VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
THURSDAY, 3RD MARCH, 2016

1. Papers Laid on the Table, -

Anti-Corruption Commission Annual Report 2014 (03.03.16) (The Vice President)

2. Ministerial Statement, - The Minister of Energy and Water Development made a 

statement on the connection of North-Western Province to the national electricity grid and briefed the House on the progress of the project.

3. Ministerial Statement, - The Minister of Local Government and Housing made a 

statement on the management of Bus Stations country-wide following a Point of Order raised by the Hon Member of Parliament for Senanga, Mr L Mufalali, MP, on 24th February, 2016 and briefed the House on the measures taken by the Government to ensure that bus stations were managed by authorised persons.

4. Ministerial Statement, - The Minister of Works and Supply made a statement on 

the construction projects at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport and the new International Airport in Ndola and apprised the House on the progress made on the two projects.

5. The House considered Questions for Oral Answer Nos. 339 – 343.
6. Report of the Committee on Estimates, - Resolved, That this House do adopt 

the Report of the Committee on Estimates on the Supplementary Provision Warrant No.2 of 2016. – (Mr Hamududu, MP)

7. The Civil Aviation Bill, N.A.B 28/2015, considered in Committee.

        (In the Committee)

        Clause 1, agreed to.

Clause 2:

        Amendments made as follows:

(a)    on page 12, in line 30, by the deletion of the words “an airport, airfield, heliport,”;

(b)    on page 14, in lines 23 and 24, by the  deletion of the definition of “airfield”;

(c)    on page 15, in lines 14 to 16, by the deletion of the definition of “Air Operator’s Certificate or AOC” and the substitution therefor of the following new definition:

“Air Operator’s Certificate or AOC” means a Certificate authorising an operator to carry out specified commercial air transport operations;”; 

(d)    on page 18, in line 6, by the deletion of the words “a member of ”and the substitution therefor of the words “a person authorised in writing by”; and

(e)    on page 20, immediately after line 21, by the insertion of the following new definition:

“harmful article” means a dangerous good as defined in Annex 18 and  a weapon, explosives or other dangerous device, articles or substance which are subject to security control in accordance with Annex 17;. – (The Minister of Transport and Communication)

        Clause 2, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 3:

An amendment made on page 26, in line 9, by the insertion immediately after the words “Chicago Convention” of a comma and the words “Transit Agreement”. – (The Minister of Transport and Communication)

        Clause 3, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45, agreed to.

Clause 46:

An amendment made on page 45, in the marginal note, by the deletion of the marginal note “Act No. 7 of 2012” and the substitution therefor of the marginal note “Accountable manager”. – (The Minister of Transport and Communication)
        Clause 46, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90 and 91, agreed to.

Clause 92:

An amendment made on page 63, in the marginal note, by the deletion of the marginal note “Offences where law enforce in Zambia” and the substitution therefor of the marginal note “Offences committed outside  Zambia”. – (The Minister of Transport and Communication)

    Clause 92, as amended, agreed to.

    Clauses 93, 94, 95 and 96, agreed to.

    Clause 97:

An amendment made on page 65, in line 16, by the insertion immediately after the word “Part” of a comma and the words “except that no agency or employment relationship shall be created between the airport operator and any entity providing airport services by virtue of  this subsection.” – (The Minister of Transport and Communication)

        Clause 97, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111 and 112, agreed to.

        Clause 113:

An amendment made on page 74, in line 3, by the insertion immediately after the word “citizens” of the words “of Zambia”.  – (The Minister of Transport and Communication)

    Clause 113, as amended, agreed to.

    Clauses 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121 and 122, agreed to.

Clause 123:

An amendment made on page 77, in lines 1 to 10, by the deletion of subsection (1) and the substitution therefor of the following:
“(1)    An air navigation services provider shall, on an annual basis develop and adopt a programme on the provision of  safe, secure, regular and smooth air navigation services in accordance with ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices”. – (The Minister of Transport and Communication)

Clause 123, as amended, agreed to.

        Clauses 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129 and 130, agreed to.

        Clause 131:

            Amendments made as follows:

(a)    on page 80, in line 18, by the deletion of the word “three” and the substitution therefor of the word “two”;

(b)    in line 19, by the deletion of the word “three” and the substitution therefor of the word “two”;

(c)    in line 38, by the deletion of the word “three” and the substitution therefor of the word “two”; and

(d)    in line 39, by the deletion of the word “three” and the substitution therefor of the word “two”. – (The Minister of Transport and Communication)

Clause 131, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 132, agreed to.

Clause 133:

An amendment made on page 82, in line 32, by the deletion of the words “a police” and the substitution therefor of the words “an authorised”. – (The Minister of Transport and Communication)

        Clause 133, as amended, agreed to.

    Clauses 134, 135 and 136, agreed to.

Clause 137:

An amendment made on page 85, in line 2, by the deletion of the words “one million” and the substitution therefor of the words “seven hundred thousand ”; and

Another amendment made in line 3, by the deletion of the word 
“ten” and the substitution therefor of the word “seven”. – (The 
Minister of Transport and Communication)

        Clause 137, as amended, agreed to.

        Clause 138:

An amendment made on page 85, in line 8, by the deletion of the word “one”. – (The Minister of Transport and Communication)

        Clause 138, as amended, agreed to.

        Clause 139:

An amendment made on page 85, in line 17, by the deletion of the words “seven hundred thousand” and the substitution therefor of the words “one thousand five hundred”; and

Another amendment made in line 18, by the deletion of the words “seven years” and the substitution therefor of the words “one year”. – (The Minister of Transport and Communication)

    Clause 139, as amended, agreed to.

    Clause 140, agreed to.

Clause 141:

An amendment made on page 86, in line 21, by the deletion of the words “one million” and the substitution therefor of the words “two hundred thousand”; and 

Another amendment made in line 22, by the deletion of the word “ten” and the substitution therefor of the word “two”. – (The Minister of Transport and Communication)

Clause 141, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 142, agreed to.
Clause 143:

An amendment made on page 87, in line 14, by the deletion of the words “one million” and the substitution therefor of the words “seven hundred thousand”; and

Another amendment made in line 15, by the deletion of the word “ten” and the substitution therefor of the word “seven”. – (The Minister of Transport and Communication)

        Clause 143, as amended, agreed to.

        Clause 144:

An amendment made on page 88, in  line 17, by the deletion of the word “seven” and the substitution therefor of the word “two”; and 

Another amendment made in line 19, by the deletion of the word “seven” and the substitution therefor of the word “two”. – (The Minister of Transport and Communication)

        Clause 144, as amended, agreed to.

        Clause 145, agreed to.

Clause 146:

An amendment made on page 88, in line 32, by the insertion immediately after the word “units” of the words “or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both”. – (The Minister of Transport and Communication)

    Clause 146, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165 and 166, agreed to.

Clause 167:

An amendment made on page 100, in line 35, by the insertion immediately after the word “which” of the words “are situated at an aerodrome or within the distance specified in the regulations from any aerodrome, or which exceed the height so specified or which according to criteria so specified constitute a”. – (The Minister of Transport and Communication)
        

Clause 167, as amended, agreed to.
                

Clause 168, agreed to.

First and Second Schedule and Title, agreed to.
    
Bill to be reported.

        Bill reported with amendments; as amended, to be considered, 
        tomorrow.

8. The Financial Intelligence Centre (Amendment) Bill, N.A.B 27/2015, as 

        amended, considered; to be read the third time tomorrow.

And, there being no further business, the debate stood adjourned.

        Debate to be resumed tomorrow.

9. Adjournment, - Resolved, That the House do now adjourn. - (The Vice President)

        The House adjourned accordingly at 1759 hours.

Mkhondo D Lungu, MP
DEPUTY SPEAKER

MEMO​RANDUM

Mr Deputy Speaker will take the Chair at 0900 hours tomorrow.