Rural Electrification (Amendment) Act, No. 20 of 2021

1. This Act may be cited as the Rural Electrification Short title (Amendment) Act, 2021, and shall be read as one with the Rural Act No. 20 Electrification Act, 2003, in this Act referred to as the principal of 2003 Act.

2. Section 4 of the principal Act is amended by the insertion of Amendment the following new subsections immediately after subsection 2: of section 4 (3) The Minister may give the Authority general or specific directions relating to the performance of its functions and the Authority shall give effect to these directions to the extent that the directions are not inconsistent with this Act. (4) The Minister may enter into performance contracts with theAuthority for a specified period which shall be consistent with the provisions of this Act.

3. Section 6(1) of the principal Act is amended by the — Amendment (a) deletion of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) and the substitution of section 6 therefor of the following: Single copies of this Act may be obtained from the Government Printer, P.O. Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka, Price K4.00 each. 208 No. 20 of 2020] Rural Electrification (Amendment) (a) a representative each of the ministries responsible for— (i) energy; (ii) finance; (iii) local government;; and (b) renumbering of paragraphs (d), (e), (f) and (g) as paragraphs (b), ( c), (d) and (e), respectively.