Date of Assent: 5th April, 2016

An Act to provide for the control, regulation and orderly development of civil aviation in Zambia; to provide for the grant of permits for air services and airport services; provide for the implementation of a State Safety Programme in compliance with Annex 19 to the Chicago Convention; to provide for the establishment of an independent Aircraft Accident Investigation Board in compliance with Annex 13 to the Chicago Convention; to provide for security for civil aviation and a National Aviation Security Programme in compliance with Annex 17 to the Chicago Convention; to provide for air services, airport services and air navigation services in compliance with Annex 14 to the Chicago Convention; to provide for the transportation of dangerous goods by air in compliance with Annex 18 to the Chicago Convention; to promote the safe, secure and efficient use of civil aviation; to give effect to the International Convention on Civil Aviation signed in Chicago on 7th of December, 1944 and all international agreements on civil aviation to which Zambia has acceded and is a State party; to consolidate the various laws on aviation and repeal the Aviation Act, 1995, Safety of Civil Aviation Act, 1989, Air Services Act, 1964, and Tokyo Convention Act, 1971; provide for the functions of the Zambia Airports Corporation Limited and the renaming of designated airports; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.