| Pending /Passed
Legislation |
Veritas
BW Ref |
Identifier |
Status
Date |
Date
Passed |
Date
Gazetted |
Date
Effective |
Status |
| Gazetted
Land (Consequential Provisions) Bill |
The
Bill aims to cater for certain problems that have arisen in
the wake of section 16B of the Constitution, enacted last year
by the Constitution
of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.17) Act. The Land Acquisition
Act will be amended. The Rural
Land Occupiers (Protection from Eviction) Act will be repealed.
Two new
terms, "Gazetted land" and "specially Gazetted
land" will be adopted and defined. Occupation or use
of gazetted land "without lawful authority" (offer
letter, permit or lease granted by the State) will be prohibited
on pain of criminal penalties. Short grace periods will be
allowed to former owners or occupiers of gazetted land. Where
gazetting occurred before the 14th September 2005, those who
do not have lawful authority to continue in occupation must
leave within 45 days of the Bill becoming law. Where gazetting
occurs after the 14th September 2005, the former owner or
occupier without lawful authority to continue in occupation
must cease to use the land within 45 days of gazetting and
vacate the "living quarters" within 90 days. Criminal
penalties are provided for failure to comply.
The amendments
to the Land Acquisition Act will replace the term "agricultural
land required for resettlement purposes" with the new
term "specially Gazetted land". Offer letters issued
before the Bill becomes law will be validated. Compensation
for improvements on Gazetted land will be dealt with in accordance
with the Land Acquisition Act as amended by the Bill.
Ministry:
Lands & Land Reform
Stage: Effective |
| 62/2006 |
Act 8/2006 |
29-Dec-06 |
20-Dec-06 |
03-Nov-06 |
20-Dec-06 |
Effective |
| General
Notice No 40 of 2005 - Disbursement of Money to Political Parties |
10/2005 |
General Notice No 40 of 2005 |
16-Feb-04 |
14-Feb-05 |
|
14-Feb-05 |
Effective |
General
Laws Amendment Bill, 2010 - As amended at April 2011
|
To
amend the Administrative Court Act [Chapter 7:01 ], Judicial
Services Act [Chapter 7:18] (No. 10 of 2006), Criminal Procedure
and Evidence Act [Chapter .9:07], Ombudsman Act [Chapter 10:18],
Police Act [Chapter 11:10], Civil Aviation Act [Chapter 13:161
(No. 7 of 1998), National Biotechnology Authority Act [Chapter
14:31] (No. 3 of 2006), Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment
Act [Chapter 14:33] (No. 14 of 2007), Health Services Act
[Chapter 15:16] (No. 28 of 2004), Parks and Wildlife Act [Chapter
20:14], Environmental Management Act [Chapter 20:27] (No.
13 of 2002), Procurement Act [Chapter 22:14] (No. 2 of 1999),
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 22:15] (No. 5 of 1999),
Building Societies Act [Chapter 24:02], Banking Act [Chapter
24:20] (No. 9 of 1999), Printed Publications Act [Chapter
25:14], Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act [Chapter 26:05]
(No. 11 of 2000), Labour Act [Chapter 28:01 ], Rural District
Councils Act [Chapter 29:13], and the Urban Councils Act [Chapter
29:15], and to provide for the backdating of Statutory Instrument
12 of 2011 to 1st February, 2009. |
7/2010
44/2010
10/2011 17/2011 |
Bill 8A/2010
Act 5/2011
|
27-Apr-11 |
16-May-11 |
22-Oct-10 |
16-May-11 |
Passed
as Act. Gazetted. In Effect |
General
Laws Amendment Act
|
This Act amends
some 40 Acts, ranging from minor amendments, correcting anomalies
and errors, to more significant changes. It include changes
to POSA - setting levels of penalties; the Rural Electrification
Fund Act - backdating the commencement of the Act to the date
of its promulgation in 2002 and validating the collection
of levies since that date; the Environmental Management Act
- making provision for the continuation in force of regulations
prematurely repealed by the Act; and, the Maintenance Act
- altering the provision for deduction of maintenance by the
employer. Two new clauses amending the Criminal Procedure
and Evidence Act were added at Committee stage.
Of immediate interest is Section 11 which increases tenfold
the monetary values of the 14 levels in the Standard Scale
of Fines, ranging from $50 000 for level 1 to $25 million
for level 14. One effect of the new Standard Scale is that
the police will now be permitted to invite admission of guilt
fines of up to $250 000 in appropriate cases (the previous
maximum was $25 000). This is the first adjustment to the
Standard Scale of Fines since September 2003.
The maximum possible jail term for insulting the President
remains at one year, which is what it has been since the inception
of POSA. Section 16 states the penalties
as being a fine of up to level six (currently $2 000 000)
or imprisonment for up to one year, or both.
Ministry: Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs |
| 03/2006 |
Act 6/2005 |
03-Feb-06 |
|
03-Feb-06 |
|
Gazetted |
| Harare Institute
of Technology Act |
This
Bill proposes to establish the Harare Institute of Technology
as a degree-conferring institution and makes provisions for
such.
Ministry: Higher and Tertiary Education
Stage: This Bill had its third reading and was passed with amendments
on August 18, 2005 |
| 03/2006 |
Act 4/2005 |
03-Feb-06 |
|
04-Nov-05 |
04-Nov-05 |
Passed but not yet gazetted as
an Act |
| Health Service Act |
Aims to put health
workers and support staff under the Ministry of Health and Child
Welfare rather than the Public Service Commission which is the
current position. It will also establish a Health Service Board
to be responsible for conditions of service for health workers,
and hospital management boards to manage hospitals. Brought
into effect by SI 88B/2005 |
| 1 of 6th Parl '05 |
Act 28/2004 |
01-Jun-05 |
20-Dec-04 |
25-Feb-05 |
01-Jun-05 |
Effective |
| Housing
Standards Control Act |
To establish housing
courts and to confer upon them certain powers and functions;
to provide for the repair, demolition or closure of buildings
of an unsatisfactory standard; to provide for the abatement
of overcrowding of dwellings; to control the harmful use or
occupation of premises and the undue interference with the rights
of the residents of a neighbourhood; to institute a procedure
whereby clearance warrants may be granted to local authorities
for the acquisition and clearance of areas in which buildings
of an unsatisfactory standard are prevalent; and to provide
for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing. |
| Acts
29/1972, 57/1972 (s.28), 39/1973 (s.46), 22/1976 (s.87), 48/1976
(s.82), 3/1979 (ss.115-120), 15/1981 (s.66), 8/1988 (s.164);
9/1997 (s.10); R.G.N. 918/1973 |
|
10-Nov-72 |
Effective |
| Immigration
Regulations, 1998 |
Updated by Immigration
(Amendment) Regulations, 2005 (No. 1) on June 17, 2005 |
| 3 of 6th Parl '05 |
Act 28/2004 |
04-Jul-05 |
1998 |
1998 |
1998 |
Effective |
Indigenisation
and Economic Empowerment (General) Regulations, 2010, S.I.
21/2010 - With changes as of July 27, 2011
Indigenisation
and Economic Empowerment (General) (Amendment) Regulations,
2011 (No. 4), SI 84/2011
Indigenisation
and Economic Empowerment (General) Regulations Amended, March
2011
Indigenisation
and Economic Empowerment (General) Regulations - GN 114/2011
Indigenisation
and Economic Empowerment (General) (Amendment) Regulations
- SI 34/2011
Indigenisation
and Economic Empowerment Regulations (2010), SI 21/2010
Indigenisation
and Economic Empowerment Act
Indigenisation
and Economic Empowerment Bill (amended)
Indigenisation
and Economic Empowerment Bill (original) |
The
Bill’s memorandum states its purpose as being to create
an enabling environment that will result in increased participation
of indigenous Zimbabweans in the economic activities of the
country, the ultimate objective being a situation in which at
least a 51% shareholding in "every public company and any
other business" is in the hands of indigenous Zimbabweans.
In the shorter term, the Minister will be empowered to publish
statutory instruments prescribing acceptable lesser percentages
and thresholds that will apply “temporarily”.
Key terms
are defined in clause 2: "business" [company, association,
syndicate or partnership having for its object the acquisition
of gain]; "controlling interest"; "indigenisation";
"indigenous Zimbabwean" [any person who before 18th
April 1980 was disadvantaged by unfair discrimination on the
grounds of his or her race, any descendant of such a person,
and any company, association, syndicate or partnership in
which such persons hold the controlling interest or are the
majority of the members].
Part III
of the Bill [clauses 3 to 6] sets out the methods by which
indigenisation and economic empowerment will be achieved.
Ministerial regulations will be necessary to give effect to
them. The methods include:-
- compulsory
notification to the Minister of, and requiring Ministerial
approval for: certain mergers, restructurings and acquisitions
of businesses [those requiring approval under the Competition
Act]; unbundlings, demergers and relinquishments of controlling
interests; and investments for which investment licences
are required. Approval will be denied where a proposed transaction
would fail to bring about the level of control by indigenous
Zimbabweans currently applicable [51% or a controlling interest
or such lesser percentages or shares as may have been temporarily
prescribed by the Minister].
- requiring
Government departments, parastatals, local authorities and
companies to procure goods and services from businesses
controlled by indigenous Zimbabweans, where procurement
is required to be in terms of the Procurement Act,
- cancellation
or non-renewal of operating licences, where a transaction
requiring approval has been concluded without notification
to the Minister,
- Government
assistance to business proprietors wishing to identify indigenous
Zimbabweans to acquire their businesses.
NOTE:
The Bill does not contain anything directly obliging existing
businesses to set about indigenisation forthwith; the obligation
to indigenise is triggered by decisions to enter into transactions
of the sort mentioned above.
The Bill
also provides for the establishment of a National Indigenisation
and Economic Empowerment Board which will advise the Minister
on indigenisation and empowerment strategies and the implementation
of the Act, administer a National Indigenisation and Economic
Empowerment Fund and oversee compliance with the National
Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Charter.
The Fund
will provide financial assistance to indigenous Zimbabweans
for financing of share acquisitions, management buy-ins and
buy-outs and capacity-building projects for indigenous Zimbabweans.
One source of income for the Fund will be the proceeds of
levies imposed on companies and other businesses by the Minister
by statutory instrument. The funds of the existing National
Investment Trust will be transferred to the Fund and be held
in a special Unit Trust Account administered by the Board
in accordance with the Second Schedule to the Bill.
The Charter,
set out in the Fourth Schedule to the Bill, will be binding
on recipients of financial assistance provided through the
Fund. The Charter is a framework for ethical and good business
conduct.
|
| 25/2007
16/2011 |
Act 14/2007 |
19-Apr-08 |
02-Oct-07 |
07-Mar-08 |
17-Apr-08 |
Effective |
| Infrastructure
Development Bank of Zimbabwe Act |
An
Act to provide for the establishment, constitution, duties and
powers of a Zimbabwe Development Bank to assist in and promote
the economic development of Zimbabwe; and to provide for matters
incidental to or connected with the foregoing. (Formerly the
Zimbabwe Development Bank Act, now incorporating all amendments
made by the Zimbabwe Development Bank Amendment Act No 11 of
2005 gazetted on 24th March 2006.)
|
| Acts
7/1983, 38/1983, 29/1990, 12/1994, 11/2005 |
|
|
24-Mar-06 |
|
Effective |
Interception
of Communications Act
Interception
of Communications Bill Second Consolidated Text
Interception
of Communications Bill Consolidated Text
View
the Index of Opinion and Analysis for this Bill
View
differences between the first 2 versions of HB 4, 2006 |
The purpose of this
Bill is to establish an interception of communications monitoring
centre and for the appointment of persons to that centre whose
function will be to monitor and intercept certain communications
in the course of their transmission through a telecommunication,
postal or any other related service system. The
Centre will be manned by technical experts designated by the
Government Telecommunications Agency. It will be the sole
facility through which authorised interceptions will be effected,
and will give technical advice to authorised persons and service
providers. Telecommunication service providers will have to
ensure that their systems are capable of supporting lawful
interceptions. They will be obliged, at their own expense,
to acquire the facilities and devices necessary to provide
an interception capability meeting the requirements specified
by the Postal and Telecommunications Authority. There is,
however, some provision for compensation to service providers
for assistance in the execution of warrants.
The Bill
provides for interception of both telecommunications and postal
articles. Interception will be permitted only if authorised
by a warrant (telecommunications) or detention order (postal
articles) issued by the Minister of Transport and Communications
on application by an "authorised person". Authorised
persons are the Commissioner of Police, the Chief of Defence
Intelligence, the Director-General of the CIO and the Commissioner-General
of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority or their nominees.
Interceptions
not authorised in terms of the Act will attract criminal penalties
(unless the interceptor has the consent of the person to whom
or by whom the communication is sent or, in the case of a
telecommunication, is a party to it). Evidence obtained by
an interception in breach of the Act will not be admissible
in criminal proceedings except with the leave of the court.
Warrants
for interception of telecommunications may be issued only
if there are reasonable grounds for believing a "serious
offence" has been is being committed or that information
gathering is necessary concerning threats to national security
or a compelling national economic interest. Detention orders
for postal articles may be issued on wider grounds. There
are provisions for appeals to the Administrative Court by
any person aggrieved by a warrant, directive or order issued
to or by (sic) the Postal and Telecommunications Authority,
an authorised person or the Government Telecommunications
Agency. And the new consolidated text includes a new clause
requiring an annual review by the Attorney-General of the
Minister’s use of his powers under the Act.
Although
the thrust of the Bill remains unchanged, there are some differences
between the original text and the new consolidated text, notably:-
- clause
2 (narrower definition of “serious offence”)
- clause
6 (Issue of warrant) – in subsection (1) paragraph
(a) has been rewritten and paragraph (d) has been omitted.
The original subclause (2) permitting unwritten urgent applications
has also been omitted.
- clause
7 (Scope of warrant and renewal of warrant) – renewal
of a warrant is handled differently (involving the Attorney-General
and the Administrative Court in certain circumstances)
- clause
18 (Appeals) – there will be no appeal to the Minister;
appeals will go to the Administrative Court
- clause
19 (Review of exercise of Minister's powers under this Act)
– an entirely new clause, providing for annual review
by the Attorney-General of the Minister's use of his power
to issue warrants for interception of communications
Ministry: Transport and Communications
Introduced: House of Assembly.
On Nov 07, 2006, before the Parliamentary Legal Committee
(PLC) had reported on the original Bill, the House approved
a Government motion that the original Bill be replaced by
a new consolidated text which would be treated as having been
introduced and referred to the PLC. This text was replaced
with the second consolidated text on May 08, 2007.
Stage: The second consolidated text of the Bill was passed
by the House of Assembly on June 13, 2007, and by the Senate
on June 14, 2007. It was signed by the Presdient on August
03, 2007. |
| 24/2007 |
HB 4A/2006 |
21-Jun-07 |
13-Jun-07 |
26-May-06 |
3-Aug-07 |
Passed
by both houses of Parliament and signed into law by President. |
Judicial
Services Act
Judicial
Services Bill |
This
Bill aims to set up the Judicial Service (under the control
of the Judicial Service Commission) as a separate service outside
the Public Service. The Judicial Service will include the judges
of the Supreme Court and High Court, the Labour Court judges,
the presidents of the Administrative Court, the office of the
Ombudsman, all magistrates and the staff of the Judicial Service
Commission. The Bill will not affect appointment and conditions
of service of judges, presidents of the Administrative Court
or Ombudsman and deputy Ombudsman [these will continue to be
separately provided for under the Constitution and the relevant
Acts of Parliament]. But the Judicial Service Commission will
be responsible for the appointment, conditions of service and
discipline of magistrates. The presiding officers of customary
courts will not be part of the Judicial Service.
Hitherto the Judicial Service Commission,
appointed by the President under the terms of the Constitution,
has had primarily advisory and consultative functions. This
Bill will give it far wider functions. The Judicial Service
will have its own funds separately voted by Parliament and
under the control of the Judicial Service Commission, with
the Secretary to the Commission as the accounting officer.
It also makes provision that no judicial officer may be arrested
in chambers or in the court precincts. Codes of conduct and
ethics are envisaged.
Ministry:
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
Stage: Gazetted Jan 19, 2007. Date of commencement to be fixed
by statutory instrument. |
| 3/2007 |
Act 10/2006 |
20-Jan-07 |
19-Jan-07 |
19-Jan-07 |
|
Date of
commencement to be fixed by statutory instrument |
| Labour
Act |
An Act to declare
and define the fundamental rights of employees; to give effect
to the interna-tional obligations of the Republic of Zimbabwe
as a member state of the International Labour Organisation and
as a member of or party to any other international organisation
or agreement governing conditions of employment which Zimbabwe
would have ratified; to define unfair labour practices; to regulate
conditions of employment and other related matters; to provide
for the control of wages and salaries; to provide for the appointment
and functions of workers committees; to provide for the formation,
registration and functions of trade unions, employers organizations
and employment councils; to regulate the negotiation, scope
and enforcement of collective bargaining agreements; to provide
for the establishment and functions of the Labour Court; to
provide for the prevention of trade disputes, and unfair labour
practices; to regulate and control collective action; to regulate
and control employment agencies; and to provide for matters
connected with or inciden-tal to the foregoing. |
| Acts
16/1985, 12/1992, 20/1994 (s.19), 22/2001 (s.4), 17/2002, 7/2005 |
|
1985 |
Effective |
Labour
Amendment Act
|
This Bill proposes
to amend the Labour Act to ensure that the Labour Act will be
supreme in respect to all labour relations. There are thirty-nine
amendments including setting levels of penalties; clarification
of the processes dealing with disputes; setting out the periods
of notice on termination of a contract; the doing away with
the need for certification of trade unions and employers' associations;
a small increase in maternity leave; and, enabling the Labour
Court to grant applicants power to take up disciplinary action
against those who continue on a collective job action that has
been declared illegal by the Labour Court. It also will repeal
section 56 of the Export Processing Zones Act which had exempted
these zones from provisions of the Labour Act.
Ministry: Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare |
| 01/2006 |
Act 7/2005 |
04-Nov-05 |
02-Nov-05 |
11-Mar-05 |
30-Dec-05 |
Effective |
Labour
Court Rules, 2006
|
These
rules shall apply to all proceedings in the Labour Court, including,
so far as is practicable, proceedings pending on the date of
commencement of these rules. |
| 14/2006 |
SI 59/2006 |
02-Apr-06 |
|
|
|
Effective |
| Land
Acquisition Amendment (No. 2) Act, 2002
|
Sections
5, 7 and 9 of the Land Acquisition Act have now been amended.
The amendments:
*
cover administrative shortcomings in relation to service of
a ‘preliminary notice of acquisition’ under section
5 of the Land Acquisition Act;
* introduce a presumption that compulsory acquisition is intended
for agricultural resettlement;
* increase penalties for non-vacation of the property.
Note: The
Land Acquisition Amendment (No. 2) Act, 2002 was passed by Parliament
on Thursday 19th September, 2002. The Bill was published in
the Government Gazette on Friday 13th September, 2002. Although
parliamentary Standing Order No. 102 requires every Bill to
be published at least 14 days before being introduced to the
House, the House suspended standing orders and the Bill passed
through all its stages, with certain amendments, on 19th September. |
| |
|
|
|
25-Oct-02 |
25-Oct-02 |
Effective |
Local
Government Laws Amendment Act, 2008 (Act 1, 2008)
Local
Government Laws Amendment Bill, 2007 (H.B. 15, 2007)
|
The
Bill gives effect to the harmonisation of Presidential, Parliamentary
and local authority elections required by Constitution
Amendment No. 18. The Acts to be amended are the Rural District
Councils Act, the Urban
Councils Act and the Electoral
Act. Matters covered include amendments recognising the
new constitutional responsibility of the Zimbabwe
Electoral Commission for dividing council areas into wards,
and the abolition of the rule that a rural council ward should
contain only a single category of land [communal, resettlement
or commercial farming].
The amendments to the Urban Councils Act include
provision for:
-
the abolition of executive mayors and executive committees
and a return to the pre-1996 system of mayors and deputy
mayors [chairpersons and deputy chairpersons for town councils]
elected by councillors
- the
appointment by the Minister of non-voting councillors to
represent special interests
-
the introduction of “caretakers” to run the
affairs of non-functioning councils [replacing the present
system of “commissioners”]
-
new rules governing the cancellation or alteration of council
resolutions.
The amendments to the Electoral Act merely
reflect the abolition of the institution of executive mayor.
|
| 52/2007 |
Act 1/2008 |
24-Jan-08 |
17-Jan-08 |
24-Jan-08 |
24-Jan-08 |
Effective |
| Mines
& Minerals Amendment Bill (H.B. 14, 2007) |
This
complex 60-page Bill has two principal components:
* provision for the indigenisation and localisation of the mining
industry
* the first major overhaul and modernisation of general mining
law for over thirty years.
Indigenisation
and localisation
These provisions will come into force as soon as
the Bill is gazetted as an Act. They do not apply to small-scale
miners (a defined term), to persons or companies engaged solely
in exploration for strategic energy minerals, precious metals
or precious stones, or to persons or companies who in future
enter into special agreements with the State or a statutory
body for the extraction or exploitation of any mineral.
The objectives
stated are as follows:
-
for companies mining [extracting or exploiting] strategic
energy minerals [coal, coalbed methane, petroleum, uranium]
- 51% State stake [25% non-contributory, 26% contributory]
-
for companies mining [extracting or exploiting] precious
metals or precious stones - 25% State stake [non-contributory]
plus 26% stake held by State or indigenous Zimbabweans
-
for companies mining [extracting or exploiting] other minerals
- 51% stake held by indigenous Zimbabweans.
The State’s
non-contributory (i.e. free) stake is stated to be the State’s
entitlement by virtue of "its original ownership of all
useful minerals in its subsoil” [Zimbabwean law has
always laid down that the State retains ownership of all such
minerals]. The State’s dividends on its non-contributory
shares will be used to pay for the State’s contributory
26%.
For existing
mining rights, a seven-year timetable is allowed for gradually
achieving compliance with the objectives. Measures to ensure
compliance include cancellation of mining rights in cases
of wilful non-compliance; restrictions on renewal or extension
of mining rights for non-compliant companies; and escalating
strategic energy minerals tax and precious minerals tax which
a company can avoid by vesting 25% of its shares in the State
free of charge [the State’s non-contributory stake].
Future
mining enterprises will be required to comply either immediately
or, as a matter of State discretion, in accordance with the
seven-year timetable.
The scheme
will be underpinned by–
-
a provision limiting mining of strategic energy minerals,
precious metals and precious stones to companies [existing
miners who are not already companies will have six months
to register as companies; failure to do so will result in
monetary penalties followed by cancellation of mining rights]
-
a right of first refusal for the State and indigenous Zimbabweans
for purchasing mining company shares
-
immediate liability for strategic energy minerals tax or
precious minerals tax for mining companies that close down
during the three months before the Bill becomes law or at
any time thereafter
-
an immediate State audit of (1) the estimated life of strategic
energy and precious mineral mines and (2) the size of the
reserves available in such mines. This audit will be used
for levying taxes on those mines.
Overhaul
of mining law
This portion
of the Bill will come into force on a future date to be fixed
by the President by statutory instrument [to allow time for
due preparation for the changes involved, particularly the
gazetting of necessary new regulations].
Features
of general interest include: the removal of excessive detail
from the Mines and Minerals Act, leaving it to be covered
instead in regulations made by the Minister; a provision requiring
authorities making decisions under the Act to apply the rules
of natural justice and outlining the rules; provision for
appeals to the Administrative Court; a new Part XVA dealing
with environmental protection and requiring miners to establish
or contribute towards environmental rehabilitation funds to
finance protection or restoration of the environment from
the consequences of mining operations; insistence on environmental
impact assessment reports; and action to protect and restore
the environment.
Features
of particular interest to the mining industry include: revamping
of the Mining Affairs Board; substantial changes to the law
governing prospecting and the pegging of blocks; replacement
of exclusive prospecting orders by a system of exclusive exploration
licences issued by the Minister; allowing the House of Assembly
to compel the Minister to revoke exclusive exploration licences;
abolition of the distinction between precious metal and base
mineral claims; abolition of extra-lateral rights for holders
of precious metal claims; requiring miners to actively exploit
their claims rather than allowing them to preserve ownership
of unexploited claims by payment of fees; and, the extension
of the mining lease system to replace certain special grants
and to cover all locations exceeding four contiguous blocks.
Provision
is made at the end of the Bill for the impact of the new provisions
on the holders of existing rights. Finally, the Bill contains
amendments to the Precious Stones Trade Act designed to correct
errors stemming from recent amendments to that Act.
|
| 46/2007 |
HB 14/2007 |
04-Oct-10 |
|
01-Oct-10 |
01-Oct-10 |
Effective |
| Minerals
Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (Diamond Sales to Local Diamond
Manufacturers) Regulations, S.I. 157/2010 |
The
regulations require the Minerals Marketing Corporation [MMCZ],
which is responsible for marketing and selling all diamonds
mined in Zimbabwe, to reserve up to 10% of the diamonds it receives
for sale to local diamond manufacturers. Local diamond manufacturers
will have to pay “competitive prices” and submit
regular returns to MMCZ showing use made of the diamonds they
buy. |
| 39/2010 |
SI 157/2010 |
17-Nov-07 |
|
10-Dec-07 |
|
Introduced and referred to PLC
29-Nov-07. Awaiting report from PLC. |
|
National Biotechnology Authority Act, 2006 (No. 3 of 2006) |
To
establish the National Biotechnology Authority whose function
shall be to support and manage biotechnology research, development
and application; to provide for the constitution of a board
of the Authority; to provide for the establishment of the National
Biotechnology Fund for the development of the products of biotechnology;
to provide for the fixing of standards of quality and other
matters relating to products of biotechnology produced in Zimbabwe;
and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the
foregoing.
Stage: Not yet in force - date of commencement to be fixed by
statutory instrument |
| 62/2006 |
Act 3/2006 |
29-Dec-06 |
01-Sep-06 |
01-Sep-06 |
|
Not yet
in force - date of commencement to be fixed by statutory instrument |
National
Incomes and Pricing Commission Amendment Bill, 2010
|
The
purpose of this Bill is to amend the National Incomes and Pricing
Commission Act [Chapter 14:32] to provide for the establishment
and the composition of a National Incomes and Pricing Board.
The Bill also seeks to repeal the institution of inspectors
and reintroduce them in the Control of Goods Act [Chapter 14:05]. |
| |
HB 10/2010 |
30-Apr-12 |
|
05-Nov-10 |
|
Awaiting start
of Second Reading stage after non-adverse report from PLC |
National
Incomes and Pricing Commission Bill
National
Incomes and Pricing Commission Bill (Amended)
|
The Bill provides
for the establishment of a National Incomes and Pricing Commission.
The Commission's mandate will be to develop pricing models for
goods and services produced in Zimbabwe with a view to balancing
the viability of products and the incomes and welfare needs
of the people of Zimbabwe. The Commission will be a fully-fledged
parastatal. The Commission will have power to make by-laws covering
a limited field, but price control regulations will continue
to be made under the Control of Goods Act, albeit on the recommendation
of or after consultation with the Commission. The Commission's
staff will include inspectors who will also function as inspectors
for the purposes of the Control of Goods Act. Matters currently
provided for in regulations made under the Control of Goods
Act are covered in the Bill, such as refusal to sell goods;
display of prices of goods on sale; conditional selling.
Stage: Passed
by House of Assembly and Senate. Amendments proposed by Mr
Mushoriwa MP were:
altering the composition of the Commission; that the Commission
determine price reviews/appeals within 21 days; that the Commission
submit an annual report and statement of accounts to Parliament;
that the Commission’s exemption from liability for losses
caused by the carrying out of its functions should not be so
wide; reducing the maximum imprisonment for offences from 5
years to 2 years; removing the additional penalty of loss of
the right to carry on business for convicted traders, manufacturers
and agent; and removing the Bill’s provision for vicarious
criminal liability of company directors, managers etc., where
a company is prosecuted.
Ministry: Industry and International Trade |
| 17/2007 |
HB 13/2006 |
28-Apr-07 |
|
27-Oct-06 |
|
Passed
by House of Assembly with amendments and transmitted to Senate
on 1st March. Final reading in Senate on 8th March.
Awaiting gazetting. |
National
Security Council Act
National
Security Council Bill
|
This Act provides
for the establishment, composition, functions and meetings of
the Zimbabwe National Security Council; and to provide for matters
connected therewith or incidental thereto. |
| |
Act 2/2009 |
|
|
3-Mar-09 |
3-Mar-09 |
Effective |
National
Security Council Act - Anotated to show amendments
National
Security Council Amendment Bill
|
This short Bill seeks
to make the Ministers responsible for national security and
justice members of the NSC. |
| 20/2010 |
Bill 2/2010
Act 2/2011 |
20-May-11 |
20-May-11 |
20-May-11 |
20-May-11 |
Passed
as Act. Gazetted. In effect. |
Non-Governmental
Organisations Bill
View
the Index of Opinion and Analysis for this Bill |
To
provide for the registration of non-governmental organisations,
to provide for an enabling environment for the operations, monitoring
and regulation of all non-governmental organisations; to repeal
the Private Voluntary Organisation Act [Chapter 17:05] and for
matters incidental thereto.
Status: Passed by Parliament in December 2005 but never signed
by President Mugabe. Not yet reintroduced to Parliament. Interestingly,
sections 21 and 22 of Finance Act, 2005 (No. 2 of 2005), which
was gazetted on the 12th September, 2005, amend the Value Added
Tax Act by removing the definition of "non-governmental
organisation" and references to non-governmental organisations,
and reinstating the former definition of "private voluntary
organisation" and the former references to private voluntary
organisations.
Ministry: Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare |
| 19 of 6th Parl '05 |
|
10-Oct-05 |
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|
|
Must be resubmitted |
| Official
Secrets Act |
To
prohibit the disclosure for any purpose prejudicial to the safety
or interests of Zimbabwe of information which might be useful
to an enemy; to make provision for the purpose of preventing
persons from obtaining or disclosing official secrets in Zimbabwe;
to prevent unauthorized persons from making sketches, plans
or models of and to prevent trespass upon defence works, fortifications,
military reserves and other prohibited places; and to provide
for matters incidental to the foregoing. |
| 2/2005 |
|
|
|
|
27-Feb-70 |
|
Older
Persons Act
Older Persons Bill |
To
provide for the well-being of older persons; to provide for
the appointment of a Director for Older Persons affairs, the
establishment of an Older Persons Board; to create an Older
Persons Fund; and to provide for matters connected therewith,
or incidental thereto. |
39/2011
33/2012 |
Act 1/2012 |
03-Oct-12 |
25-Jul-12 |
17-Sept-12 |
|
Gazetted.
Awaiting Statutory Instrument to become effective. |
