report to the Board and, as may be required, recommendations to the Board concerning any amendment of the tables.

   (3) Any amendment to the tables approved by the Board in accordance with the actuaries"™ recommendations shall only apply to annuities or deferred annuities purchased after a date determined by the Board.

 

7.   Conditions of payment of annuity

   (1) The annuity will be payable for a term certain and for the lifetime of the annuitant thereafter.

   (2) The term certain will be one hundred and twenty months:

Provided that for an immediate annuity the Director may agree to a term certain of sixty months.

   (3) An annuity will be payable in monthly instalments in arrear.

   (4) The first payment of an immediate annuity will be made on the last day of the month next following the month during which the benefit is converted into an immediate annuity or during which an immediate annuity is purchased.

   (5) The first payment of a deferred annuity will be made on the last day of the month next following the month in which the selected age is attained, unless such age is attained on the first day of the month when the first payment will be made on the last day of that month.

   (6) For the purpose of these Regulations, the age of any person shall be determined in accordance with section 3 of the Act.

   (7) The method of payment of annuity shall in every case be determined by the Director.

   (8) The annuitant shall furnish the Director with such evidence of survival as he may require.

 

8.   Age for commencement of deferred annuity

A Member who wishes to purchase a deferred annuity, or a registered employer who purchases a deferred annuity for an employee, or former employee, shall select an age of attainment at which the deferred annuity shall commence. The selected age shall normally be one between fifty years and sixty years, but, in special circumstances, the Secretary may approve the purchase of an annuity at any other age.

 

9.   Death of annuitant

If an annuitant dies during the period certain of his annuity, his annuity will be continued to his nominated dependant for the balance of the period certain:

Provided that the nominated dependant may elect to receive in lieu of the annuity a lump sum payment equal to the discounted value of those payments as determined by the Board's actuaries.

 

10.   Death before commencement of a deferred annuity

If a person prospectively entitled to an annuity dies before attainment of the selected age, the amount applied to purchase a deferred annuity, together with five per centum compound interest from the date of purchase to the date of death, shall be paid to his nominated dependant.

 

FIRST SCHEDULE

[Regulation 6]

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND IMMEDIATE ANNUITIES

 

Annuity purchased by payment of K100

Age

Payable for 5 years certain and lifetime thereafter

Payable for 10 years certain and lifetime thereafter

 

Males

Females

Males

Females

 

K

K

K

K

18

6.127

6.023

6.097

5.995

19

6.160

6.049

6.127

6.019

         

20

6.194

6.076

6.158

6.044

21

6.229

6.104

6.190

6.070

22

6.265

6.133

6.224

6.097

23

6.302

6.163

6.259

6.126

24

6.341

6.195

6.296

6.156

25

6.382

6.228

6.334

6.187

26

6.424

6.262

6.374

6.219

27

6.468

6.297

6.415

6.252

28

6.514

6.333

6.458

6.286

29

6.562

6.371

6.503

6.321

         

30

6.612

6.410

6.550

6.357

31

6.665

6.451

6.599

6.395

32

6.720

6.494

6.651

6.435

33

6.778

6.538

6.705

6.476

34

6.839

6.584

6.762

6.519

35

6.903

6.632

6.822

6.564

36

6.971

6.682

6.885

6.611

37

7.043

6.734

6.952

6.661

38

7.119

6.789

7.023

6.713

39

7.200

6.847

7.098

6.767

         

40

7.286

6.909

7.177

6.824

41

7.377

6.974

7.261

6.885

42

7.474

7.043

7.349

6.949

44

7.690

7.193

7.541

7.087

45

7.810

7.275

7.645

7.163

46

7.938

7.362

7.755

7.243

47

8.073

7.455

7.870

7.328

48

8.215

7.554

7.990

7.418

49

8.365

7.660

8.115

7.514

         

50

8.524

7.774

8.245

7.616

51

8.692

7.896

8.380

7.724

52

8.869

8.026

8.520

7.839

53

9.056

8.165

8.666

7.961

54

9.253

8.314

8.818

8.090

55

9.461

8.474

8.975

8.226

56

9.680

8.646

9.137

8.370

57

9.911

8.831

9.305

8.523

58

10.155

9.030

9.478

8.685

59

10.413

9.243

9.656

8.855

         

60

10.686

9.471

9.838

9.032

61

10.975

 

10.024

 

62

11.280

 

10.214

 

63

11.602

 

10.406

 

64

11.943

 

10.599

 

65

12.305

 

10.792

 

*Calendar year of purchase minus calendar year of birth.

 

 

SECOND SCHEDULE

[Regulation 6]

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND DEFERRED ANNUITIES

Males

 

Annual amount of deferred annuity payable for 10 years certain and lifetime thereafter purchased by K100 and commencing at age

Age*

50

51

52

53

54

55

56

57

58

59

60

 

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

18

44.18

47.36

50.80

54.50

58.49

62.80

67.44

72.44

77.82

83.63

89.91

19

41.87

44.89

48.15

51.66

55.44

59.53

63.93

68.67

73.77

79.27

85.22

20

39.68

42.55

45.64

48.97

52.55

56.42

60.60

65.09

69.92

75.14

80.78

21

37.61

40.33

43.26

46.42

49.81

53.47

57.44

61.69

66.27

71.23

76.57

22

35.65

38.23

41.00

44.00

47.21

50.68

54.44

58.47

62.82

67.52

72.58

23

33.79

36.24

38.86

41.70

44.75

48.04

51.60

55.42

59.55

64.00

68.79

24

32.03

34.35

36.83

39.52

42.42

45.54

48.91

52.53

56.45

60.66

65.20

25

30.36

32.56

34.91

37.46

40.21

43.17

46.36

49.79

53.51

57.49

61.80

26

28.78

30.86

33.09

35.51

38.11

40.92

43.94

47.19

50.72

54.49

58.58

27

27.28

29.25

31.37

33.66

36.12

38.79

41.65

44.73

48.07

51.65

55.53

28

25.86

27.73

29.74

31.91

34.24

36.77

39.48

42.40

45.56

48.96

52.64

29

24.51

26.29

28.19

30.25

32.46

34.85

37.42

40.19

43.18

46.41

49.90

30

23.23

24.92

26.72

28.67

30.77

33.03

35.47

38.10

40.93

43.99

47.30

31

22.02

23.62

25.33

27.17

29.17

31.31

33.62

36.11

38.80

41.70

44.83

32

20.87

22.39

24.01

25.75

27.65

29.68

31.87

34.23

36.78

39.53

42.49

33

19.78

21.22

22.75

24.41

26.21

28.13

30.21

32.45

34.86

37.47

40.27

34

18.75

20.11

21.56

23.14

24.84

26.66

28.63

30.76

33.04

35.52

38.17

35

17.77

19.06

20.44

21.93

23.54

25.27

27.13

29.16

31.32

33.67

36.18

36

16.85

18.07

19.38

20.79

22.31

23.95

25.71

27.64

29.69

31.91

34.30

37

15.97

17.13

18.37

19.71

21.15

22.70

24.37

26.20

28.14

30.24

32.51

38

15.14

16.23

17.41

18.68

20.05

21.52

23.10

24.83

26.67

28.66

30.81

39

14.35

15.38

16.50

17.71

19.00

20.40

21.90

23.53

25.28

27.17

29.20

40

13.60

14.58

15.64

16.79

18.01

19.34

20.76

22.30

23.96

25.76

27.68

41

12.89

13.82

14.82

15.92

17.07

18.33

19.68

21.13

22.71

24.42

26.24

42

12.22

13.10

14.05

15.09

16.18

17.37

18.65

20.04

21.53

23.15

24.87

43

11.58

12.42

13.32

14.30

15.34

16.46

17.68

19.00

20.41

21.94

23.57

44

10.98

11.77

12.63

13.55

14.54

15.60

16.76

18.01

19.35

20.79

22.34

45

10.41

11.16

11.97

12.84

13.78

14.79

15.89

17.07

18.34

19.70

21.18

46

9.87

10.58

11.34

12.17

13.06

14.02

15.06

16.18

17.38

18.67

20.08

47

9.35

10.03

10.75

11.53

12.38

13.29

14.28

15.34

16.47

17.70

19.03

48

8.86

9.51

10.19

10.93

11.73

12.60

13.54

14.54

15.61

16.78

18.04

49

8.40

9.01

9.66

10.36

11.12

11.94

12.83

13.78

14.80

15.91

17.10

50

 

8.54

9.16

9.82

10.54

11.32

12.16

13.06

14.03

15.08

16.21

51

   

8.68

9.31

9.99

10.73

11.52

12.38

13.30

14.29

15.36

52

     

8.83

9.47

10.17

10.92

11.73

12.60

13.54

14.56

53

       

8.98

9.64

10.35

11.12

11.94

12.83

13.80

54

         

9.14

9.81

10.54

11.32

12.16

13.08

55

           

9.30

9.99

10.73

11.53

12.40

56

             

9.47

10.17

10.93

11.75

57

               

9.64

10.36

11.14

58

                 

9.82

10.56

59

                   

10.01

* Calendar year of purchase minus calendar year of birth.

 

THIRD SCHEDULE

[Regulation 6]

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND DEFERRED ANNUITIES

Females

 

Annual amount of deferred annuity payable for 10 years certain and lifetime thereafter purchased by K100 and commencing at age

Age*

50

51

52

53

54

55

56

57

58

59

60

 

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

18

40.86

43.72

46.79

50.13

53.71

57.58

61.79

66.35

71.30

76.67

82.49

19

38.72

41.44

44.35

47.52

50.91

54.59

58.57

62.89

67.58

72.68

78.19

20

36.70

39.28

42.04

45.04

48.25

51.75

55.52

59.61

64.06

68.90

74.12

21

34.79

37.23

39.85

42.69

45.73

49.05

52.63

56.51

60.72

65.31

70.26

22

32.98

35.29

37.77

40.46

43.34

46.49

49.89

53.57

57.56

61.90

66.60

23

31.26

33.45

35.80

38.35

41.08

44.06

47.29

50.78

54.57

58.67

63.13

24

29.63

31.71

33.93

36.35

38.94

41.76

44.82

48.13

51.73

55.61

59.84

25

28.09

30.06

32.16

34.45

36.91

39.58

42.48

45.62

49.03

52.71

56.72

26

26.63

28.49

30.48

32.65

34.99

37.52

40.26

43.24

46.47

49.96

53.76

27

25.24

27.00

28.89

30.95

33.17

35.57

38.16

40.98

44.04

47.35

50.96

28

23.92

25.59

27.39

29.34

31.44

33.72

36.17

38.84

41.74

44.88

48.31

29

22.67

24.26

25.97

27.81

29.81

31.96

34.28

36.81

39.56

42.54

45.79

30

21.49

23.00

24.62

26.36

28.25

30.29

32.49

34.89

37.50

40.32

43.40

31

20.37

21.80

23.33

24.99

26.78

28.71

30.80

33.07

35.55

38.22

41.13

32

19.31

20.66

22.11

23.69

25.38

27.21

29.20

31.35

33.70

36.23

38.98

33

18.30

19.58

20.96

22.46

24.05

25.79

27.68

29.72

31.94

34.34

36.95

34

17.35

18.56

19.87

21.29

22.80

24.45

26.24

28.17

30.27

32.55

35.03

35

16.45

17.59

18.83

20.18

21.62

23.18

24.87

26.70

28.69

30.86

33.21

36

15.59

16.67

17.85

19.12

20.50

21.97

23.57

25.31

27.20

29.25

31.48

37

14.77

15.80

16.92

18.12

19.43

20.82

22.34

23.99

25.79

27.72

29.84

38

14.00

14.98

16.04

17.17

18.41

19.73

21.17

22.74

24.45

26.27

28.28

39

13.27

14.20

15.20

16.27

17.45

18.70

20.07

21.56

23.17

24.90

26.80

40

12.58

13.46

14.40

15.42

16.54

17.73

19.03

20.44

21.96

23.60

25.40

41

11.93

12.76

13.65

14.62

15.68

16.81

18.04

19.37

20.81

22.37

24.08

42

11.31

12.10

12.94

13.86

14.86

15.94

17.10

18.36

19.72

21.21

22.83

43

10.72

11.47

12.27

13.14

14.08

15.11

16.21

17.40

18.69

20.11

21.64

44

10.16

10.87

11.63

12.46

13.34

14.32

15.36

16.49

17.72

19.06

20.51

45

9.63

10.30

11.02

11.81

12.64

13.57

14.56

15.63

16.80

18.06

19.44

46

9.13

9.76

10.44

11.19

11.98

12.86

13.80

14.82

15.93

17.12

18.42

47

8.65

9.25

9.90

10.61

11.36

12.19

13.08

14.05

15.10

16.23

17.46

48

8.20

8.77

9.39

10.06

10.77

11.55

12.40

13.32

14.31

15.38

16.55

49

7.77

8.31

8.90

9.53

10.21

10.95

11.75

12.62

13.56

14.58

15.69

50

 

7.88

8.44

9.03

9.68

10.38

11.14

11.96

12.85

13.82

14.87

51

   

8.00

8.56

9.18

9.84

10.56

11.34

12.18

13.10

14.09

52

     

8.12

8.70

9.33

10.01

10.75

11.54

12.42

13.36

53

       

8.25

8.84

9.49

10.19

10.94

11.77

12.67

54

         

8.38

8.99

9.66

10.37

11.15

12.01

55

           

8.52

9.16

9.83

10.57

11.38

56

             

8.68

9.32

10.02

10.78

57

               

8.84

9.50

10.22

58

                 

9.01

9.69

59

                   

9.19

* Calendar year of purchase minus calendar year of birth.

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (STATUTORY CONTRIBUTIONS) REGULATIONS, 1996

[Sections 16 and 18]

[Re-denominate the currency as stipulated under S 4 of Re-denomination Act, 8 of 2012, read with Bank of Zambia Act, 43 of 1996.]

Arrangement of Regulations

Regulation

   1.   Title

   2.   Statutory contribution

   3.   Employee's share

   4.   Revocation of statutory Instrument No. 86 of 1995

      SCHEDULE

SI 44 of 1996.

 

1.   Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Statutory Contributions) Regulations, 1996.

 

2.   Statutory contribution

A contributing employer, shall for every contributing period, pay into the Fund a statutory contribution in respect of each eligible employee employed by him during every such period at the rate prescribed in the Schedule to these Regulations.

 

3.   Employee's share

A contributing employer who is required to make a statutory contribution in respect of an employee may deduct the employee's share of that contribution due from him to that employee at the rate prescribed in the Schedule to these Regulations.

 

4.   Revocation of statutory Instrument No. 86 of 1995

The Zambia National Provident Fund (Statutory Contributions) Regulations, 1995, is hereby revoked.

 

SCHEDULE

[Regulations 2 and 3]

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND

TABLE FOR EMPLOYEES PAID WEEKLY

The normal rate of statutory contribution for each kwacha of wages paid (rounded off to the nearest is 7 per cent of rounded wages paid). The rate of employee's share is 3.5 per cent of rounded wages paid (50 per cent of statutory contribution) at each level. The ceiling of statutory contribution is K37, 500 per week.

(Wages are to be rounded to the nearest kwacha before using this table)

 

Rounded Wages Paid

Statutory Contribution

Employee's Share

K

K

K

3750

262.5

131.25

4250

297.5

148.75

4750

332.5

166.25

5250

367.5

183.75

5750

402.5

201.25

6250

437.5

218.75

6750

472.5

236.25

7250

507.5

253.75

7750

542.5

271.25

8250

577.5

288.75

8750

612.5

306.25

9250

647.5

323.75

9750

682.5

341.25

10250

717.5

358.75

10750

752.5

376.25

11250

787.5

393.75

11750

822.5

411.25

12250

857.5

428.75

12750

892.5

446.25

13250

927.5

463.75

13750

962.5

481.25

14250

997.5

498.75

14750

1032.5

516.25

15250

1067.5

533.75

15750

1102.5

551.25

16250

1137.5

568.75

16750

1172.5

586.25

17250

1207.5

603.75

17750

1242.5

621.25

18250

1277.5

638.75

18750

1312.5

656.25

19250

1347.5

673.75

19750

1382.5

691.25

20250

1417.5

708.75

20750

1452.5

726.25

21250

1487.5

743.75

21750

1522.5

761.25

22250

1557.5

778.75

22750

1592.5

796.25

23250

1627.5

813.75

23750

1662.5

831.25

24250

1697.5

848.75

24750

1732.5

866.25

25250

1767.5

883.75

25750

1802.5

901.25

26250

1837.5

918.75

26750

1872.5

936.25

27250

1907.5

953.75

27750

1942.5

971.25

28250

1977.5

988.75

28750

2012.5

1006.25

29250

2047.5

1023.75

29750

2082.5

1041.25

30250

2117.5

1058.75

30750

2152.5

1076.25

31250

2187.5

1093.75

31750

2222.5

1111.25

32250

2257.5

1128.75

32750

2292.5

1146.25

33250

2327.5

1163.75

33750

2362.5

1181.25

34250

2397.5

1198.75

34750

2432.5

1216.25

35250

2467.5

1233.75

35750

2502.5

1251.25

36250

2537.5

1268.75

36750

2572.5

1286.25

37250

2607.5

1303.75

37750

2642.5

1321.25

TABLE FOR EMPLOYEES PAID FORTNIGHTLY

The normal rate of statutory contribution for each kwacha of wages paid (rounded off to the nearest kwacha is 7 per cent of rounded wages paid). The rate of employee's share is 3.5 per cent of rounded wages paid (50 per cent of statutory contribution) at each level. The ceiling of statutory contribution is K75, 000 per fortnight.

(Wages are to be rounded to the nearest kwacha before using this table)

 

Rounded Wages Paid

Statutory Contribution

Employee's Share

K

K

K

7500.00

525.00

262.50

8000.00

560.00

280.00

8500.00

595.00

297.50

9000.00

630.00

315.00

9500.00

665.00

332.50

10000.00

700.00

350.00

10500.00

735.00

367.50

11000.00

770.00

385.00

11500.00

805.00

402.50

12000.00

840.00

420.00

12500.00

875.00

437.50

13000.00

910.00

455.00

13500.00

945.00

472.50

14000.00

980.00

490.00

14500.00

1015.00

507.50

15000.00

1050.00

525.00

15500.00

1085.00

542.50

16000.00

1120.00

560.00

16500.00

1155.00

577.50

17000.00

1190.00

595.00

17500.00

1225.00

612.50

18000.00

1260.00

630.00

18500.00

1295.00

647.50

19000.00

1330.00

665.00

19500.00

1365.00

682.50

20000.00

1400.00

700.00

20500.00

1435.00

717.50

21000.00

1470.00

735.00

21500.00

1505.00

752.50

22000.00

1540.00

770.00

22500.00

1575.00

787.50

23000.00

1610.00

805.00

23500.00

1645.00

822.50

24000.00

1680.00

840.00

24500.00

1715.00

857.50

25000.00

1750.00

875.00

25500.00

1785.00

892.50

26000.00

1820.00

910.00

26500.00

1855.00

927.50

27000.00

1890.00

945.00

27500.00

1925.00

962.50

28000.00

1960.00

980.00

28500.00

1995.00

997.50

29000.00

2030.00

1015.00

29500.00

2065.00

1032.50

30000.00

2100.00

1050.00

30500.00

2135.00

1067.50

31000.00

2170.00

1085.00

31500.00

2205.00

1102.50

32000.00

2240.00

1120.00

32500.00

2275.00

1137.50

33000.00

2310.00

1155.00

33500.00

2345.00

1172.50

34000.00

2380.00

1190.00

34500.00

2415.00

1207.50

35000.00

2450.00

1225.00

35500.00

2485.00

1242.50

36000.00

2520.00

1260.00

36500.00

2555.00

1277.50

37000.00

2590.00

1295.00

37500.00

2625.00

1312.50

38000.00

2660.00

1330.00

38500.00

2695.00

1347.50

39000.00

2730.00

1365.00

39500.00

2765.00

1382.50

40000.00

2800.00

1400.00

40500.00

2835.00

1417.50

41000.00

2870.00

1435.00

41500.00

2905.00

1452.50

42000.00

2940.00

1470.00

42500.00

2975.00

1487.50

43000.00

3010.00

1505.00

43500.00

3045.00

1522.50

44000.00

3080.00

1540.00

44500.00

3115.00

1557.50

45000.00

3150.00

1575.00

45500.00

3185.00

1592.50

46000.00

3220.00

1610.00

46500.00

3255.00

1627.50

47000.00

3290.00

1645.00

47500.00

3325.00

1662.50

48000.00

3360.00

1680.00

48500.00

3395.00

1697.50

49000.00

3430.00

1715.00

49500.00

3465.00

1732.50

50000.00

3500.00

1750.00

50500.00

3535.00

1767.50

51000.00

3570.00

1785.00

51500.00

3605.00

1802.50

52000.00

3640.00

1820.00

52500.00

3675.00

1837.50

53000.00

3710.00

1855.00

53500.00

3745.00

1872.50

54000.00

3780.00

1890.00

54500.00

3815.00

1907.50

55000.00

3850.00

1925.00

55500.00

3885.00

1942.50

56000.00

3920.00

1960.00

56500.00

3955.00

1977.50

57000.00

3990.00

1995.00

57500.00

4025.00

2012.50

58000.00

4060.00

2030.00

58500.00

4095.00

2047.50

59000.00

4130.00

2065.00

59500.00

4165.00

2082.50

60000.00

4200.00

2100.00

60500.00

4235.00

2117.50

61000.00

4270.00

2135.00

61500.00

4305.00

2152.50

62000.00

4340.00

2170.00

62500.00

4375.00

2187.50

63000.00

4410.00

2205.00

63500.00

4445.00

2222.50

64000.00

4480.00

2240.00

64500.00

4515.00

2257.50

65000.00

4550.00

2275.00

65500.00

4585.00

2292.50

66000.00

4620.00

2310.00

66500.00

4655.00

2327.50

67000.00

4690.00

2345.00

67500.00

4725.00

2362.50

68000.00

4760.00

2380.00

68500.00

4795.00

2397.50

69000.00

4830.00

2415.00

69500.00

4865.00

2432.50

70000.00

4900.00

2450.00

70500.00

4935.00

2467.50

71000.00

4970.00

2485.00

71500.00

5005.00

2502.50

72000.00

5040.00

2520.00

72500.00

5075.00

2537.50

73000.00

5110.00

2555.00

73500.00

5145.00

2572.50

74000.00

5180.00

2590.00

74500.00

5215.00

2607.50

75000.00

5250.00

2625.00

TABLE FOR EMPLOYEES PAID MONTHLY

The normal rate of statutory contribution for each kwacha of wages paid (rounded off to the nearest kwacha is 7 per cent of rounded wages paid). The rate of employee's share is 3.5 per cent of rounded wages paid (50 per cent of statutory contribution) at each level. The ceiling of statutory contribution is k150, 000 per month.

(Wages are to be rounded to the nearest kwacha before using this table)

 

Rounded Wages Paid

Statutory Contribution

Employee's Share

K

K

K

21500.00

1505.00

752.50

22000.00

1540.00

770.00

22500.00

1575.00

787.50

23000.00

1610.00

805.00

23500.00

1645.00

822.50

24000.00

1680.00

840.00

24500.00

1715.00

857.50

25000.00

1750.00

875.00

25500.00

1785.00

892.50

26000.00

1820.00

910.00

26500.00

1855.00

927.50

27000.00

1890.00

945.00

27500.00

1925.00

962.50

28000.00

1960.00

980.00

28500.00

1995.00

997.50

29000.00

2030.00

1015.00

29500.00

2065.00

1032.50

30000.00

2100.00

1050.00

30500.00

2135.00

1067.50

31000.00

2170.00

1085.00

31500.00

2205.00

1102.50

32000.00

2240.00

1120.00

32500.00

2275.00

1137.50

33000.00

2310.00

1155.00

33500.00

2345.00

1172.50

34000.00

2380.00

1190.00

34500.00

2415.00

1207.50

35000.00

2450.00

1225.00

35500.00

2485.00

1242.50

36000.00

2520.00

1260.00

36500.00

2555.00

1277.50

37000.00

2590.00

1295.00

37500.00

2625.00

1312.50

38000.00

2660.00

1330.00

38500.00

2695.00

1347.50

39000.00

2730.00

1365.00

39500.00

2765.00

1382.50

40000.00

2800.00

1400.00

40500.00

2835.00

1417.50

41000.00

2870.00

1435.00

41500.00

2905.00

1452.50

42000.00

2940.00

1470.00

42500.00

2975.00

1487.50

43000.00

3010.00

1505.00

43500.00

3045.00

1522.50

44000.00

3080.00

1540.00

44500.00

3115.00

1557.50

45000.00

3150.00

1575.00

45500.00

3185.00

1592.50

46000.00

3220.00

1610.00

46500.00

3255.00

1627.50

47000.00

3290.00

1645.00

47500.00

3325.00

1662.50

48000.00

3360.00

1680.00

48500.00

3395.00

1697.50

49000.00

3430.00

1715.00

49500.00

3465.00

1732.50

50000.00

3500.00

1750.00

50500.00

3535.00

1767.50

51000.00

3570.00

1785.00

51500.00

3605.00

1802.50

52000.00

3640.00

1820.00

52500.00

3675.00

1837.50

53000.00

3710.00

1855.00

53500.00

3745.00

1872.50

54000.00

3780.00

1890.00

54500.00

3815.00

1907.50

55000.00

3850.00

1925.00

55500.00

3885.00

1942.50

56000.00

3920.00

1960.00

56500.00

3955.00

1977.50

57000.00

3990.00

1995.00

57500.00

4025.00

2012.50

58000.00

4060.00

2030.00

58500.00

4095.00

2047.50

59000.00

4130.00

2065.00

59500.00

4165.00

2082.50

60000.00

4200.00

2100.00

60500.00

4235.00

2117.50

61000.00

4270.00

2135.00

61500.00

4305.00

2152.50

62000.00

4340.00

2170.00

62500.00

4375.00

2187.50

63000.00

4410.00

2205.00

63500.00

4445.00

2222.50

64000.00

4480.00

2240.00

64500.00

4515.00

2257.50

65000.00

4550.00

2275.00

65500.00

4585.00

2292.50

66000.00

4620.00

2310.00

66500.00

4655.00

2327.50

67000.00

4690.00

2345.00

67500.00

4725.00

2362.50

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CHAPTER 273 - ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND ACT: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

 

INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

Employers Exemption Order

Zambia National Provident Fund (Eligible Employees) Order

Employees Declaration Order

Zambia National Provident Fund (Zambia Railways Benefit) Regulations

Zambia National Provident Fund (Age Benefit) Regulations

Zambia National Provident Fund (Home Ownership Withdrawal Benefit) Order

Zambia National Provident Fund (Funeral Grant) Regulations

Zambia National Provident Fund (Maternity Grant) Regulations

Zambia National Provident Fund (Domestic Servants) Regulations

Zambia National Provident Fund Regulations

Zambia National Provident Fund (Annuity) Regulations

Zambia National Provident Fund (Statutory Contributions) Regulations

 

EMPLOYERS EXEMPTION ORDER

[Section 10(2)]

Arrangement of Paragraphs

   Paragraph

   1.   Title

   2.   Exemption of employers of domestic servants in private households

SI 338 of 1967.

[Order by the Minister]

 

1.   Title

This Order may be cited as the Employers Exemption Order.

 

2.   Exemption of employers of domestic servants in private households

Employers of domestic servants in private households shall be exempted from the requirements of sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Act, relating to the registration of employers.

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES) ORDER

[Section 11]

Arrangement of Paragraphs

   Paragraph

   1.   Title

   2.   Certain holders of offices to be deemed eligible employees

   3.   Designated employees liable to make contributions

   4.   Declaration of date

      SCHEDULE

[Order by the President]

SI 2 of 1975.

 

1.   Title

This Order may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Eligible Employees) Order.

 

2.   Certain holders of offices to be deemed eligible employees

It is hereby directed that the holders of the offices specified in column 1 of the Schedule shall, for the purposes of the Zambia National Provident Fund Act, be deemed to be eligible employees.

 

3.   Designated employees liable to make contributions

The persons designated in column 2 of the Schedule shall be liable to make contributions to the Fund in respect of the holders of the offices listed in column 1 thereof and such persons shall be deemed to be employers for the purposes of section 10 of the Zambia National Provident Fund Act.

 

4.   Declaration of date

The date stated in column 3 of the Schedule shall be the date when the persons designated as employers in column 2 thereof become contributing employers for the purposes of section 10 of the Zambia National Provident Fund Act.

 

SCHEDULE

Column 1
Office

Column 2
Employer

Column 3
Date

Vice President

Permanent Secretary,
Minister of Planning and Finance

1st January, 1975

Speaker

Clerk of the National Assembly

1st January, 1975

Minister

Permanent Secretary,
Minister of Planning and Finance

1st January, 1975

Attorney-General

Permanent Secretary,
Minister of Planning and Finance

1st January, 1975

Deputy Speaker

Clerk of the National Assembly

1st January, 1975

Junior Minister

Permanent Secretary,
Minister of Planning and Finance

1st January, 1975

Member of the National Assembly

Clerk of the National Assembly

1st January, 1975

Town Clerk

Permanent Secretary,
Minister of Planning and Finance

1st January, 1975

 

EMPLOYEES DECLARATION ORDER

[Section 14(2)]

Arrangement of Paragraphs

   Paragraph

   1.   Title

   2.   Students in vacation employment and school leavers in temporary employment declared to be non-eligible employees

   3.   Categories of probationers in the public service declared to be non-eligible employees

 

[Order by the Minister]

SI 77 of 1966.

 

1.   Title

This Order may be cited as the Employees Declaration Order.

 

2.   Students in vacation employment and school leavers in temporary employment declared to be non-eligible employees

Whole-time students of any University or institution offering further education or vocational training who obtain temporary employment while on vacation from such a University or institution, and persons who having left school take temporary employment while waiting to take places granted for admission for a full-time course at such a University or institution, are hereby declared not to be eligible employees.

 

3.   Categories of probationers in the public service declared to be non-eligible employees

Persons serving on probation and whose service would on being confirmed in appointment qualify as service for pension or gratuity under the African Civil Servants"™ Pensions Regulations, Chapter 57 of the 1964 Edition of the Laws, or under the Subordinate Police (Pensions) Regulations, and persons serving on probation or on probationary agreements who would on being confirmed in pensionable office qualify for pension under the European Officers"™ Pensions Act, are hereby declared not to be eligible employees.

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (ZAMBIA RAILWAYS BENEFIT) REGULATIONS

[Section 26(5)]

Arrangement of Regulations

   Regulation

   1.   Title

   2.   Secretary authorised to make payments

[Regulations by the Minister]

SI 294 of 1969.

 

1.   Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Zambia Railways Benefit) Regulations.

 

2.   Secretary authorised to make payments

Authority is hereby given to the Secretary of the Zambia National Provident Fund to pay to any employee of Zambia Railways who was until midnight on the 30th June, 1967, an employee of Rhodesia Railways and a member of the Rhodesia Railways Contributory Pension Fund, and who applies for such payment, one instalment of up to forty per centum of the capital sum paid by the Trustees of the Rhodesia Railways Contributory Pension Fund to the Zambia National Provident Fund on his behalf, and each such payment made in pursuance of this regulation is hereby approved.

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (AGE BENEFIT) REGULATIONS

[Section 27]

Arrangement of Regulations

   Regulation

   1.   Title

   2.   Benefit payable on retirement

   3.   Benefit payable on age qualification

   4.   Claim by Member for benefit

      SCHEDULE

[Regulations by the Minister]

SI 77 of 1973.

 

1.   Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Age Benefit) Regulations, and shall come into force on 1st April, 1973.

 

2.   Benefit payable on retirement

A Member who has attained the age of 50 years and satisfies the Director that he intends to be self-employed or to retire from regular paid employment under a contract of service, shall be eligible for a retirement benefit from the Fund:

Provided that any person who was a Member of the Fund prior to 1st April, 1973, may, at his option, claim a retirement benefit at any time after attaining the age of 45 years.

 

3.   Benefit payable on age qualification

A Member who satisfies the Director that he has attained the age of 55 years, whether or not he has retired from employment under a contract of service, shall be eligible for an age benefit:

Provided that any person who was a Member of the Fund prior to 1st April, 1973, may, at his option, claim an age benefit at any time after attaining the age of 50 years.

 

4.   Claim by Member for benefit

A claim by any Member for a benefit under these Regulations shall be in the form set out in the Schedule hereto, and shall be lodged at the head office of the Fund not less than fourteen days before the payment is required.

 

SCHEDULE

[Regulation 4]

 

NPF31

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND

CLAIM FOR AGE BENEFIT

1.   Name and address of claimant (in block capitals)

 

For Office Use Only

   (a)   Surname ...............................................................

As on National
Registration

   (b)   Other names ..........................................................}
..............................................................................
..............................................................................

Card or Member's
Registration Card

NPF64 sent

   (c)   National Registration Number.

........../........../....

 

   (d)   Year of birth ............................................................}

..........................

 

Initials

   (e)   Member's Social Security Number

:         :

 

..............

   (f)   Date of joining National Provident Fund

.......

 

Date

   (g)   Address for correspondence and benefit payment:
............................................................................................................
............................................................................................................
............................................................................................................

   

   (h)   Residential address:
............................................................................................................
............................................................................................................

 


........

2.   (a)   Age of claimant as shown on National Registration Card...............

   (b)   If date of birth is different from that shown on National Registration Card, list documents to support difference:

   (a)   ..........................................

   (b)   ..........................................

   (c)   ..........................................

3.   Claimant's present or last employer

Account No. (if known)

   (a)   Employer's full name and address

..................................

      .........................................................................................
      .........................................................................................
      .........................................................................................

 

   (b)   Claimant's occupation and works No. (if any)
   ................................................................................................................................

   (c)   If not employed, state date left the above-mentioned employer
   ................................................................................................................................

4.   Claimant's previous employers:

Employer's full

Claimant's occupation and works No.

Period employed

Employer's

names and address

(if any)

From

To

account No.

   (a)   ....................
....................
....................

...........................

..............

..............

..........................

   (b)   ....................
....................
....................

..........................

..............

..............

.........................

(If this space is insufficient, please write details on a separate sheet)

5.   Claim for benefit: *I declare that I have attained the age of 50/55 years.

I hereby claim an age benefit in accordance with the provisions of the Zambia National Provident Fund Act, and I declare that the above particulars stated in support of my claim are correct.

   (a)   I declare that I have not previously been paid a benefit.

 

   (b)   I declare that I received an age benefit on.................................................

   (c)   I declare that I have received the following other benefit(s) from the Fund.....................................................................................................

 

*Only persons who were members of the Fund prior to 1st April, 1973, are eligible for an age benefit at 50 years

 

Two years must elapse between payments of benefit to any member on age grounds, and if a member has received a benefit, this must be declared at (b).

I wish the benefit payment to be sent to me at the following address:

...............................................................................................................................................

...............................................................................................................................................

which will be my address for any correspondence in connection with this claim until

(Date)   ........................................................................................................

Claimant's signature (or mark) ..................................................................................................

Date........................................................................................................................................

Attesting Witness:

(A Labour Officer, or Social Welfare Officer in the Administrative Grade or Minister of Religion, or Legal Practitioner, or Bank Manager, or Medical Practitioner, or Commissioner for Oaths)

Signature.......................................................

Full Name......................................................

(block letters)

Designation ...................................................
Address ........................................................
.....................................................................

This form should be sent to:

The Director

Zambia National Provident Fund

P.O. Box 2990

Lusaka

 

NPF31A

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND CLAIM FOR RETIREMENT BENEFIT


1.   Name and address of claimant (in block capitals)

 

For Office Use Only

   (a)   Surname ...............................................................

As on National
Registration

   (b)   Other names ..........................................................}
..............................................................................
..............................................................................

Card or Member's
Registration Card

NPF64 sent

   (c)   National Registration Number.

........../........../....

 

   (d)   Year of birth ............................................................}

..........................

 

Initials

   (e)   Member's Social Security Number

:         :

 

............

   (f)   Date of joining National Provident Fund

.......

 

Date

   (g)   Address for correspondence and benefit payment:
............................................................................................................
............................................................................................................
............................................................................................................

   

   (h)   Residential address:
............................................................................................................
............................................................................................................

 


........

2.   (a)   Age of claimant as shown on National Registration Card...............

   (b)   If date of birth is different from that shown on National Registration Card, list documents to support difference:

   (a)   ..........................................

   (b)   ..........................................

   (c)   ..........................................

3.   Claimant's present or last employer

Account No. (if known)

   (a)   Employer's full name and address

..................................

      .........................................................................................
      .........................................................................................
      .........................................................................................

 

   (b)   Claimant's occupation and works No. (if any)
   ................................................................................................................................

   (c)   If not employed, state date left the above-mentioned employer
   ................................................................................................................................

               4.   Claimant's previous employers:

Employer's full

Claimant's occupation and works No.

Period employed

Employer's

names and address

(if any)

From

To

account No.

   (a)   ....................
....................
....................

...........................

..............

..............

..........................

   (b)   ....................
....................
....................

..........................

..............

..............

.........................

(If this space is insufficient, please write details on a separate sheet)

5.   Claim for benefit: *I declare that I have attained the age of 50/55 years.

I hereby claim an age benefit in accordance with the provisions of the Zambia National Provident Fund Act, and I declare that the above particulars stated in support of my claim are correct.

   (a)   I declare that I have not previously been paid a benefit.

   (b)   I declare that I received an age benefit on.........................................................................................................

complete or delete as applicable

   (c)   I declare that I have received the following other benefit(s) from the Fund...................................................................................................

 

*Only persons who were members of the Fund prior to 1st April, 1973, are eligible for an age benefit at 50 years

 
 

6.   Claim for benefit:

I hereby claim a retirement benefit under the Zambia National Provident Fund Act, and I declare that the particulars in support of this claim are correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

   I wish the benefit payment to be sent to me at the following address:

   ...........................................................................................................................................
   ...........................................................................................................................................

   Claimant's signature (or mark)...............................................................................................
Date..............................................................................................................................

Attesting Witness:

(A Labour Officer, or Social Welfare Officer in the Administrative Grade or Minister of Religion, or Legal Practitioner, or Bank Manager, or Medical Practitioner, or Commissioner for Oaths)

Signature........................................................

Full Name.......................................................

(block letters)

Designation ....................................................

Address .........................................................

......................................................................

This form should be sent to:

The Director

Zambia National Provident Fund

P.O. Box 2990

Lusaka

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (HOME OWNERSHIP WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT) ORDER

[Section 30A]

Arrangement of Paragraphs

   Paragraph

   1.   Title

   2.   Entitlement of a Member

   3.   Payment of benefit

   4.   Method of payment

   5.   Claim by Member for benefit

   6.   Evidence to be produced

   7.   Claim by husband and wife

   8.   Transfer of benefit to another house

   9.   Refund of unutilised balance of benefit

   10.   Benefits to be claimed only once

   11.   Information to be furnished

      FIRST SCHEDULE

      SECOND SCHEDULE

[Order by the Minister]

SI 136 of 1974.

 

1.   Title

This Order may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Home Ownership Withdrawal Benefit) Order.

 

2.   Entitlement of a Member

Subject to the provisions of this Order, a Member of the Fund who satisfies the Director that he intends to acquire or build a dwelling house for his own occupation in a township or municipality shall be entitled to withdraw a benefit from the Fund:

Provided that"”

      (i)   the benefit does not include the twenty-four statutory contributions last credited to the Member's account by a contributing employer;

      (ii)   the benefit claimed from the Member's main account does not exceed the cumulative total of sixty contributions; and

      (iii)   the benefit claimed from the Member's savings account does not exceed the cumulative total of sixty contributions.

 

3.   Payment of benefit

The benefit referred to in paragraph 2 shall at the direction of the Member be payable to one of the following:

   (a)   the Zambia National Building Society;

   (b)   the Township Council or Municipal Council in whose area the dwelling house is situated or is to be erected;

   (c)   the vendor of the dwelling house; or

   (d)   a contractor engaged to build a dwelling house.

 

4.   Method of payment

The Director shall pay the benefit direct to the person named by the Member under the provisions of paragraph 3 at such times and in such instalments as may be required, and shall inform the Member of each payment so made.

 

5.   Claim by Member for benefit

A claim by any Member for a benefit in terms of this Order shall be in the form prescribed in the First Schedule, and shall be lodged at the head office of the Fund not less than thirty days before the payment is required.

 

6.   Evidence to be produced

The Director may require such supporting documents or other evidence as, in his opinion, are necessary to substantiate the claim for benefit.

 

7.   Claim by husband and wife

Where a husband and wife are both Members of the Fund and are otherwise both eligible to claim a benefit in terms of this Order, a joint application in respect of the same dwelling house may be made.

 

8.   Transfer of benefit to another house

Where a benefit or any part thereof has been paid to the person named by the Member under the provisions of paragraph 4 and the Member is unable for any reason beyond his control to proceed with the acquisition or building of the dwelling house described in his application and wishes to transfer the amount of his benefit towards the acquisition or building of another house, he shall notify the Director forthwith in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule.

 

9.   Refund of unutilised balance of benefit

Where the person named by the Member in paragraph 3 does not utilise the whole of the amount of the benefit paid to him, he shall refund the unutilised balance to the Director for credit to the Member's account.

 

10.   Benefits to be claimed only once

A benefit under the provisions of paragraph 2 may be claimed only once by a Member unless he has repaid in full to the Director for credit to his account any earlier benefit paid on his behalf under this Order.

 

11.   Information to be furnished

The person receiving the benefit under the provisions of paragraph 3 shall furnish the Director with such information as he may require for the administration of the benefit, and in any event shall inform the Director when the transfer or erection of the dwelling house has been completed.

 

FIRST SCHEDULE

[Paragraph 5]

NPF

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND

CLAIM FOR HOME OWNERSHIP WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT

Transfer of benefit to another house

1.   Name and address of claimant (in block capitals)


   (a)   Surname ...............................................................

 

For Office
Use Only

   (b)   Other names


      .............................................................................


      .............................................................................


      .............................................................................

As on National
Registration
Card or Member's
Registration Card


NPF64 sent


Initials

   (c)   National Registration Number.


   (d)   Year of birth

........../........../.....


............................

...........


..........


Date


...........

   (e)   Member's Social Security Number

:         :

 

   (f)   Date of joining National Provident Fund

.......

   (g)   Address for correspondence and benefit payment:


      .............................................................................................................


      .............................................................................................................


      .............................................................................................................


   (h)   Residential address:


      .............................................................................................................


      .............................................................................................................

2.   Claimant's present or last employer


   (a)   Employer's full name and address


      ........................................................................................


      ........................................................................................

Account No. (if known)


..................................

   (b)   Claimant's occupation and works No. (if any)


      .............................................................................................................................


   (c)   If not employed, state date left the above-mentioned employer


      .............................................................................................................................

3.   Claimant's previous employers:

Employer's full names and address

Claimant's occupation and works No. (if any)

Period employed

Employer's account No.

   

From

To

 

(1)   ............................


   ............................


   ............................


(2)   ............................


   ............................


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(3)   ............................


   ............................


   ............................


(4)   ............................


   ............................


   ............................

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4.   Claim for benefit:


I hereby claim a withdrawal benefit in accordance with the provisions of section 30A of the Zambia National Provident Fund Act, and I declare that the particulars stated in support of my claim are correct.


   *(a)   I declare that I have not previously been paid a benefit from the Fund.


   *(b)   I declare that I have previously received a home ownership withdrawal benefit


      but repaid this to the Fund on..................................................







}







*Complete or delete as applicable

5.   (a)   I wish the benefit payment to be sent to one of the following:

      (i)   The Zambia National Building Society, P.O. Box ...............................................,

      (ii)   ............................................................Council, P.O. Box ...................................,

      (iii)   The vendor of the house, namely:

         P.O. Box ..............................................................................................................

          .............................................................................................................................

      (iv)   .......................The contractor engaged*/* to be engaged to build the house, namely:

         P.O. Box ..............................................................................................................

          .............................................................................................................................

   (b)   ............................................................*I wish the total benefit to be paid on or before

               (date payment required)

   (c)   *I wish payment to be made in......................................instalments as follows:

   

(number)

   

Date Payment

 

Amount

Required

1st instalment

K..........................

....................................................

2nd instalment

K..........................

....................................................

3rd instalment

K..........................

....................................................

4th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

5th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

6th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

7th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

8th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

6. I declare that my wife*/*husband is an eligible Member of the Fund and is also claiming a home ownership withdrawal benefit for the house described below.

Particulars of wife*/*husband:

   (a)   Surname ..................................................................................


   (b)   Other names ............................................................................


      ................................................................................................

As on National Registration Card or Member's Registration Card

   (c)   National Registration Number..................../......../........


*Delete words inapplicable


   (d)   Year of Birth............................................

 

   (e)   Social Security Number

.......:.........:.........

 

   (f)   Date of joining National Provident Fund .....................................................................


   (g)   Home Ownership Withdrawal Benefit Claim Form (NPF ) for wife*/*husband attached*/*sent to the Fund's office on ......................................................................


      .............................................................................................................................

7.   Particulars of house to be acquired or built:

   (a)   General:...................................

      (i)   Name of property:..........................

      (ii)   Plot Number: :..........................

      (iii)   Street Number: :.........................

      (iv)   Town: :.............................

   (b)   To be completed if the house is already built (otherwise complete (c) below):

      (i)   No. of living rooms:..........................................No. of bedrooms: :.....

         Water point: Yes*/*No.      W.C.: Yes*/*No.

         Bath or Shower: Yes*/*No.

      (ii)   Type of construction (brick, asbestos, etc. :..............

         Walls:............................................Roof: ...........................................................

      (iii)   Municipal valuation of land K.................................and improvements K...........

      (iv)   Purchase Price K...........................................

      (v)   Name and address of present owner: :................

         ..................................

      (vi)   Name and address of vendor's solicitors/advocates: ..........

         ...........................................................................................................................

   (c)   To be completed if the house is not yet built:

      (i)   Do you own the land, or have you been allocated the land by the local authority?
.......................................................

      (ii)   What is the receipt number for the deposit for the plot paid to the local authority?
.....................................................

      (iii)   Who is going to build the house?

Name:......................................................................................................................................

.................................................................................................................................................

      (iv)   No. of living rooms:...................................No. of bedrooms: ..................

         Water point: Yes*/*No.      W.C.: Yes*/*No.

         Bath or Shower: Yes*/*No.

      (v)   Type of construction (brick, asbestos, etc.) ..............

         ...........................................................................................................................

         Walls:...................................................Roof: ...............................................

      (vi)   Architect (if any). Name.............................................................................

         ...........................................................................................................................

*Delete words inapplicable

      (vii)   Estimated cost: K ........................................................................................

      (viii)   Estimated time for completion: ......................................................................

 

8.   (a)   *I wish to claim a benefit amounting to K....................................................................


   (b)   *I wish to claim the maximum benefit for which I am eligible in terms of the First Schedule to the Zambia National Provident Fund (Home Ownership Withdrawal Benefit) Regulations, 1974.


   Claimant's signature (or mark) ........................................................................................


   Date ...............................................................................................................................


Attesting Witness:

(A Labour Officer, or Social Welfare Officer in the Administrative Grade or Minister of Religion, or Legal Practitioner, or Bank }Manager, or Medical Practitioner, or Commissioner for Oaths)

}

Signature ..................................
Full Name .................................


(BLOCK LETTERS)


Designation ................................
Address .....................................

This form should be sent to:

The Director

Zambia National Provident Fund

P.O. Box

Lusaka

For Office Use Only


The Member is eligible for a benefit amounting to K..................................................................

     
 

N.B. You should attach to this form copies of any documents in your possession which will support your application.

 

 

SECOND SCHEDULE

[Paragraph 5]

NPF

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND

HOME OWNERSHIP WITHDRAWAL BENEFIT:

NOTIFICATION TO DIRECTOR OF TRANSFER OF BENEFIT

1.   Name and address of Member (in block capitals)


   (a)   Surname ..............................


   (b)   Other names............................


   (c)   National Registration Number......./......./.......


   (d)   Year of Birth...................................

As on National Registration Card or Member's Registration Card

   (e)   Member's Social Security Number:

.........................................

   (f)   Address for correspondence:


      ....................................................................................................................................


      ....................................................................................................................................


   (g)   Residential address:


      ....................................................................................................................................


      ....................................................................................................................................

2.   Member's present employer:


   (a)   Employer's full name and address:


      ...............................................................................................


      ...............................................................................................

Account No. (if known)


...................................

   (b)   Member's occupation and works No. (if any):


      ....................................................................................................................................

3.   Particulars of property for which benefit was paid:


   (a)   General:


      (i)   Name of property:...................................................................................................


      (ii)   Plot Number:...........................................................................................................


      (iii)   Street number:........................................................................................................


      (iv)   Town:......................................................................................................................


   (b)   Amount of benefit approved K........................................................................................


   (c)   Amount of benefit actually paid (if known) K..................................................................


   (d)   Name of person receiving benefit:


      (i)   Zambia National Building Society


      (ii)   ..........................................................................Local Authority


      (iii)   Vendor:....................................................................................................................


      (iv)   Contractor:...............................................................................................................

4.   Reason why transfer of benefit to another property is necessary:


....................................................................................................................................................


....................................................................................................................................................


..............................................................

5. Particulars of house to be acquired or built:


   (a)   General:


      (i)   Name of property:......................................................................................................


      (ii)   Plot Number:.............................................................................................................


      (iii)   Street Number:..........................................................................................................


      (iv)   Town:.......................................................................................................................


   (b)   To be completed if the house is already built (otherwise complete (c) below):


      (i)   No. of living rooms:.............................No. of bedrooms: ...........................................................


         Water point: Yes*/*No.       W.C.:Yes*/*No.


         Bath or Shower: Yes*/*No.


      (ii)   Type of construction (brick, asbestos, etc.)


         ..............................................................................................................................


         Walls:............................................ Roof: .............................................................


      (iii)   Municipal valuation of land K.............................. and improvements K................


      (iv)   Purchase price K..............................


      (v)   Name and address of present owner


      (vi)   Name and address of vendor's solicitors


         ..............................................................................................................................


         ..............................................................................................................................


         ..............................................................................................................................


   (c)   To be completed if the house is not yet built:


      (i)   Do you own the land, or have you been allocated the land by the local authority?


      (ii)   What is the receipt number for the deposit for the plot paid to the local authority?.................


         ..................................


      (iii)   Who is going to build the house?


         Name: ....................................................................................................................


         Address: ................................................................................................................


      (iv)   No. of living rooms:...................................No. of bedrooms: .................................


         Water point: Yes*/*No.      W.C.: Yes*/*No.


         Bath or Shower: Yes*/*No.


      (v)   Type of construction (brick, asbestos, etc.)


         ..............................................................................................................................


         Walls:...................................................Roof: .......................................................


      (vi)   Architect (if any).


         Name: ..................................................................................................................


         Address: ..............................................................................................................


*Delete words inapplicable

6. Revised schedule for instalment payments:

Please send the schedule of instalment payments for my befit as follows:

   

Date Payment

 

Amount

Required

1st instalment

K..........................

....................................................

2nd instalment

K..........................

....................................................

3rd instalment

K..........................

....................................................

4th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

5th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

6th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

7th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

8th instalment

K..........................

....................................................

Member's signature (or mark).....................................................................................................................................

Date........................................................................................................................................

This form should be sent to:

The Director

Zambia National Provident Fund

P.O. Box

Lusaka

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (FUNERAL GRANT) REGULATIONS

[Section 44]

Arrangement of Regulations

   Regulation

   1.   Title

   2.   Interpretation

   3.   Funeral grant

   4.   One grant to be paid

   5.   Board to determine amount of grant

   6.   Application for grant

   7.   Employer may act as agent

SI 193 of 1973.

 

1.   Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Funeral Grant) Regulations.

 

2.   Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires"”

"administrator" means a person appointed as such by the High Court or a Local Court;

"Board" means the Zambia National Provident Fund Board established under section 5 of the Act;

"contribution" means a contribution payable by an employer under the provisions of section 16, 16A or 17A of the Act;

"Director" means the Director of the Fund appointed under section 6 of the Act;

"employer" means an employer registered under section 10 of the Act;

"executor" means a person appointed by a deceased person to be executor of his Will;

"Fund" means the Zambia National Provident Fund;

"relative of a person" means"”

   (a)   when used in relation to a person not generally subject to customary law, the wife, husband, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, stepfather, step-mother, child, grandchild, brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister of such person; and

   (b)   when used in relation to a person generally subject to customary law, any one of such persons as are recognised under customary law as comprising his family.

 

3.   Funeral grant

The executor or administrator of a deceased Member's estate, or any relative of such deceased person who is responsible for the expenses of a deceased Member's burial, shall be entitled to claim from the Fund a grant towards the funeral expenses, if"”

   (a)   the deceased Member is buried or cremated in Zambia; and

   (b)   such grant is claimed within six months of the deceased Member's date of death; and

   (c)   at least twenty-four contributions of any class have been credited, or are due to be credited, by an employer to the account of the deceased Member at the date of his death; and

   (d)   the claim is supported by a certified copy of an entry in the Register of Deaths maintained by the Registrar-General under the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, or, in the absence of such certificate of registration of death, such evidence of death and burial as the Director may require; and

   (e)   the claim is supported by evidence of disbursement of money in connection with the deceased Member's burial and funeral arrangements.

 

4.   One grant to be paid

Only one funeral grant shall be paid from the Fund in connection with the funeral arrangements of a deceased Member.

 

5.   Board to determine amount of grant

The Board shall determine the amount of any funeral grant payable under these Regulations, having regard to the amount or probable amount of the special reserve created by the Board for such grants under the provisions of sub-section (3)(e) of section 34 of the Act.

 

6.   Application for grant

An application for a grant under these Regulations shall be in such form as the Director may determine from time to time.

 

7.   Employer may act as agent

The Director may enter into an arrangement with any registered employer under which such employer may act as the agent of the Board for the payment on behalf of the Board of a funeral grant to any person entitled to claim and complying with the provisions of regulation 3 and, if such an arrangement is made, the Director is authorised to reimburse such employer by an amount not exceeding the extent of the funeral grant determined under regulation 5.

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (MATERNITY GRANT) REGULATIONS

[Section 44]

Arrangement of Regulations

   Regulation

   1.   Title

   2.   Interpretation

   3.   Maternity grant

   4.   Board to determine amount of grant

   5.   Application for grant

[Regulations by the Minister]

SI 192 of 1973.

 

1.   Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Maternity Grant) Regulations.

 

2.   Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires"”

"Board" means the Zambia National Provident Fund Board established under section 5 of the Act;

"child" includes all children delivered as a result of the confinement in respect of which a maternity grant is claimed, and a child stillborn;

"contribution" means a contribution payable by an employer under the provisions of section 16, 16A or 17A of the Act;

"Director" means the Director of the Fund appointed under section 6 of the Act;

"Fund" means the Zambia National Provident Fund;

"maternity grant" means a grant from the special reserve created by the Board under the provisions of sub-section 3(d) of section 34 of the Act;

"Member" means a person to whose credit there is an amount standing in the Fund.

 

3.   Maternity grant

A female Member of the Fund shall, after confinement, be entitled to claim from the Fund a maternity grant towards the expenses of her confinement:

Provided that"”

   (a)   the confinement shall have taken place in Zambia;

   (b)   such grant is claimed within six months of the birth of her child;

   (c)   at least twenty-four contributions of any class have been credited, or are due to be credited, by an employer to the account of the Member at the date of the child's birth; and

   (d)   the claim is supported by a certified copy of an entry in the Register of Births maintained by the Registrar-General under the provisions of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, or, in the absence of such certificate of registration of birth, or of a still-birth, such evidence of confinement as the Director may require.

 

4.   Board to determine amount of grant

The Board shall determine the amount of any maternity grant payable under these Regulations, having regard to the amount or probable amount of the special reserve created by the Board for such grants under the provisions of sub-section 3(d) of section 34 of the Act.

 


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5.   Application for grant

An application for a grant under these Regulations shall be in such form as the Director may determine from time to time.

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (DOMESTIC SERVANTS) REGULATIONS

[Section 44]

Arrangement of Regulations

   Regulation

   1.   Title

   2.   Employer's records

   3.   Every domestic servant to be recorded

   4.   Register to be forwarded to Director

   5.   Domestic contribution and assessment

   6.   Amount of domestic contribution

   7.   Payment of domestic contributions

   8.   Contribution stamp to be cancelled

   9.   Wages paid in advance

   10.   Custody of domestic contribution card

   11.   Member's right of access to card

   12.   Termination of employment

   13.   Non-compliance by employer

   14.   Contribution card not to be assigned or charged

   15.   Prohibition of defacing or destroying of card

   16.   Allowance for spoiled, unused or erroneously used stamps

      SCHEDULE

SI 194 of 1973,

SI 69 of 1984,

SI 98 of 1984,

SI 75 of 1993,

SI 85 of 1995.

[Regulations by the Minister]

 

1.   Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Domestic Servants) Regulations.

 

2.   Employer's records

Every employer of a domestic servant required to register under the provisions of section 24A of the Act shall maintain a register of domestic servants employed by him in the form set out in the Schedule.

 

3.   Every domestic servant to be recorded

Whether an employer is liable to pay a domestic contribution in respect of an employee or is not so liable, the employer shall complete the register referred to in regulation 2 in respect of every domestic servant employed by him.

 

4.   Register to be forwarded to Director

The register maintained in accordance with regulation 2 shall be forwarded to the Director of the Fund before the thirtieth day of April in every year, or within fourteen days of the employer ceasing to employ any domestic servant whatsoever.

 

5.   Domestic contribution and assessment

Every employer of a domestic servant shall, for every month during which he employs such domestic servant in his private dwelling house for a period exceeding thirteen days (including Sundays and public holidays), pay into the Fund"”

   (a)   the domestic contribution of K1,500.00 in respect of which contribution the employer may deduct from the employee's wages a sum of K200.00, as the employee's share of such contribution; and

   (b)   an assessment of 10 ngwee under section 109 of the Workers"™ Compensation Act.

[Am by SI 85 of 1995.]

 

6.   Amount of domestic contribution

Out of the said domestic contribution of K1.500.00 mentioned in regulation 5, a sum of K1,000.00 be credited to the domestic servant's account in the Fund and K300.00 is hereby authorised as payment to the Fund in respect of the expenses of administration.

[Am by SI 85 of 1995.]

 

7.   Payment of domestic contributions

The domestic contribution and assessment mentioned in regulation 5 shall be deemed to have been paid into the Fund when a contribution stamp is purchased from a Post Office, or such other place as the Director may designate, and affixed to the domestic servant's contribution card, which shall be made available by the Director to any employer without charge.

 

8.   Contribution stamp to be cancelled

When the domestic contribution stamp is affixed to the contribution card, it must be cancelled forthwith by writing or stamping in non-washable ink across the face of the stamp the date on which it was affixed and the initials of the employer.

 

9.   Wages paid in advance

Where a domestic servant's wages for any contribution period are paid in advance by an employer, the employer shall pay before the payment of such wages the domestic contribution and the assessment mentioned in regulation 5 and due for such period by affixing stamps to the contribution card in accordance with the provisions of regulation 7.

 

10.   Custody of domestic contribution card

During the currency of the employment of a domestic servant a contribution card for the domestic servant shall be in the custody of the employer and, on expiration of the period for which the card is current or on termination of employment, shall be delivered by the employer to the Director within a period of fourteen days after such expiration or termination.

 

11.   Member's right of access to card

Subject to the provisions of regulation 12, a domestic servant shall be entitled during the currency of his employment to examine his contribution card at any reasonable time once in each calendar month.

 

12.   Termination of employment

On termination of a domestic servant's employment a domestic servant shall be entitled to examine his contribution card before leaving his employer's service, and is required to acknowledge by his signature or mark on the appropriate space on the card that the card has been correctly stamped.

 

13.   Non-compliance by employer

Where a domestic servant finds that his employer has not complied with regulation 5, he shall report the facts forthwith to the Director of the Fund, an inspector appointed by the Board, or to a Labour Officer.

 

14.   Contribution card not to be assigned or charged

No person shall assign or charge, or agree to assign or charge, any contribution card, and any sale, transfer or assignment of, or any charge on, any contribution card shall be void and of no effect.

 

15.   Prohibition of defacing or destroying of card

No person shall deface or destroy any contribution card or, save as authorised by the Director, alter, amend or erase any of the particulars thereon, except to record any changes of address of the employer.

 

16.   Allowance for spoiled, unused or erroneously used stamps

If the Director is satisfied within six months of the happening of the events mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) that any contribution stamp produced to him"”

   (a)   has been inadvertently and undesignedly spoiled or rendered unfit for use and has not, in his opinion, been affixed to a contribution card;

   (b)   has not been spoiled or rendered unfit for the purpose intended, but for which he has no immediate use; or

   (c)   has been affixed by him to a contribution card in error for a contribution month which was not payable by him, or for which a domestic contribution has previously been paid;

he may take over the contribution stamps and refund the amount of such stamps.

 

SCHEDULE

[Regulation 2]

REGISTER OF DOMESTIC SERVANTS EMPLOYED

 

Name of Servant

Male

National

Year

Social

Category

   

Date Engaged

Surname

First Name

or Female

Registration Number

of Birth

Security Number

of Servant*

Monthly Wages

Date Left

       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     
       

/ /

 

: :

     

*Please classify the domestic servant as Gardener, House Servant, Cook or Nursemaid

Important


Please"”


O   Complete this Register in ink or with a ballpoint pen and use block letters.


O   Copy exactly the names, registration number and year of birth as shown on the employee's national registration card and NPF membership card.


O   Always quote the servant's social security number, as this is his savings account number.


O   State the work on which each servant is primarily engaged, e.g., gardener, house servant, cook, nursemaid.


O   Enter the employee's basic wages ignoring ration money, rent allowances and the value of any benefits in kind. Gross up daily or weekly pay to a monthly total.


O   Ensure that the details on the front cover of this register are completed before the register is returned to the ZNPF Head Office on 1st April next or if you cease to employ any domestic servants.



I certify that the information contained in this Register is correct.




Employer's signature:


....................................................................


This Register, duly completed for the previous year, and signed by the employer, must be sent by post to:


The Director,


Zambia National Provident Fund,


P.O. Box, Lusaka.



ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT
FUND


Register of Domestic Servants


Employed During the Year Ending


31st of March


Name of Employer:


...................................................................


Residential Address:


Stand/Plot No. ...........................................


Street: ........................................................


Town: .........................................................


P.O. Box No.: .............................................


Telephone No.: ...........................................

 

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND REGULATIONS

[Section 44]

Arrangement of Regulations

   Regulation

PART I
PRELIMINARY

   1.   Title

   2.   Interpretation

PART II
REGISTRATION OF EMPLOYERS AND IDENTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES

   3.   Registration of employers

   4.   Change of circumstances

   5.   Religious organisations

   6.   Employer's account number

   7.   Registration of employee

   8.   Membership card

   9.   Social security number

   10.   Employee responsible for card

   11.   Custody of cards

   12.   Member's right of access to card

   13.   Disposal of card

   14.   Lost or destroyed cards

   15.   Found cards

   16.   Incorrect card

   17.   Prohibition of defacing or destroying of cards

   18.   Incorrect possession of card

   19.   Possession of more than one card

PART III
CONTRIBUTIONS

   20.   Records to be kept by contributing employers

   21.   Monthly return to be made by contributing employers

   22.   Member contributing on his own behalf

   23.   Employment by two or more employers

   24.   Payment of contributions

   25.   Contributions made in error

   26.   Making of refunds

PART IV
BENEFIT

   27.   Claim by member for benefit

   28.   Claim for benefit after death of a member

   29.   Further evidence

   30.   Medical examination

   31.   Statutory declaration

PART V
MISCELLANEOUS

   32.   Form of payment

   33.   Signing of documents

   34.   Duty of employees

   35.   Incomplete or inaccurate documents

   36.   Transfer to the Reserve Account

   37.   Classification of wages

      FIRST SCHEDULE

      SECOND SCHEDULE

[Regulations by the Minister]

SI 269 of 1970,

SI 18 of 1971.

 

PART I
PRELIMINARY

 

1.   Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund Regulations.

 

2.   Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires"”

"account number" means an account number allotted under regulation 6;

"attesting witness" includes a labour officer, a social welfare officer, a public officer in the administrative grade, a Minister of religion, a legal practitioner, a Bank Manager, a qualified medical practitioner, a Commissioner for oaths and, exceptionally, such other person as the Director may approve for the purpose;

"Fund Office" means the head office of the Board or any district office established by the Board;

"inspector" means any person who is appointed an inspector under section 9 of the Act;

"member" means a person registered as such under the provisions of regulation 7, and includes a Member as defined in the Act;

"social security number" means the number allotted as such by the Director under the provisions of regulation 9;

"termination of employment" means the day on which the employment actually comes to an end, whether or not such termination is in accordance with the terms of the contract, and whether or not the employment is to be resumed at a later date.

 

PART II
REGISTRATION OF EMPLOYERS AND IDENTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES

 

3.   Registration of employers

An employer who is required to register under section 10 of the Act shall forward to the Director in writing the following"”

   (a)   full particulars of"”

      (i)   his name, the nature of his business, and his trader's licence (if any);

      (ii)   the address where his business is carried on, his postal address telephone number;

      (iii)   the number of his employees; and

      (iv)   any branches of the business, if the business is organised in branches (shops, departments, etc.), which have separate arrangements for paying wages; and

   (b)   a declaration signed by him in the following form:

"I declare that the information given above is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Signature .............................................................................

Date .....................................................................................

Designation or official status ...............................................

............................................................................................"

 

4.   Change of circumstances

Every registered employer shall inform the Director of the occurrence of any of the following events, not later than fourteen days after the event, that is to say"”

   (a)   if he changes his address;

   (b)   if he changes his business name or designation;

   (c)   if a branch of his business, which has been separately registered, is closed;

   (d)   if a new branch of his business, which is due to be separately registered, is opened; or

   (e)   if he ceases to be an employer.

 

5.   Religious organisations

An application by a religious organisation to register under section 12 of the Act shall be supported in writing by full particulars of"”

   (a)   the name of the organisation, its account number (if already allotted) and the name and postal address of its treasurer;

   (b)   the names of the Ministers of religion concerned; and

   (c)   a certified copy of the resolution of the organisation authorising the application.

 

6.   Employer's account number

The Director shall allot an account number to every registered employer.

 

7.   Registration of employee

   (1) Every person who intends to engage in regular employment and who will, in such employment, become an eligible employee, shall apply to the Director in such manner as the Director shall specify for registration as a member of the Fund and obtain a membership card or provisional registration card.

   (2) Every member of the Fund at the 23rd October, 1970.28commencement of these Regulations shall be deemed to have applied for registration in accordance with this regulation, and the Director shall issue a membership card or provisional registration card.

 

8.   Membership card

   (1) A membership card or provisional registration card shall be issued without charge to a person properly applying therefor and, when issued, shall remain the property of the Fund.

   (2) A membership card of an eligible employee shall be in the form set out in the First Schedule.

   (3) A provisional registration card shall be in the form set out in the Second Schedule.

 

9.   Social security number

The Director shall allot a social security number to every member of the Fund.

 

10.   Employee responsible for card

   (1) A person, on obtaining a membership card or provisional registration card, shall be responsible for its custody unless or until it is delivered to an employer or a Fund Office, or retained by an inspector.

   (2) Every eligible employee, on first commencing employment with an employer, must produce to his employer his membership card or provisional registration card, or furnish such particulars as the employer may require for the purpose of compliance with the provisions of the Act.

 

11.   Custody of cards

   (1) The employer, on obtaining the membership card or provisional registration card, shall become responsible for the custody thereof so long as the employment continues or until the membership card or provisional registration card is returned to the member or delivered to a Fund Office or retained by an inspector in accordance with these Regulations or any other regulations made under the Act.

   (2) The employer or any other person for the time being responsible for the custody of the membership card or provisional registration card in accordance with these Regulations, or any person having in his possession or under his control any membership card or provisional registration card issued in respect of an eligible employee, shall produce it for inspection at any reasonable time when required to do so by the Secretary or by an inspector, who may, if he thinks fit, retain it. The Secretary or the inspector shall give a receipt for any membership card or provisional registration card so retained by him.

 

12.   Member's right of access to card

Every employer responsible for the custody of the membership card or provisional registration card in accordance with these Regulations shall permit the person to whom it relates to have access to such card for the purpose of obtaining any details thereon:

Provided that no member of the Fund shall be entitled by virtue of this provision to inspect his membership card or provisional registration card more than once in any one month nor except at such time within or immediately before or after working hours as may be fixed by the employer for the purpose.

 

13.   Disposal of card

   (1) Subject as hereinafter provided in these Regulations, the employer shall, on the termination of the employment, forthwith return the membership card or provisional registration card to the member to whom it relates:

Provided that where the employment is terminated by the member without any notice or intimation to the employer, the membership card or provisional registration card shall be returned to the member or, where this is impracticable, to a Fund Office, within fourteen days of the termination of employment.

   (2) The member, on the termination of his employment, shall apply to the employer for the return of his membership card or provisional registration card, and, on the card being returned to him, shall give to the employer, if he demands it, a receipt for the card.

   (3) If for any reason other than the loss or destruction of the card, the membership card or provisional registration card is not returned to the member on the termination of his employment in accordance with sub-regulation (1), the employer shall, within fourteen days, send the card to a Fund Office.

   (4) On the death of a member, any membership card or provisional registration card in the custody of an employer or any other person having possession or thereafter obtaining possession of the deceased member's card, shall forthwith send it to a Fund Office.

 

14.   Lost or destroyed cards

Where a membership card or provisional registration card of any member is destroyed or lost or is defaced in any material particular, the employee shall apply to the Secretary for a new card, and the Secretary, on being satisfied as to such destruction, loss or defacement, shall issue a new card:

Provided that where a membership card or provisional registration card is in the custody of an employer at the time it is destroyed, lost or so defaced, it shall be the duty of the employer forthwith to report the destruction, loss or defacement of the card to a Fund Office and to the member so that he may comply with the provisions of this regulation.

 

15.   Found cards

Any person who finds a membership card or provisional registration card shall forthwith deliver it to some responsible officer at a police station, employment exchange, post office or a Fund Office.

 

16.   Incorrect card

A person who has a membership card or provisional registration card containing any particulars which are to his knowledge incorrect shall forthwith inform a Fund Office so that a fresh membership card or provisional registration card may be issued in lieu thereof.

 

17.   Prohibition of defacing or destroying of cards

No person shall deface or destroy any membership card or provisional registration card, or, save as authorised by the Director, alter, amend or erase any of the figures or particulars therein contained.

 

18.   Incorrect possession of card

A person who has in his possession a membership card or provisional registration card except as provided by these Regulations shall forthwith send it to a Fund Office.

 

19.   Possession of more than one card

A person who has in his possession more than one membership card or provisional registration card relating to the same person shall forthwith inform the Director.

 

PART III
CONTRIBUTIONS

 

20.   Records to be kept by contributing employers

Every contributing employer shall maintain a record showing"”

   (a)   in respect of each eligible employee whom he has engaged"”

      (i)   the social security number allotted in accordance with regulation 9;

      (ii)   the dates on which the employment commences and terminates;

      (iii)   the date and amount of each payment of wages to the employee;

      (iv)   the amount of each statutory contribution due in respect of the employee; and

      (v)   the amount deducted from any payment of wages by way of an employee's share of a statutory contribution;

   (b)   in respect of each casual employee whom he has engaged"”

      (i)   the days during which the employee is employed; and

      (ii)   the date and amount of each payment of wages to the employee; and

   (c)   the date and amount of each payment he makes to the Fund by way of contributions under the Act.

 

21.   Monthly return to be made by contributing employers

Every contributing employer shall forward to the Director each month, together with the contributions payable under sections 16 and 17 of the Act, a return showing the following"”

   (a)   full particulars of"”

      (i)   the month to which the return relates;

      (ii)   the employer's name, postal address and account number;

      (iii)   the names of all eligible employees employed by him during the month and the social security number of each of them;

      (iv)   employees who commenced employment during the month;

      (v)   the total wages paid to each employee, and the total statutory contributions due in respect of each employee, for contribution periods ending during the month; and

      (vi)   the total wages paid to casual employees during the month and the special contribution due in respect of such payment; and

   (b)   a certificate signed by him and completed in the following form:

"I certify that the amount of wages paid and the amounts of contributions payable by me under the Zambia National Provident Fund Act, as set out on the attached return, are correct.

Signature ..............................................................................

Date ......................................................................................

Employer's official stamp.................................................."

 

22.   Member contributing on his own behalf

An application by a member to contribute to the Fund under section 21 of the Act shall be supported in writing by full particulars of"”

   (a)   his name, postal address and social security number;

   (b)   the name, postal address and (if known to him) account number of his last employer, and the date the employment ceased; and

   (c)   wages received, and the employee's share deducted for the last contribution period in his previous employment.

 

23.   Employment by two or more employers

   (1) Where an employee is regularly employed by two or more employers during the same contribution period, the Director may, on application by those employers and the employee, direct that the statutory contributions payable in respect of the employee for that period shall be reduced, in such proportion as the Director may think fit, so that in total they do not exceed the statutory contribution which would have been payable if the employee's wages during that period had been received from one contributing employer, and that the employee's share shall be correspondingly reduced.

   (2) For the purposes of this regulation, a person shall not be deemed to have been regularly employed by any two employers unless he has been employed by each of them during at least two days in each week of any four consecutive weeks.

   (3) Where any statutory contribution which is the subject of a direction under sub-regulation (1) has already been paid, the Director shall, subject to the provisions of regulation 26, refund the appropriate amount of that contribution.

 

24.   Payment of contributions

All contributions to the Fund shall be paid"”

   (a)   by money order, postal order or cheque drawn on any Bank in Zambia, delivered or sent by post to the head office of the Fund;

   (b)   by cash at a Fund Office; or

   (c)   in such manner as the Director may from time to time authorise in any particular case.

 

25.   Contributions made in error

Where the Director is satisfied that any amount has been paid to the Fund in excess of the amount which was due to be paid, he may, subject to the provisions of regulation 26, refund the amount so paid to the person by whom it was paid.

 

26.   Making of refunds

   (1) No refund shall be made except with the consent of the Director, who may require the person by or in respect of whom the relevant payment was made to make a written application for refund and to furnish such other information as the Director may require to determine the circumstances in which the payment was made and the amount to be refunded.

   (2) No refund shall be made of any amount which, having been credited to the account of a member in the Fund, has been withdrawn as benefit, and any such benefit shall be deemed to have been properly paid.

   (3) If any debt is due to the Fund by the person to whom a refund would otherwise be paid, the Board may retain the whole or any part of the amount to be refunded and set it off against the debt.

   (4) Where any amount to be refunded is in respect of a payment made by way of statutory contribution to the Fund, the Director may, if he is satisfied that a deduction has been made from the wages of any employee by way of the employee's share of that contribution, reduce the amount to be refunded by the amount of that deduction and repay the amount of the deduction to the employee.

   (5) Where any amount to be refunded has been in the Fund throughout the whole of a financial year, that amount shall be increased by adding thereto interest at the rate fixed by the Board for accounts of members in respect of that financial year.

 

PART IV
BENEFIT

 

27.   Claim by member for benefit

A claim by a member for benefit shall be made to a Fund Office or other office designated by the Board for this purpose and shall be supported in writing by the following"”

   (a)   full particulars of"”

      (i)   the member's name, social security number, national registration number, year of birth, postal address and residential address;

      (ii)   the grounds of the application and the conditions which the member claims to satisfy as justifying his claim; and

      (iii)   any supporting documents bearing on the member's age and retirement, disability or emigration; and

   (b)   a declaration signed by the member and completed in the following form:

"I hereby declare that the particulars in support of this claim are correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Signature ..............................................................................

Date ......................................................................................

Signature of attesting witness and designation

........................................................................................... "

 

28.   Claim for benefit after death of a member

A claim by any person for benefit payable upon the death of a member shall be made to a Fund Office or other office designated by the Board for this purpose and shall be supported in writing by the following"”

   (a)   full particulars of"”

      (i)   the claimant's name, national registration number (if any), postal address and residential address;

      (ii)   the name, social security number and date of death of the member;

      (iii)   the conditions which the applicant claims to satisfy as justifying his claim; and

      (iv)   any supporting documents bearing on the member's death, or the applicant's relationship to the member or status as a dependant; and

   (b)   a declaration signed by the claimant and completed in the following form:

"I hereby declare that the particulars in support of this claim are correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Signature ..............................................................................

Date ......................................................................................

Signature of attesting witness and designation

..........................................................................................."

 

29.   Further evidence

The Director may require such further evidence of identity and of entitlement as is in his opinion necessary to substantiate the claim for benefit, including production by the applicant of his national registration card.

 

30.   Medical examination

The Director may require any member whose application for benefit is based on mental or physical disability to attend for medical examination by a registered medical practitioner and may use the report of any such examination as evidence in deciding the claim for benefit.

 

31.   Statutory declaration

The Director may require any person who has made an application for benefit to make a statutory declaration as to the truth of any statement of fact made by him in his application or in connection therewith.

 

PART V
MISCELLANEOUS

 

32.   Form of payment

Payments from the Fund shall be made in cash or by cheque.

 

33.   Signing of documents

Any document used in connection with the Fund which requires a person's signature may be signed with his written signature or, if he is unable to write, with his mark and shall, where the document so requires, be authenticated by the signature of an attesting witness.

 

34.   Duty of employees

Every employee shall furnish to his employer any information, and produce any document, necessary for the completion of forms or returns required by these Regulations to be made by his employer.

 

35.   Incomplete or inaccurate documents

If, in the opinion of the Director, any document containing information required to be furnished under these Regulations is incomplete or inaccurate or is insufficiently clear for its purpose, he may return the document to the sender; and the sender shall comply with all lawful directions given to him and shall complete and deliver a fresh document in its place, or return the original document duly corrected, as the case may require.

 

36.   Transfer to the Reserve Account

   (1) There shall be transferred to the Reserve Account any amount standing to the credit of a member in the Fund in respect of whom no contributions have been received for five years after he appears from the records to have attained the age of sixty years and in respect of which no claim for benefit has been received before the end of that period.

   (2) Any amount which is in the Reserve Account may be paid to any person who can establish a valid claim thereto within a period of five years from the date of its transfer to the Reserve Account, provided he gives such indemnity to the Fund as the Board may require.

[Am by SI 18 of 1971.]

 

37.   Classification of wages

In the case of an employee whose wages consist of remuneration falling within two or more of the categories contained in the definition of wages in section 2 of the Act, the Director may at his discretion treat the amounts falling within one only, or two or more, of those categories as the wages of that employee.

 

FIRST SCHEDULE

[Regulation 8 (2)]

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND

MEMBERSHIP CARD

N P F

National Registration

Year of Birth

MEMBERSHIP CARD

183275/11/1

1925

BANDA JOHN

Temporary Registration

 
 

305576/01/0

1925

 

121 347 174

189525/02/0

1925

The Number shown above is your social Security Number and your Account Number in the National Provident Fund.

       

Please give this card to your employer when you start a new job.

   

NPF Ref. No.

 
         

 

 

SECOND SCHEDULE

[Regulation 8(3)]

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND

PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION CARD

N P F

NPF.11C

PROVISIONAL REGISTRATION CARD

Surname .......................................................

Give this card to your employer so that he can send your contribution to the Fund using your Social Security Number, which is your account number in the National Provident Fund.

First Name ....................................................

Membership No. ...........

   

National Registration No. ........../........../............

Year of Birth ..................................................

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (ANNUITY) REGULATIONS

[Section 44]

[Re-denominate the currency as stipulated under S 4 of Re-denomination Act, 8 of 2012, read with Bank of Zambia Act, 43 of 1996.]

Arrangement of Regulations

   Regulation

   1.   Title

   2.   Interpretation

   3.   Establishment of Annuity Account

   4.   Purchase of annuity by Member of Fund

   5.   Purchase of annuity by a registered employer

   6.   Calculation of annuity

   7.   Conditions of payment of annuity

   8.   Age for commencement of deferred annuity

   9.   Death of annuitant

   10.   Death before commencement of a deferred annuity

      FIRST SCHEDULE

      SECOND SCHEDULE

      THIRD SCHEDULE

[Regulations by the Minister]

SI 395 of 1967.

 

1.   Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Annuity) Regulations.

 

2.   Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires"”

"annuity account" means the account to which all amounts meant to purchase annuities and all amounts determined under sub-regulation (3) of regulation 3 shall be credited, and to which all payments, charges and expenses in accordance with sub-regulation (4) of regulation 3 shall be debited;

"deferred annuity" means an annuity other than an immediate annuity;

"immediate annuity" means an annuity commencing on the last day of the month next following the month during which the benefit is converted into an immediate annuity or during which an immediate annuity is purchased;

"registered employer" means an employer registered under the provisions of section 10 of the Act;

"selected age" means the age referred to in regulation 8.

 

3.   Establishment of Annuity Account

   (1) There shall be established and maintained by the Director a separate account in the Fund to be termed "the Annuity Account".

   (2) There shall be transferred to the Annuity Account"”

   (a)   any capital sum paid by the employer to purchase an annuity for his employee, or former employee, in terms of section 20 of the Act;

   (b)   the whole or any part of a Member's main account or savings account, as defined in section 23 of the Act, which is converted into an annuity in terms of regulation 4.

   (3) There shall be credited to the Annuity Account each year interest at the average rate earned on the total assets of the Fund for that year as determined by the Board's actuaries.

   (4) There shall be debited to the Annuity Account"”

   (a)   all payments of annuity;

   (b)   all payments in commutation of annuity;

   (c)   all expenses incurred in payment of annuities; and

   (d)   such charges of administration as the Board may determine.

 

4.   Purchase of annuity by Member of Fund

A Member of the Fund may, on satisfying a condition for benefit under the Act, other than that for emigration benefit, exercise an irrevocable option to convert at least two-third of such benefit into"”

   (a)   an immediate annuity in accordance with regulation 7, provided that he has attained the age of forty-five years and that the amount of such annuity is at least forty-eight kwacha per annum;

   (b)   a deferred annuity in accordance with regulation 7, provided that the amount of the deferred annuity is at least forty-eight kwacha per annum.

 

5.   Purchase of annuity by a registered employer

A registered employer may, at any time, pay into the Annuity Account a capital sum in terms of section 20 of the Act in respect of an employee, or former employee, for the purpose of purchasing either"”

   (a)   an immediate annuity in accordance with regulation 7, provided that the employee, or former employee, has attained the age of forty-five years; or

   (b)   a deferred annuity in accordance with regulation 7, provided that the amount of such annuity is at least forty-eight kwacha per annum.

 

6.   Calculation of annuity

   (1) The amount of any annuity shall be determined by the Secretary in accordance with the annuity tables set out in the Schedules:

Provided that if an age other than one between the age of fifty years and sixty years is approved for a deferred annuity in terms of regulation 8, or if an immediate annuity is required for an age greater than sixty-five years for males or sixty years for females, the annuity shall be calculated by the Director after reference to the Board's actuaries.

   (2) The tables set out in the Schedules shall be reviewed from time to time by the Board's actuaries who shall make a report to the Board and, as may be required, recommendations to the Board concerning any amendment of the tables.

   (3) Any amendment to the tables approved by the Board in accordance with the actuaries"™ recommendations shall only apply to annuities or deferred annuities purchased after a date determined by the Board.

 

7.   Conditions of payment of annuity

   (1) The annuity will be payable for a term certain and for the lifetime of the annuitant thereafter.

   (2) The term certain will be one hundred and twenty months:

Provided that for an immediate annuity the Director may agree to a term certain of sixty months.

   (3) An annuity will be payable in monthly instalments in arrear.

   (4) The first payment of an immediate annuity will be made on the last day of the month next following the month during which the benefit is converted into an immediate annuity or during which an immediate annuity is purchased.

   (5) The first payment of a deferred annuity will be made on the last day of the month next following the month in which the selected age is attained, unless such age is attained on the first day of the month when the first payment will be made on the last day of that month.

   (6) For the purpose of these Regulations, the age of any person shall be determined in accordance with section 3 of the Act.

   (7) The method of payment of annuity shall in every case be determined by the Director.

   (8) The annuitant shall furnish the Director with such evidence of survival as he may require.

 

8.   Age for commencement of deferred annuity

A Member who wishes to purchase a deferred annuity, or a registered employer who purchases a deferred annuity for an employee, or former employee, shall select an age of attainment at which the deferred annuity shall commence. The selected age shall normally be one between fifty years and sixty years, but, in special circumstances, the Secretary may approve the purchase of an annuity at any other age.

 

9.   Death of annuitant

If an annuitant dies during the period certain of his annuity, his annuity will be continued to his nominated dependant for the balance of the period certain:

Provided that the nominated dependant may elect to receive in lieu of the annuity a lump sum payment equal to the discounted value of those payments as determined by the Board's actuaries.

 

10.   Death before commencement of a deferred annuity

If a person prospectively entitled to an annuity dies before attainment of the selected age, the amount applied to purchase a deferred annuity, together with five per centum compound interest from the date of purchase to the date of death, shall be paid to his nominated dependant.

 

FIRST SCHEDULE

[Regulation 6]

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND IMMEDIATE ANNUITIES

 

Annuity purchased by payment of K100

Age

Payable for 5 years certain and lifetime thereafter

Payable for 10 years certain and lifetime thereafter

 

Males

Females

Males

Females

 

K

K

K

K

18

6.127

6.023

6.097

5.995

19

6.160

6.049

6.127

6.019

         

20

6.194

6.076

6.158

6.044

21

6.229

6.104

6.190

6.070

22

6.265

6.133

6.224

6.097

23

6.302

6.163

6.259

6.126

24

6.341

6.195

6.296

6.156

25

6.382

6.228

6.334

6.187

26

6.424

6.262

6.374

6.219

27

6.468

6.297

6.415

6.252

28

6.514

6.333

6.458

6.286

29

6.562

6.371

6.503

6.321

         

30

6.612

6.410

6.550

6.357

31

6.665

6.451

6.599

6.395

32

6.720

6.494

6.651

6.435

33

6.778

6.538

6.705

6.476

34

6.839

6.584

6.762

6.519

35

6.903

6.632

6.822

6.564

36

6.971

6.682

6.885

6.611

37

7.043

6.734

6.952

6.661

38

7.119

6.789

7.023

6.713

39

7.200

6.847

7.098

6.767

         

40

7.286

6.909

7.177

6.824

41

7.377

6.974

7.261

6.885

42

7.474

7.043

7.349

6.949

44

7.690

7.193

7.541

7.087

45

7.810

7.275

7.645

7.163

46

7.938

7.362

7.755

7.243

47

8.073

7.455

7.870

7.328

48

8.215

7.554

7.990

7.418

49

8.365

7.660

8.115

7.514

         

50

8.524

7.774

8.245

7.616

51

8.692

7.896

8.380

7.724

52

8.869

8.026

8.520

7.839

53

9.056

8.165

8.666

7.961

54

9.253

8.314

8.818

8.090

55

9.461

8.474

8.975

8.226

56

9.680

8.646

9.137

8.370

57

9.911

8.831

9.305

8.523

58

10.155

9.030

9.478

8.685

59

10.413

9.243

9.656

8.855

         

60

10.686

9.471

9.838

9.032

61

10.975

 

10.024

 

62

11.280

 

10.214

 

63

11.602

 

10.406

 

64

11.943

 

10.599

 

65

12.305

 

10.792

 

*Calendar year of purchase minus calendar year of birth.

 

 

SECOND SCHEDULE

[Regulation 6]

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND DEFERRED ANNUITIES

Males

 

Annual amount of deferred annuity payable for 10 years certain and lifetime thereafter purchased by K100 and commencing at age

Age*

50

51

52

53

54

55

56

57

58

59

60

 

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

18

44.18

47.36

50.80

54.50

58.49

62.80

67.44

72.44

77.82

83.63

89.91

19

41.87

44.89

48.15

51.66

55.44

59.53

63.93

68.67

73.77

79.27

85.22

20

39.68

42.55

45.64

48.97

52.55

56.42

60.60

65.09

69.92

75.14

80.78

21

37.61

40.33

43.26

46.42

49.81

53.47

57.44

61.69

66.27

71.23

76.57

22

35.65

38.23

41.00

44.00

47.21

50.68

54.44

58.47

62.82

67.52

72.58

23

33.79

36.24

38.86

41.70

44.75

48.04

51.60

55.42

59.55

64.00

68.79

24

32.03

34.35

36.83

39.52

42.42

45.54

48.91

52.53

56.45

60.66

65.20

25

30.36

32.56

34.91

37.46

40.21

43.17

46.36

49.79

53.51

57.49

61.80

26

28.78

30.86

33.09

35.51

38.11

40.92

43.94

47.19

50.72

54.49

58.58

27

27.28

29.25

31.37

33.66

36.12

38.79

41.65

44.73

48.07

51.65

55.53

28

25.86

27.73

29.74

31.91

34.24

36.77

39.48

42.40

45.56

48.96

52.64

29

24.51

26.29

28.19

30.25

32.46

34.85

37.42

40.19

43.18

46.41

49.90

30

23.23

24.92

26.72

28.67

30.77

33.03

35.47

38.10

40.93

43.99

47.30

31

22.02

23.62

25.33

27.17

29.17

31.31

33.62

36.11

38.80

41.70

44.83

32

20.87

22.39

24.01

25.75

27.65

29.68

31.87

34.23

36.78

39.53

42.49

33

19.78

21.22

22.75

24.41

26.21

28.13

30.21

32.45

34.86

37.47

40.27

34

18.75

20.11

21.56

23.14

24.84

26.66

28.63

30.76

33.04

35.52

38.17

35

17.77

19.06

20.44

21.93

23.54

25.27

27.13

29.16

31.32

33.67

36.18

36

16.85

18.07

19.38

20.79

22.31

23.95

25.71

27.64

29.69

31.91

34.30

37

15.97

17.13

18.37

19.71

21.15

22.70

24.37

26.20

28.14

30.24

32.51

38

15.14

16.23

17.41

18.68

20.05

21.52

23.10

24.83

26.67

28.66

30.81

39

14.35

15.38

16.50

17.71

19.00

20.40

21.90

23.53

25.28

27.17

29.20

40

13.60

14.58

15.64

16.79

18.01

19.34

20.76

22.30

23.96

25.76

27.68

41

12.89

13.82

14.82

15.92

17.07

18.33

19.68

21.13

22.71

24.42

26.24

42

12.22

13.10

14.05

15.09

16.18

17.37

18.65

20.04

21.53

23.15

24.87

43

11.58

12.42

13.32

14.30

15.34

16.46

17.68

19.00

20.41

21.94

23.57

44

10.98

11.77

12.63

13.55

14.54

15.60

16.76

18.01

19.35

20.79

22.34

45

10.41

11.16

11.97

12.84

13.78

14.79

15.89

17.07

18.34

19.70

21.18

46

9.87

10.58

11.34

12.17

13.06

14.02

15.06

16.18

17.38

18.67

20.08

47

9.35

10.03

10.75

11.53

12.38

13.29

14.28

15.34

16.47

17.70

19.03

48

8.86

9.51

10.19

10.93

11.73

12.60

13.54

14.54

15.61

16.78

18.04

49

8.40

9.01

9.66

10.36

11.12

11.94

12.83

13.78

14.80

15.91

17.10

50

 

8.54

9.16

9.82

10.54

11.32

12.16

13.06

14.03

15.08

16.21

51

   

8.68

9.31

9.99

10.73

11.52

12.38

13.30

14.29

15.36

52

     

8.83

9.47

10.17

10.92

11.73

12.60

13.54

14.56

53

       

8.98

9.64

10.35

11.12

11.94

12.83

13.80

54

         

9.14

9.81

10.54

11.32

12.16

13.08

55

           

9.30

9.99

10.73

11.53

12.40

56

             

9.47

10.17

10.93

11.75

57

               

9.64

10.36

11.14

58

                 

9.82

10.56

59

                   

10.01

* Calendar year of purchase minus calendar year of birth.

 

THIRD SCHEDULE

[Regulation 6]

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND DEFERRED ANNUITIES

Females

 

Annual amount of deferred annuity payable for 10 years certain and lifetime thereafter purchased by K100 and commencing at age

Age*

50

51

52

53

54

55

56

57

58

59

60

 

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

K

18

40.86

43.72

46.79

50.13

53.71

57.58

61.79

66.35

71.30

76.67

82.49

19

38.72

41.44

44.35

47.52

50.91

54.59

58.57

62.89

67.58

72.68

78.19

20

36.70

39.28

42.04

45.04

48.25

51.75

55.52

59.61

64.06

68.90

74.12

21

34.79

37.23

39.85

42.69

45.73

49.05

52.63

56.51

60.72

65.31

70.26

22

32.98

35.29

37.77

40.46

43.34

46.49

49.89

53.57

57.56

61.90

66.60

23

31.26

33.45

35.80

38.35

41.08

44.06

47.29

50.78

54.57

58.67

63.13

24

29.63

31.71

33.93

36.35

38.94

41.76

44.82

48.13

51.73

55.61

59.84

25

28.09

30.06

32.16

34.45

36.91

39.58

42.48

45.62

49.03

52.71

56.72

26

26.63

28.49

30.48

32.65

34.99

37.52

40.26

43.24

46.47

49.96

53.76

27

25.24

27.00

28.89

30.95

33.17

35.57

38.16

40.98

44.04

47.35

50.96

28

23.92

25.59

27.39

29.34

31.44

33.72

36.17

38.84

41.74

44.88

48.31

29

22.67

24.26

25.97

27.81

29.81

31.96

34.28

36.81

39.56

42.54

45.79

30

21.49

23.00

24.62

26.36

28.25

30.29

32.49

34.89

37.50

40.32

43.40

31

20.37

21.80

23.33

24.99

26.78

28.71

30.80

33.07

35.55

38.22

41.13

32

19.31

20.66

22.11

23.69

25.38

27.21

29.20

31.35

33.70

36.23

38.98

33

18.30

19.58

20.96

22.46

24.05

25.79

27.68

29.72

31.94

34.34

36.95

34

17.35

18.56

19.87

21.29

22.80

24.45

26.24

28.17

30.27

32.55

35.03

35

16.45

17.59

18.83

20.18

21.62

23.18

24.87

26.70

28.69

30.86

33.21

36

15.59

16.67

17.85

19.12

20.50

21.97

23.57

25.31

27.20

29.25

31.48

37

14.77

15.80

16.92

18.12

19.43

20.82

22.34

23.99

25.79

27.72

29.84

38

14.00

14.98

16.04

17.17

18.41

19.73

21.17

22.74

24.45

26.27

28.28

39

13.27

14.20

15.20

16.27

17.45

18.70

20.07

21.56

23.17

24.90

26.80

40

12.58

13.46

14.40

15.42

16.54

17.73

19.03

20.44

21.96

23.60

25.40

41

11.93

12.76

13.65

14.62

15.68

16.81

18.04

19.37

20.81

22.37

24.08

42

11.31

12.10

12.94

13.86

14.86

15.94

17.10

18.36

19.72

21.21

22.83

43

10.72

11.47

12.27

13.14

14.08

15.11

16.21

17.40

18.69

20.11

21.64

44

10.16

10.87

11.63

12.46

13.34

14.32

15.36

16.49

17.72

19.06

20.51

45

9.63

10.30

11.02

11.81

12.64

13.57

14.56

15.63

16.80

18.06

19.44

46

9.13

9.76

10.44

11.19

11.98

12.86

13.80

14.82

15.93

17.12

18.42

47

8.65

9.25

9.90

10.61

11.36

12.19

13.08

14.05

15.10

16.23

17.46

48

8.20

8.77

9.39

10.06

10.77

11.55

12.40

13.32

14.31

15.38

16.55

49

7.77

8.31

8.90

9.53

10.21

10.95

11.75

12.62

13.56

14.58

15.69

50

 

7.88

8.44

9.03

9.68

10.38

11.14

11.96

12.85

13.82

14.87

51

   

8.00

8.56

9.18

9.84

10.56

11.34

12.18

13.10

14.09

52

     

8.12

8.70

9.33

10.01

10.75

11.54

12.42

13.36

53

       

8.25

8.84

9.49

10.19

10.94

11.77

12.67

54

         

8.38

8.99

9.66

10.37

11.15

12.01

55

           

8.52

9.16

9.83

10.57

11.38

56

             

8.68

9.32

10.02

10.78

57

               

8.84

9.50

10.22

58

                 

9.01

9.69

59

                   

9.19

* Calendar year of purchase minus calendar year of birth.

 

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND (STATUTORY CONTRIBUTIONS) REGULATIONS, 1996

[Sections 16 and 18]

[Re-denominate the currency as stipulated under S 4 of Re-denomination Act, 8 of 2012, read with Bank of Zambia Act, 43 of 1996.]

Arrangement of Regulations

Regulation

   1.   Title

   2.   Statutory contribution

   3.   Employee's share

   4.   Revocation of statutory Instrument No. 86 of 1995

      SCHEDULE

SI 44 of 1996.

 

1.   Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Zambia National Provident Fund (Statutory Contributions) Regulations, 1996.

 

2.   Statutory contribution

A contributing employer, shall for every contributing period, pay into the Fund a statutory contribution in respect of each eligible employee employed by him during every such period at the rate prescribed in the Schedule to these Regulations.

 

3.   Employee's share

A contributing employer who is required to make a statutory contribution in respect of an employee may deduct the employee's share of that contribution due from him to that employee at the rate prescribed in the Schedule to these Regulations.

 

4.   Revocation of statutory Instrument No. 86 of 1995

The Zambia National Provident Fund (Statutory Contributions) Regulations, 1995, is hereby revoked.

 

SCHEDULE

[Regulations 2 and 3]

ZAMBIA NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND

TABLE FOR EMPLOYEES PAID WEEKLY

The normal rate of statutory contribution for each kwacha of wages paid (rounded off to the nearest is 7 per cent of rounded wages paid). The rate of employee's share is 3.5 per cent of rounded wages paid (50 per cent of statutory contribution) at each level. The ceiling of statutory contribution is K37, 500 per week.

(Wages are to be rounded to the nearest kwacha before using this table)

 

Rounded Wages Paid

Statutory Contribution

Employee's Share

K

K

K

3750

262.5

131.25

4250

297.5

148.75

4750

332.5

166.25

5250

367.5

183.75

5750

402.5

201.25

6250

437.5

218.75

6750

472.5

236.25

7250

507.5

253.75

7750

542.5

271.25

8250

577.5

288.75

8750

612.5

306.25

9250

647.5

323.75

9750

682.5

341.25

10250

717.5

358.75

10750

752.5

376.25

11250

787.5

393.75

11750

822.5

411.25

12250

857.5

428.75

12750

892.5

446.25

13250

927.5

463.75

13750

962.5

481.25

14250

997.5

498.75

14750

1032.5

516.25

15250

1067.5

533.75

15750

1102.5

551.25

16250

1137.5

568.75

16750

1172.5

586.25

17250

1207.5

603.75

17750

1242.5

621.25

18250

1277.5

638.75

18750

1312.5

656.25

19250

1347.5

673.75

19750

1382.5

691.25

20250

1417.5

708.75

20750

1452.5

726.25

21250

1487.5

743.75

21750

1522.5

761.25

22250

1557.5

778.75

22750

1592.5

796.25

23250

1627.5

813.75

23750

1662.5

831.25

24250

1697.5

848.75

24750

1732.5

866.25

25250

1767.5

883.75

25750

1802.5

901.25

26250

1837.5

918.75

26750

1872.5

936.25

27250

1907.5

953.75

27750

1942.5

971.25

28250

1977.5

988.75

28750

2012.5

1006.25

29250

2047.5

1023.75

29750

2082.5

1041.25

30250

2117.5

1058.75

30750

2152.5

1076.25

31250

2187.5

1093.75

31750

2222.5

1111.25

32250

2257.5

1128.75

32750

2292.5

1146.25

33250

2327.5

1163.75

33750

2362.5

1181.25

34250

2397.5

1198.75

34750

2432.5

1216.25

35250

2467.5

1233.75

35750

2502.5

1251.25

36250

2537.5

1268.75

36750

2572.5

1286.25

37250

2607.5

1303.75

37750

2642.5

1321.25

TABLE FOR EMPLOYEES PAID FORTNIGHTLY

The normal rate of statutory contribution for each kwacha of wages paid (rounded off to the nearest kwacha is 7 per cent of rounded wages paid). The rate of employee's share is 3.5 per cent of rounded wages paid (50 per cent of statutory contribution) at each level. The ceiling of statutory contribution is K75, 000 per fortnight.

(Wages are to be rounded to the nearest kwacha before using this table)

 

Rounded Wages Paid

Statutory Contribution

Employee's Share

K

K

K

7500.00

525.00

262.50

8000.00

560.00

280.00

8500.00

595.00

297.50

9000.00

630.00

315.00

9500.00

665.00

332.50

10000.00

700.00

350.00

10500.00

735.00

367.50

11000.00

770.00

385.00

11500.00

805.00

402.50

12000.00

840.00

420.00

12500.00

875.00

437.50

13000.00

910.00

455.00

13500.00

945.00

472.50

14000.00

980.00

490.00

14500.00

1015.00

507.50

15000.00

1050.00

525.00

15500.00

1085.00

542.50

16000.00

1120.00

560.00

16500.00

1155.00

577.50

17000.00

1190.00

595.00

17500.00

1225.00

612.50

18000.00

1260.00

630.00

18500.00

1295.00

647.50

19000.00

1330.00

665.00

19500.00

1365.00

682.50

20000.00

1400.00

700.00

20500.00

1435.00

717.50

21000.00

1470.00

735.00

21500.00

1505.00

752.50

22000.00

1540.00

770.00

22500.00

1575.00

787.50

23000.00

1610.00

805.00

23500.00

1645.00

822.50

24000.00

1680.00

840.00

24500.00

1715.00

857.50

25000.00

1750.00

875.00

25500.00

1785.00

892.50

26000.00

1820.00

910.00

26500.00

1855.00

927.50

27000.00

1890.00

945.00

27500.00

1925.00

962.50

28000.00

1960.00

980.00

28500.00

1995.00

997.50

29000.00

2030.00

1015.00

29500.00

2065.00

1032.50

30000.00

2100.00

1050.00

30500.00

2135.00

1067.50

31000.00

2170.00

1085.00

31500.00

2205.00

1102.50

32000.00

2240.00

1120.00

32500.00

2275.00

1137.50

33000.00

2310.00

1155.00

33500.00

2345.00

1172.50

34000.00

2380.00

1190.00

34500.00

2415.00

1207.50

35000.00

2450.00

1225.00

35500.00

2485.00

1242.50

36000.00

2520.00

1260.00

36500.00

2555.00

1277.50

37000.00

2590.00

1295.00

37500.00

2625.00

1312.50

38000.00

2660.00

1330.00

38500.00

2695.00

1347.50

39000.00

2730.00

1365.00

39500.00

2765.00

1382.50

40000.00

2800.00

1400.00

40500.00

2835.00

1417.50

41000.00

2870.00

1435.00

41500.00

2905.00

1452.50

42000.00

2940.00

1470.00

42500.00

2975.00

1487.50

43000.00

3010.00

1505.00

43500.00

3045.00

1522.50

44000.00

3080.00

1540.00

44500.00

3115.00

1557.50

45000.00

3150.00

1575.00

45500.00

3185.00

1592.50

46000.00

3220.00

1610.00

46500.00

3255.00

1627.50

47000.00

3290.00

1645.00

47500.00

3325.00

1662.50

48000.00

3360.00

1680.00

48500.00

3395.00

1697.50

49000.00

3430.00

1715.00

49500.00

3465.00

1732.50

50000.00

3500.00

1750.00

50500.00

3535.00

1767.50

51000.00

3570.00

1785.00

51500.00

3605.00

1802.50

52000.00

3640.00

1820.00

52500.00

3675.00

1837.50

53000.00

3710.00

1855.00

53500.00

3745.00

1872.50

54000.00

3780.00

1890.00

54500.00

3815.00

1907.50

55000.00

3850.00

1925.00

55500.00

3885.00

1942.50

56000.00

3920.00

1960.00

56500.00

3955.00

1977.50

57000.00

3990.00

1995.00

57500.00

4025.00

2012.50

58000.00

4060.00

2030.00

58500.00

4095.00

2047.50

59000.00

4130.00

2065.00

59500.00

4165.00

2082.50

60000.00

4200.00

2100.00

60500.00

4235.00

2117.50

61000.00

4270.00

2135.00

61500.00

4305.00

2152.50

62000.00

4340.00

2170.00

62500.00

4375.00

2187.50

63000.00

4410.00

2205.00

63500.00

4445.00

2222.50

64000.00

4480.00

2240.00

64500.00

4515.00

2257.50

65000.00

4550.00

2275.00

65500.00

4585.00

2292.50

66000.00

4620.00

2310.00

66500.00

4655.00

2327.50

67000.00

4690.00

2345.00

67500.00

4725.00

2362.50

68000.00

4760.00

2380.00

68500.00

4795.00

2397.50

69000.00

4830.00

2415.00

69500.00

4865.00

2432.50

70000.00

4900.00

2450.00

70500.00

4935.00

2467.50

71000.00

4970.00

2485.00

71500.00

5005.00

2502.50

72000.00

5040.00

2520.00

72500.00

5075.00

2537.50

73000.00

5110.00

2555.00

73500.00

5145.00

2572.50

74000.00

5180.00

2590.00

74500.00

5215.00

2607.50

75000.00

5250.00

2625.00

TABLE FOR EMPLOYEES PAID MONTHLY

The normal rate of statutory contribution for each kwacha of wages paid (rounded off to the nearest kwacha is 7 per cent of rounded wages paid). The rate of employee's share is 3.5 per cent of rounded wages paid (50 per cent of statutory contribution) at each level. The ceiling of statutory contribution is k150, 000 per month.

(Wages are to be rounded to the nearest kwacha before using this table)

 

Rounded Wages Paid

Statutory Contribution

Employee's Share

K

K

K

21500.00

1505.00

752.50

22000.00

1540.00

770.00

22500.00

1575.00

787.50

23000.00

1610.00

805.00

23500.00

1645.00

822.50

24000.00

1680.00

840.00

24500.00

1715.00

857.50

25000.00

1750.00

875.00

25500.00

1785.00

892.50

26000.00

1820.00

910.00

26500.00

1855.00

927.50

27000.00

1890.00

945.00

27500.00

1925.00

962.50

28000.00

1960.00

980.00

28500.00

1995.00

997.50

29000.00

2030.00

1015.00

29500.00

2065.00

1032.50

30000.00

2100.00

1050.00

30500.00

2135.00

1067.50

31000.00

2170.00

1085.00

31500.00

2205.00

1102.50

32000.00

2240.00

1120.00

32500.00

2275.00

1137.50

33000.00

2310.00

1155.00

33500.00

2345.00

1172.50

34000.00

2380.00

1190.00

34500.00

2415.00

1207.50

35000.00

2450.00

1225.00

35500.00

2485.00

1242.50

36000.00

2520.00

1260.00

36500.00

2555.00

1277.50

37000.00

2590.00

1295.00

37500.00

2625.00

1312.50

38000.00

2660.00

1330.00

38500.00

2695.00

1347.50

39000.00

2730.00

1365.00

39500.00

2765.00

1382.50

40000.00

2800.00

1400.00

40500.00

2835.00

1417.50

41000.00

2870.00

1435.00

41500.00

2905.00

1452.50

42000.00

2940.00

1470.00

42500.00

2975.00

1487.50

43000.00

3010.00

1505.00

43500.00

3045.00

1522.50

44000.00

3080.00

1540.00

44500.00

3115.00

1557.50

45000.00

3150.00

1575.00

45500.00

3185.00

1592.50

46000.00

3220.00

1610.00

46500.00

3255.00

1627.50

47000.00

3290.00

1645.00

47500.00

3325.00

1662.50

48000.00

3360.00

1680.00

48500.00

3395.00

1697.50

49000.00

3430.00

1715.00

49500.00

3465.00

1732.50

50000.00

3500.00

1750.00

50500.00

3535.00

1767.50

51000.00

3570.00

1785.00

51500.00

3605.00

1802.50

52000.00

3640.00

1820.00

52500.00

3675.00

1837.50

53000.00

3710.00

1855.00

53500.00

3745.00

1872.50

54000.00

3780.00

1890.00

54500.00

3815.00

1907.50

55000.00

3850.00

1925.00

55500.00

3885.00

1942.50

56000.00

3920.00

1960.00

56500.00

3955.00

1977.50

57000.00

3990.00

1995.00

57500.00

4025.00

2012.50

58000.00

4060.00

2030.00

58500.00

4095.00

2047.50

59000.00

4130.00

2065.00

59500.00

4165.00

2082.50

60000.00

4200.00

2100.00

60500.00

4235.00

2117.50

61000.00

4270.00

2135.00

61500.00

4305.00

2152.50

62000.00

4340.00

2170.00

62500.00

4375.00

2187.50

63000.00

4410.00

2205.00

63500.00

4445.00

2222.50

64000.00

4480.00

2240.00

64500.00

4515.00

2257.50

65000.00

4550.00

2275.00

65500.00

4585.00

2292.50

66000.00

4620.00

2310.00

66500.00

4655.00

2327.50

67000.00

4690.00

2345.00

67500.00

4725.00

2362.50

68000.00

4760.00

2380.00

68500.00

4795.00

2397.50

69000.00

4830.00

2415.00

69500.00

4865.00

2432.50

70000.00

4900.00

2450.00

70500.00

4935.00

2467.50

71000.00

4970.00

2485.00

71500.00

5005.00

2502.50

72000.00

5040.00

2520.00

72500.00

5075.00

2537.50

73000.00

5110.00

2555.00

73500.00

5145.00

2572.50

74000.00

5180.00

2590.00

74500.00

5215.00

2607.50

75000.00

5250.00

2625.00

75500.00

5285.00

2642.50

76000.00

5320.00

2660.00

76500.00

5355.00

2677.50

77000.00

5390.00

2695.00

77500.00

5425.00

2712.50

78000.00

5460.00

2730.00

78500.00

5495.00

2747.50

79000.00

5530.00

2765.00

79500.00

5565.00

2782.50

80000.00

5600.00

2800.00

80500.00

5635.00

2817.50

81000.00

5670.00

2835.00

81500.00

5705.00

2852.50

82000.00

5740.00

2870.00

82500.00

5775.00

2887.50

83000.00

5810.00

2905.00

83500.00

5845.00

2922.50

84000.00

5880.00

2940.00

84500.00

5915.00

2957.50

85000.00

5950.00

2975.00

85500.00

5985.00

2992.50

86000.00

6020.00

3010.00

86500.00

6055.00

3027.50

87000.00

6090.00

3045.00

87500.00

6125.00

3062.50

88000.00

6160.00

3080.00

88500.00

6195.00

3097.50

89000.00

6230.00

3115.00

89500.00

6265.00

3132.50

90000.00

6300.00

3150.00

90500.00

6335.00

3167.50

91000.00

6370.00

3185.00

91500.00

6405.00

3202.50

92000.00

6440.00

3220.00

92500.00

6475.00

3237.50

93000.00

6510.00

3255.00

93500.00

6545.00

3272.50

94000.00

6580.00

3290.00

94500.00

6615.00

3307.50

95000.00

6650.00

3325.00

95500.00

6685.00

3342.50

96000.00

6720.00

3360.00

96500.00

6755.00

3377.50

97000.00

6790.00

3395.00

97500.00

6825.00

3412.50

98000.00

6860.00

3430.00

98500.00

6895.00

3447.50

99000.00

6930.00

3465.00

99500.00

6965.00

3482.00

100000.00

7000.00

3500.00

100500.00

7035.00

3517.50

101000.00

7070.00

3535.00

101500.00

7105.00

3552.50

102000.00

7140.00

3570.00

102500.00

7175.00

3587.50

103000.00

7210.00

3605.00

103500.00

7245.00

3622.50

104000.00

7280.00

3640.00

104500.00

7315.00

3657.50

105000.00

7350.00

3675.00

105500.00

7385.00

3692.50

106000.00

7420.00

3710.00

106500.00

7455.00

3727.50

107000.00

7490.00

3745.00

107500.00

7525.00

3762.50

108000.00

7560.00

3780.00

108500.00

7595.00

3797.50

109000.00

7630.00

3815.00

109500.00

7665.00

3832.50

110000.00

7700.00

3850.00

110500.00

7735.00

3867.50

111000.00

7770.00

3885.00

111500.00

7805.00

3902.50

112000.00

7840.00

3920.50

112500.00

7875.00

3937.00

113000.00

7910.00

3955.00

113500.00

7945.00

3972.50

114000.00

7980.00

3990.00

114500.00

8015.00

4007.50

115000.00

8050.00

4025.00

115500.00

8085.00

4042.50

116000.00

8120.00

4060.00

116500.00

8155.00

4077.50

117000.00

8190.00

4095.00

117500.00

8225.00

4112.50

118000.00

8260.00

4130.00

118500.00

8295.00

4147.50

119000.00

8330.00

4165.00

119500.00

8365.00

4182.50

120000.00

8400.00

4200.00

120500.00

8435.00

4217.50

121000.00

8470.00

4235.00

121500.00

8505.00

4252.50

122000.00

8540.00

4270.00

122500.00

8575.00

4287.50

123000.00

8610.00

4305.00

123500.00

8645.00

4322.50

124000.00

8680.00

4340.00

124500.00

8715.00

4357.50

125000.00

8750.00

4375.00

125500.00

8785.00

4392.50

126000.00

8820.00

4410.00

126500.00

8855.00

4427.50

127000.00

8890.00

4445.00

127500.00

8925.00

4462.50

128000.00

8960.00

4480.00

128500.00

8995.00

4497.50

129000.00

9030.00

4515.00

129500.00

9065.00

4532.50

130000.00

9100.00

4550.00

130500.00

9135.00

4567.50

131000.00

9170.00

4585.00

131500.00

9205.00

4602.50

132000.00

9240.00

4620.00

132500.00

9275.00

4637.50

133000.00

9310.00

4655.00

133500.00

9345.00

4672.50

134000.00

9380.00

4690.00

134500.00

9415.00

4707.50

135000.00

9450.00

4725.00

135500.00

9485.00

4742.50

136000.00

9520.00

4760.00

136500.00

9555.00

4777.50

137000.00

9590.00

4795.00

137500.00

9625.00

4812.50

138000.00

9660.00

4830.00

138500.00

9695.00

4847.50

139000.00

9730.00

4865.00

139500.00

9765.00

4882.50

140000.00

9800.00

4900.00

140500.00

9835.00

4917.50

141000.00

9870.00

4935.00

141500.00

9905.00

4952.20

142000.00

9940.00

4970.00

142500.00

9975.00

4987.50

143000.00

10010.00

5005.00

143500.00

10045.00

5022.50

144000.00

10080.00

5040.00

144500.00

10115.00

5057.50

145000.00

10150.00

5075.00

145500.00

10185.00

5092.50

146000.00

10220.00

5110.00

146500.00

10255.00

5127.50

147000.00

10290.00

5145.00

147500.00

10325.00

5162.50

148000.00

10360.00

5180.00

148500.00

10395.00

5197.50

149000.00

10430.00

5215.00

149500.00

10465.00

5232.50

150000.00

10500.00

5250.00

{/mprestriction}