Gwembe District Council (Timber Levy) By-laws, 2000 (S.I. No. 113 of 2000)

24th November, 2000 Statutory Instruments GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT No. 113 OF 2000 The Local Government Act (Laws, Volume 16, Cap. 281) The Gwembe District Council (Timber Levy) By-laws, 2000 IN EXERCISE of the powers contained in sections sixty-nine and seventy-six of the Local Government Act, the following By-laws are hereby made: I. These By-laws may be cited as the GwembeDistrictCouncil (Timber Levy) By-laws, 2000. 2. In these By-laws, unless the context otherwise requires " area" means the area under the Jurisdiction of the Council; "check-point" means any place within the area designated by the Council for the payment of timber levy; " collector " means any officer of the Council authorised to collect revenue for the Council; " Council " means the Gwembe District Council; and "timber" means the part of any felled or fallen tree which has been cut off, or can be cut off, to provide wood whether sawn, split, hewn, sliced, veneered or otherwise fashioned, which is sound and reasonably straight, and which is one point two metres or more long and thirty centimetres or more in minimum diameter under bark. 3. A person who buys and sells timber within the area or exports timber from the area shall pay to the Council a timber levy at the following rates; ( a) two hundred and fifty kwacha per plank; (b) ten thousand kwacha per vehicle with official carrying capacity of one to five tonnes; Title Interpreta tion Imposition of timber levy Copies of this Statutory Instrument can be obtained from the Government Printer, P. 0. Box 30136, 10101, Lusaka. Price K500.00 each.