Lands (Ground Rent and Fees) Regulations (Cap. 184)

27. (1) Any notice or other document required or authorised to be served on any person for the purposes of these Rules shall be deemed to have been duly served if sent by registered post to that person's usual address for service specified in any notice given under these Rules. Service of notices (2) Any application or communication to be made to the Chairperson or to any member of the Tribunal in respect of any case shall be addressed to the Secretariat. 28. (1) Where any party to any proceedings changes his address he shall by notice in writing to the Secretariat and to every other party to those proceedings inform the Secretariat and the parties of these changes. Change of address 29. If any person to whom any notice or other documents is required to be sent for the purpose of these Rules cannot be found, or has died and has no personal representative or is out of Zambia, or if for any other reason service upon him cannot be readily effected in accordance with these Rules, the Chairperson of the Tribunal may make an order for substituted service upon such other person or in such other form as the Chairperson of the Tribunal may think fit. Substituted service 30. Any failure on the part of any person to comply with the provisions of these Rules shall not render the proceedings or anything done in pursuance of the proceedings invalid, unless the Chairperson of the Tribunal so directs. Compliance with Rules SECTION 31-THE LANDS (GROUND RENT AND FEES) REGULATIONS Regulations by the Minister Statutory Instrument 18 of 1997 CAP. 184 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Lands (Ground Rent and Fees) Regulations. Short title 2. The ground rents as set out in the First Schedule shall be payable by persons holding land specified in that Schedule. Ground rent 3. The fees set out in the Second and Third Schedule shall be payable Fees for in respect of transactions in land specified in that Schedule. transactions in land FIRST SCHEDULE (Regulation 2) GROUND RENT PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF LAND (OTHER THAN AGRICULTURAL LAND) PART I Description of Land Rent per annum for a hectare or part thereof 1. Lusaka Residential plots K (a) High cost 50,000 Kabulonga Bimbe (Sunningdale) Woodlands Roma Kapila (Rhodes Park) Chudleigh Jesmondine Chiwala Mabwe (Olympia Park) Longacres Maluba (Fairview) Chikonkoto (Northmead) Kalundu Chelston Green Madras (b) Medium cost 30,000 Avondale Woodlands Extension Chakunkula (Chelston) Luneta (Thorn Park) Namununga (Villa Elizabetta) (c) Any other area not specified in (a) and (b) above15,000 (d) Commercial and Industrial plots situated within five kilometres from the City Centre of Lusaka 100,000 Any other commercial and industrial plots 40,000 Churches, welfare halls, scouts and guides halls and manses20,000 Club houses, sports-fields, stadia, public utilities, etc. 30,000 2. Ndola Residential plots (a) High cost 40,000 Northrise Kansenshi Itawa (b) Medium cost 20,000 Kanini Hilcrest K (c) Any other area not specified in (a) and (b) above10,000 (d) Commercial and industrial plots situated within five kilometres from the City Centre of Ndola 75,000 Any other commercial and industrial plots 40,000 Churches, welfare halls, scouts and guides halls, and manses20,000 Club houses, sports-fields, stadia, public utilities, etc. 30,000 3. Kitwe Residential plots (a) High cost 40,000 Riverside Parklands (b) Medium cost 20,000 Riverside Extension Buyantanshi Ndeke Village (c) Any other area not specified in (a) and (b) above10,000 (d) Commercial and industrial plots situated within five kilometres from the City Centre of Kitwe 75,000 Any other commercial and industrial plots 40,000 Churches, welfare halls, scouts and guides halls and manses20,000 Club houses, sports-fields, stadia, public utilities, etc. 30,000 PART II 4. Kabwe, Mufulira, Livingstone, Luanshya, Chingola, Chililabombwe and Kalulushi. K Residential plots 20,000 Commercial plots 40,000 Industrial plots 40,000 Churches, welfare halls, scouts and guides halls and manses20,000 Club houses, sports-fields, stadia, public utilities, etc. 20,000 PART III 5. Other District Councils not specified in Part I and Part II above. K Residential plots 15,000 Commercial plots 20,000 Industrial plots 15,000 Churches, welfare halls, scouts and guides halls and manses15,000 Club houses, sports-fields, stadia, public utilities, etc. 20,000 PART IV 6. Annual ground rent for agricultural land including small holdings situated within twenty kilometres from City Centre of Lusaka, Ndola and Kitwe: (a) not more than fifty hectares: thirty thousand kwacha for the first hectare and thereafter five thousand kwacha for every hectare or part thereof; (b) over fifty hectares but not exceeding one hundred hectares: rent for fifty hectares as in (a) plus four thousand kwacha for every subsequent hectare or part thereof: (c) over hundred hectares but not exceeding two hundred and fifty hectares: rent for fifty hectares as in (b) plus two thousand kwacha for every subsequent hectare or part thereof; (d) over two hundred and fifty hectares: rent for two hundred and fifty hectares as in (c) plus one thousand five hundred kwacha for every subsequent hectare or part thereof; PART V 7. Annual ground rent for agricultural land including small holdings not specified in Part IV. (a) not more than one hundred hectares: twenty thousand kwacha for the first hectare or part thereof, and thereafter two hundred and fifty kwacha for every hectare or part thereof; (b) over one hundred hectares but not exceeding two hundred and fifty hectares as in (a) plus five hundred kwacha for every subsequent hectare or part thereof: as in (b) plus one thousand kwacha for every subsequent hectare or part thereof. (c) over two hundred and fifty hectares rent for two hundred and fifty hectares as in (b) plus one thousand kwacha for every subsequent hectare or part thereof. PART VI 8. Land situated within mining areas, the annual ground rent shall be five thousand kwacha per hectare or part thereof. On conversion from customary holdings the ground rent and fees payable shall be one half of the ground rent and the fees. SECOND SCHEDULE (Regulation 3) Fees and charges payable for the preparation of documents: Fees Units 1. Lease fees for land situated within Lusaka City Council 278 2. Lease fees for land situated within Ndola and Kitwe Municipal Council 166 3. Lease fees for land situated within Municipal Councils not specified in (2) above 111 4. Preparation fees for documents concerning land situated within Lusaka City Council 111 5. Preparation fees for documents concerning land situated as in 2 and 3 56 6. Surrender fees 56 7. Certificate of expiration of lease 56 8. Certificate of cancellation of re-entry 278 9. Tenancy agreement 556 10. Deed of rectification 111 11. Certificate of incorporation enabling holding of land by an association or Organisation 167 12. Inspection of land at the instance of the applicant 556 13. Drawing affidavits relating to land (a) for land situated within state land 111 (b) for land situated within customary land 28 14. Preparation of documents relating to any transaction in land which is not specifically mentioned 89 15. Application form for land from the Council or the Lands department 56 16. Inspection of land at the instance of the Applicant 556 17. Preparation of documents for the conversion of customary tenure into leasehold tenure 28 THIRD SCHEDULE (Regulation 3) 1. A person shall pay three hundred and thirty-three fee units as an application fee for each application for consent under section five to assign, sell, transfer or such other similar application. 2. A person shall pay the fees prescribed under paragraph 1 for the renewal of each application for consent. (As amended by Act No. 13 of 1994 THE LANDS (FEES) REGULATIONS Regulations by the Minister CAP. 184 Statutory Instrument 143 of 1996 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Lands (Fees) Regulations. Title 2. The fees set out in the Schedule shall be payable for transactions in land specified in that Schedule. Fees for transactions in land SCHEDULE (Regulation 2) FEES FOR TRANSACTIONS IN LAND Fees Units