Control of Goods (Import and Export) (Forest Produce) Regulations, 2017 (S.I. No. 27 of 2017)

Supplement to the Republic of Zambia Government Gazette dated Friday, 3 I st March. 20 I 7 GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT No. 27 OF 2017 The Control of Goods Act (Laws, Volume 23, Cap. 421) The Control of Goods (Import and Export) (Forest Produce) Regulations, 2017 IN EXERCISE of the powers contained in sections 3 and 6 of the Control of Goods Act, the following Regulations are made: 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Goods Title (Import and Export) (Fore st Produce) Regulations, 2017. 193 2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation "controlled goods" means the goods specified in the Schedule or any class of such goods, the import into or export from the Republic of Zambia of which is prohibited, restricted or otherwise controlled by an order made under regulation 3. 3. (1) The Minister may make statutory orders prohibiting, restricting or otherwise controlling the import into or the export from the Republic of Zambia of any goods specified in the Schedule or any class of such goods. (2) Without limiting the generality of the powers conferred by subregulation (1 ), an order made under this regulation (a) prescribe the terms and conditions subject to which controlled goods or any class of such goods may be imported into or exported from the Republic of Zambia; (b) provide for empowering such person as may be prescribed by the order (i) to issue permits authorising, to such extent as may be prescribed by the order, the import into or the export from the Republic of Zambia of any controlled goods or any class of such goods; Delegation of powers and duties Copies of this Statutory Instrument can be obtained from the Government Printer, PO. Box 30136, 10101, Lusaka, Price K4.00 each 194 Penalties Statutory Instruments 31st March, 2017 (ii) on the issue of any such permit, to impose terms and conditions subject to which the controlled goods to which the permit relates or any class of such goods may be imported into or exported from the Republic of Zambia; and (iii) to revoke any such permit issued by that person in such circumstances and in such manner as may be prescribed by the order. 4. ( 1) A person who contravenes these Regulations or an order made under these Regulations commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding one million five hundred thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years, or to both. (2) The court may order that the commodity or goods that are the subject of the contravention in respect of which a person is convicted under subregulation (1) be forfeited to the State. SCHEDUEL (Regulation 2 and 3) SPECIFIED GOODS 1. Afzelia quanzensis logs (Mupapa) 2. Albizia spp. logs (Musase) 3. Bikiaea plurijuga logs (Mukusi) 4. Brachstegia spp. logs (Miombo) 5. Colophospermum mopane logs (Mo pane) 6. Combretum spp. logs (Mulama) 7. Dalbergia spp. logs (Kafundula) 8. Entandrophragma delevoyi logs (Mofu) 9. Erythrophleurn africanum logs (Kayimbi) 10. Faureasaligna logs(Saninga) 11. Guibourtia coleosperma logs (Muzauli) 12. Khaya anthoteca logs (Mululu) 13. Mitragyna spinosa logs (Mupa) 14. Pericopsis angolensis logs (Mubanga) 15. Pterocarpus angolensis logs (Mukwa) 16. Pterocarpus chrysothrix logs (Mukula) 17. Bobgunnia madagascariensis logs (Ndale) LUSAKA 24th March, 2017 [MLNREP.64/9/5] EDGAR C. LUNGU, ~, President