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Plant Pests and Disease (Tobacco) Regulations (Cap. 233)

Regulation · Made 1958

Plant Pests and Diseases Act (Cap. 233)

Act · Made 1959-01-01

Repealed

Plant Pests and Diseases (Coffee) Regulations (Cap. 233)

Regulation · Made 1958

Plant Pests and Diseases (Cotton) Regulations (Cap. 233)

Regulation · Made 1960

Plant Pests and Diseases (Fumigation) Regulations, 2001

Regulation · Made 2001-07-27

Plant Pests and Diseases (Importation) (Amendment) Regulations (S.I. No. 80 of 2001)

Regulation · Made 2001-07-27

Plant Pests and Diseases (Importation) Regulations (Cap. 233)

Regulation · Made 1960

Plant Pests and Diseases (Kromnek) Regulations (Cap. 233)

Regulation · Made 1958

Plant Pests and Diseases (Nursery) Regulations (Cap. 233)

Regulation · Made 1961

Plant Pests and Diseases (Pest Control) Regulations (Cap. 233)

Regulation · Made 1958

Plant Pests and Diseases (Pests and Alternate Hosts) Order (Cap. 233)

Regulation · Made 1958

Plant Pests and Diseases (Phytosanitary Certification) (General) Regulations, No. 68 of 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-08-14

Plant Pests and Diseases (Plant Quarantine and Phytosanitary Service Fees) Regulations, No. 70 of 2020

Regulation · Made 2020-08-14

Plant Pests and Diseases (Potato and Tobacco Growing) Regulations (Cap. 233)

Regulation · Made 1963

Plant Variety and Seeds Act (Cap. 236)

Act · Made 1968-12-01

Plant Variety and Seeds (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 (SI 109 of 2021)

Regulation · Made 2021-12-31

Plant Variety and Seeds (Amendment) Regulations (S.I. No. 108 of 1997)

Regulation · Made 1997-09-19

Plant Variety and Seeds Regulations, 2018 (SI 23 of 2018)

Regulation · Made 2018-03-22

Plant Variety and Seeds Regulations (Cap. 236)

Regulation · Made 1988

Repealed

Plant Variety (Potato Seed) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1984

Repealed

Plumage Birds Protection Act

Act · Made 1915

Repealed

Poisonous Substances in Food Regulations (Cap. 303)

Regulation · Made 1973

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (Cap. 245)

Act · Made 1921-01-01

Prohibition of Growing of Certain Crops (Pemba Township) Order (Cap. 295)

Regulation · Made 1964

Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons Act, 2007 (No. 2 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-04-12

Property Transfer Tax Act (Cap. 340)

Act · Made 1984-03-30

Property Transfer Tax (Amendment) Act, 2009 (No. 4 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009-03-31

Property Transfer Tax (Amendment) Act, 2012 (No. 13 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-12-21

Property Transfer Tax (Amendment) Act, 2013 (No. 14 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-12-20

Property Transfer Tax (Amendment) Act, 2014 (No. 9 of 2014)

Act · Made 2014-12-23

Property Transfer Tax (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 16 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-12-17

Property Transfer Tax (Amendment) Act, 2017 (No. 11 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-12-19

Protected Forest Area No. 236: Kapalala (S.I. No. 218 of 1970)

Regulation · Made 1970-07-31

Protection of Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Expressions of Folklore Act, 2016 (No. 16 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-06-06

Protection of Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Expressions of Folklore Regulations, 2021 (S.I. No. 61 of 2021)

Regulation · Made 2021-05-14

Provincial and District Boundaries Act (Cap. 286)

Act · Made 1965

Public Health (Abattoir and Transport of Meat) Regulations (Cap. 295)

Regulation · Made 1932

Public Health Act (Cap.295)

Act · Made 1930-04-11

Public Health (Drainage and Latrine) Regulations (Cap. 295)

Regulation · Made 1932

Public Health (Food in Airtight Receptacles) Regulations (Cap. 295)

Regulation · Made 1962

Public Health (Ice-cream) Regulations (Cap. 295)

Regulation · Made 1953

Public Health (Infected Areas) Coronavirus Disease 2019) Regulations, 2020 (S.I. no. 22 of 2010)

Regulation · Made 2020-03-13

Public Health (Infectious Disease) Regulations (Cap. 295)

Regulation · Made 1931

Public Health (Livingstone Abattoir) (Slaughter of Western Province Cattle) Regulations (Cap. 295)

Regulation · Made 1939

Public Health (Meat, Abattoir and Butcheries) Regulations (Cap. 295)

Regulation · Made 1940

Public Health (Milk) Regulations (Cap. 295)

Regulation · Made 1951

Public Health (Sale of Bakery Products) Regulations (Cap. 295)

Regulation · Made 1933

Public Health (Sale of Ice and Aerated Waters) Regulations (Cap. 295)

Regulation · Made 1933

Public Health (Tea Rooms, Restaurants, Boarding-houses and Hotels) Regulations. (Cap. 295)

Regulation · Made 1933

Public Pounds and Trespass Act (Cap. 253)

Act · Made 1920-04-28

Public Private Partnership Act, 2009 (No. 14 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009-08-26

Repealed

Public-Private Partnership Act No. 18 of 2023

Act · Made 2023-12-26

Public-Private Partnership (Amendment) Act (No. 9 of 2018)

Act · Made 2018-07-28

Repealed

Public Procurement Act, No. 8 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-11-23

Public Procurement Regulations, 2022 (S.I. 30 of 2022)

Regulation · Made 2022-04-08

Ratification of International Agreements Act, 2016 (No. 34 of 2016)

Act · Made 2016-06-07

Rating Act, 1997 (Cap. 192)

Act · Made 1997-04-18

Registration and Development of Villages Act (Cap. 289)

Act · Made 1971-10-19

Renewable Energy Strategy and Action Plan

policy · Made 2022

Revised and updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)

policy · Made 2021-07-30

Revised National Micro Small and Medium Enterprise Developmen Policy

policy · Made 2023

Revised Sixth National Development Plan 2013-2016

policy · Made 2013

Roadmap for accelerating reduction of Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality

policy · Made 2013-04

Rural Electrification Act

Act · Made 2003-12-12

Repealed

Rural Electrification Act, No. 5 of 2023

Act · Made 2023-04-18

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

Act · Made 2021-03-23

Repealed

Second National Agricultural Policy 2016

policy · Made 2016-02

Second National Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP II) 2024 - 2033

policy · Made 2024

Second National Rice Development Strategy 2016 - 2020

policy · Made 2016-07

Sesheke District Integrated Development Plan 2024 - 2034

policy · Made 2024 · Local level

Seventh National Development Plan 2017-2021

policy · Made 2017

Shangombo District Council (Fish Levy) By-laws, 1999 (S.I. No. 47 of 1999)

Regulation · Made 1999-07-20

Sixth National Development Plan 2011-2015

policy · Made 2011-01

Social Workers’ Association of Zambia Act, No.4 of 2022

Act · Made 2022-04-12

Solid Waste Regulation and Management Act, 2018 (No. 20 of 2018)

Act · Made 2018-12-23

Specified Varieties of Seed Notice (Cap. 236)

Regulation · Made 1987

Standards Act, 2017 (No. 4 of 2017)

Act · Made 2017-04-12

Stock Diseases Act (Cap. 252)

Act · Made 1963-12-27

Repealed

Stock Diseases Regulations (Cap. 252)

Regulation · Made 1963

Strategic Plan for Agriculture and Rural Statistics for Zambia (SPARS-ZAM 2019-2023)

policy · Made 2018-06

Strategic Plan for Social Development (2012–2015)

policy · Made 2012

Subordinate Courts Act (Cap. 28)

Act · Made 1933

Subordinate Courts (Amendment) Act (No. 4 of 2018)

Act · Made 2018-04-09

The Citizen Economic Empowerment (Amendment) Act, 2021 (Act No.5 of 2021)

Act · Made 2021-03-24

Tobacco Act (Cap. 237)

Act · Made 1968-04-01

Tobacco (General) Regulations (Cap. 237)

Regulation · Made 1968

Tobacco (Marketing and Licensing) Rules (Cap. 237)

Regulation · Made 1968

Tobacco (Prescribed Classes) Regulations (Cap. 237)

Regulation · Made 1968

Tobacco (Prescribed Varieties) Regulations (Cap. 237)

Regulation · Made 1968

Tobacco (Registration of Growers) Regulations (Cap. 237)

Regulation · Made 1968

Tourism and Hospitality Act 2007 (No. 23 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-11-29

Repealed

Tourism and Hospitality Act 2015 (No. 13 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-08-14

Town and Country Planning Act (Cap. 283)

Act · Made 1962-11-16

Repealed

Town and Country Planning (Appeals) Regulations (Cap. 283)

Regulation · Made 1963

Town and Country Planning (Application for Planning Permission) Regulations (Cap. 283)

Regulation · Made 1962

Town and Country Planning (Application) Order, 2013 (S.I. No. 104 of 2013)

Regulation · Made 2013-11-01

Town and Country Planning (Application) Order (Cap. 283)

Regulation · Made 1993

Town and Country Planning (Appointment of Planning Authorities) Regulations (Cap. 283)

Regulation · Made 1963

Town and Country Planning (Appointment of Planning Authority and Delegation of Functions) Notice, 2014 (S.I. No. 41 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-05-15

Town and Country Planning (Claim for Compensation) Regulations (Cap. 283)

Regulation · Made 1962

Town and Country Planning (Delegation of Functions) Order (Cap. 283)

Regulation · Made 1993

Town and Country Planning Development Order (Cap. 283)

Regulation · Made 1962

Town and Country Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (Cap. 283)

Regulation · Made 1962

Town and Country Planning (Enforcement Notices) Regulations (Cap. 283)

Regulation · Made 1962

Town and Country Planning (Planning Authority Procedure) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1963

Town and Country Planning Subdivision Order (Cap. 283)

Regulation · Made 1962

Town and Country Planning (Use Groups) Regulations (Cap. 283)

Regulation · Made 1962

Trade Marks Act, 2023 (Act 11 of 2023)

Act · Made 2023-12-26

Trusts Restriction Act (Cap. 63)

Act · Made 1970-12-24

Trypanosomiasis Regulations (Cap. 252)

Regulation · Made 1963

Tsetse Control Act (Cap. 249)

Act · Made 1941-12-30

Tsetse Control (Eastern Lunga and Luswishi Catchment Tsetse Fly Area) Regulations (Cap. 249)

Regulation · Made 1955

Tsetse Control (Mumbwa-Namwala (North) Tsetse Fly Area) Regulations (Cap. 249)

Regulation · Made 1955

Tsetse Control Picket Regulations (Cap. 249)

Regulation · Made 1963

Urban and Regional Planning Act, 2015 (No. 3 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-08-14

Urban and Regional Planning (Development Plans Guidelines and Exempted Development Classes) Regulations, 2023 (SI 21 of 2023)

Regulation · Made 2023-07-21

Urban and Regional Planning (Planning Appeals Tribunal) Regulations, 2018 (S.I. No. 77 of 2018)

Regulation · Made 0000

Valuation Surveyors Act (Cap. 207)

Act · Made 1979-08-01

Valuation Surveyors Rules (Cap. 207)

Regulation · Made 1979

Veterinary and Veterinary Para-Professions Act, 2010 (No. 45 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-11-24

Veterinary Surgeons Act (Cap. 243)

Act · Made 1964-01-10

Repealed

Waste Management (Licensing of Transporters of Wastes and Waste Disposal Sites) Regulations (Cap. 204)

Regulation · Made 1993-04-21

Repealed

Water Act (Cap. 198)

Act · Made 1949-10-01

Repealed

Water Board (Charges and Fees) Regulations (Cap. 198)

Regulation · Made 1990

Water Board (Water Measurement) Regulations (Cap. 198)

Regulation · Made 1994

Water Board (Works) Regulations (Cap. 198)

Regulation · Made 1993

Water Pollution Control (Effluent and Waste Water) Regulations (Cap. 204)

Regulation · Made 1993

Repealed

Water (Protection of Public Stream and Source of Water Supply) Regulations, 2000 (SI 1 of 2000)

Regulation · Made 1999-12-22

Water Resources Management Act, 2011 (No. 21 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-04-15

Water Resources Management (Charges and Fees) Regulations, 2018 (S.I. No. 18 of 2018)

Regulation · Made 2018-02-28

Water Resources Management (Groundwater and Boreholes) Regulations, 2018 (S.I. No. 20 of 2018)

Regulation · Made 2018-03-07

Water Resources Management (Licensing of Drillers and Constructors) Regulations, 2018 (S.I. No. 19 of 2018)

Regulation · Made 2018-02-28

Water Rights (Procedure on Application) Rules (Chapter 198)

Regulation · Made 1950

Water Rights (Registration) Regulations (Cap. 198)

Regulation · Made 1950

Water Supply and Sanitation Act, 1997 (No. 28 of 1997)

Act · Made 1997-11-14

Water Supply and Sanitation (Amendment) Act, 2005 (No. 10 of 2005)

Act · Made 2005-04-25

Water Supply and Sanitation (Transfer of Property) Order, 2017 (No. 8 of 2017)

Regulation · Made 2017-01-11

Whole Milk Powder (Returns) Regulations (Cap. 234)

Regulation · Made 1971

Wildlife (Game Animals) Order, 2016 (S.I. No. 41 of 2016)

Regulation · Made 2016-05-12

Wills and Administration of Testate Estates Act. (Cap. 60)

Act · Made 1989

Zambezi River Authority Act, 1987 (Cap. 467)

Act · Made 1987-09-25

Zambezi River Authority (Amendment) Act, 2001 (No. 12 of 2001)

Act · Made 2001-11-09

Zambezi River Authority (Water Tariffs) By-laws, 1999 (S.I. No. 109)

Regulation · Made 1999-10-06

Zambia Agricultural Development Bank Act (No. 18 of 1979)

Act · Made 1979-04-12

Zambia Development Agency Act (No. 11 of 2006)

Act · Made 2006-05-12

Repealed

Zambia Development Agency Act, No. 17 of 2022

Act · Made 2022-11-16

Zambia Development Agency (Amendment) Act, 2009 (No. 5 of 2009)

Act · Made 2009-03-31

Repealed

Zambia Development Agency (Amendment) Act, 2010 (No. 1 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-04-12

Repealed

Zambia Development Agency (Amendment) Act, 2011 (No. 29 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-12-29

Repealed

Zambia Development Agency (Amendment) Act, 2012 (No. 15 of 2012)

Act · Made 2012-12-19

Repealed

Zambia Development Agency (Amendment) Act, 2013 (No. 17 of 2013)

Act · Made 2013-12-20

Repealed

Zambia Development Agency (Priority Sectors) (Declaration) Order, 2012 (S.I. No. 50 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-07-24

Repealed

Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) 2022-2026 Strategic Plan

policy · Made 2023

Zambia Institute of Procurement and Supply Act, 2025 (Act No.29 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-12-30

Zambia Law Development Commission Act (Cap. 32)

Act · Made 1996

Zambia Law Development Commission (Amendment) Act, 2019 (No. 4 of 2019)

Act · Made 2019-04-11

Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency Act, No. 9 of 2019

Act · Made 2019-11-12

Zambia National Agricultural Policy 2012-2030

policy · Made 2011-08

Zambia National Contingency Plan for Floods

policy · Made 2008-11

Zambia National Disaster Risk Management Framework (2017 – 2030) Operationalising the Sendai Framework

policy · Made 2017

Zambia National Health Policy

policy · Made 2012-08

Zambia National Health Strategic Plan 2011- 2015

policy · Made 2011

Zambia National Policy on Climate Change 2016

policy · Made 2016-04

Zambia National Public Health Institute Act, No. 19 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-12-18

Zambia National Strategy to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+)

policy · Made 2015-01

Zambia’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the 2015 Agreement on climate change

policy · Made 2015

Zambia’s National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

policy · Made 2007-04

Zambia’s Second National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP - 2)- 2015-2025

policy · Made 2014

Zambia Vision 2030

policy · Made 2006

Zambia Water Investment Programme 2022-2030 - Supporting the attainment of Vision 2030 towards prosperous middle-income status by 2030

policy · Made 2022-07

Zambia Wildlife Act, 2015 (No. 14 of 2015)

Act · Made 2015-08-14

Zambia Wildlife Act (No.12 of 1998)

Act · Made 1998-04-24

Repealed

Zambia Wildlife (Amendment) Act (Act No. 13 of 2001)

Act · Made 2001-09-08

Repealed

Zambia Wildlife (Community Resource Boards Revenue) Regulations, 2004 (S.I. No. 89 of 2004)

Regulation · Made 2004-10-06

Zambia Wildlife (Elephant) (Sport Hunting) Regulations, 2005 (S.I. No. 40 of 2005)

Regulation · Made 2005-05-06

Repealed

Zambia Wildlife (Elephant Sport Hunting) Regulations, 2010 (S.I. No. 107 of 2010)

Regulation · Made 2010-12-09

Zambia Wildlife (Export Prohibition) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 43 of 2016)

Regulation · Made 2016-05-12

Zambia Wildlife (International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) Regulations, 2007 (S.I. No. 61 of 2007)

Regulation · Made 2007-08-03

Zambia Wildlife (Licences and Fees) Regulations, 2003 (S.I. No. 46 of 2003)

Regulation · Made 2003-05-09

Zambia Wildlife (Protected Animals) Order, 2016 (S.I. No. 42 of 2016)

Regulation · Made 2016-05-12

Zambia Wildlife (Zambia Wildlife Police Uniforms and Badges) Regulations, 2016 (S.I. No. 40 of 2016)

Regulation · Made 2016-05-12

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