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The Local Government Act, 2019

An Act to provide for an integrated local government system; give effect to the decentralisation of functions, responsibilities and services at all levels of local government; ensure democratic participation in, and control of, decision making by the people at the local level; revise the functions of local authorities; provide for the review of tariffs, charges and fees within the area of a local authority; provide for the proceedings of the council and committees; provide for the role of traditional leadership in democratic governance; repeal and replace the Local Government Act, 1991; and

The Zambia Law Development Commission (Amendment) Act, 2019

An Act to amend the Zambia Law Development Commission Act

ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (Amendment) Act, 2019

An Act to amend the Electoral Commission of Zambia Act, 2016.

ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia

The Mental Health Act, 2019

An Act to provide for the promotion and protection of the rights of persons with mental illness, mental disorder, mental impairment or mental disability; to establish the National Mental Health Council and provide for its functions; provide for mental health services in correctional facilities; give effect to certain provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Principles for the protection of persons with mental illness and the improvement of mental care General Assembly Resolution 46/119 of 17th December, 1991 and other international human rights

The National Dialogue (Constitution, Electoral Process,Public Order and Political Parties) Act, 2019

An Act to facilitate the implementation of the Siavonga
resolutions of political parties relating to constitutional
and institutional reforms, separation of powers and judicial
independence, tolerance, freedom of assembly and civility
in politics and electoral reforms; provide for a national
dialogue process to facilitate the Constitution refinement
process and regulation of political parties, public order
and electoral process reforms; establish the National
Dialogue Forum and provide for its functions; and provide

The Sales Tax Bill, 2019

The objects of this Bill are to—

(a) introduce a sales tax on the supply of goods in the Republic on manufacturers, producers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers and the importers of goods into the Republic;

(b) impose a sales tax on the supply of services in the Republic by service providers and importers of services into the Republic;

(c) exempt certain supplies, imports and exports of goods and services from sales tax;

(d) provide for the registration and de-registration of taxable suppliers;

The Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2019

The object of this Bill is to amend the Income Tax Act, so as to revise the turnover tax threshold from eight hundred thousand kwacha per annum to five hundred thousand kwacha per annum

The Zambia Qualifications Authority Act, 2011

An Act to provide for the development and implementation
of a national qualifications framework; establish the Zambia
Qualifications Authority; provide for the registration and
accreditation of qualifications; provide measures to ensure
that standards and registered qualifications are
internationally comparable; and provide for matters
connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.

ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia

The National Dialogue (Constitution, Electoral Process,Public Order and Political Parties) Bill, 2019

The objects of this Bill are to— (a) facilitate the implementation of the Siavonga resolutions of political parties relating to constitutional and institutional reforms, separation of powers and judicial independence, tolerance, freedom of assembly and civility in politics and electoral reforms; (b) provide for a national dialogue process to facilitate the Constitution refinement process and regulation of political parties, public order and electoral process reforms; (c) establish the National Dialogue Forum and provide for its functions; and (d) provide for matters connected with, or incid

The Employment Code Bill, 2019

The objects of this Bill are to—
(a) regulate the employment of persons;
(b) prohibit discrimination at an undertaking;
(c) constitute the Skills and Labour Advisory Committees and provide for
their functions;
(d) provide for the engagement of persons on contracts of employment
and provide for the form and enforcement of the contracts of
employment;
(e) provide for employment entitlements and other benefits;
(f) provide for the protection of wages of employees;
(g) provide for the registration of employment agencies;

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