Laws of Zambia

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77 laws on this page

Agricultural Products Levy Act (Cap. 232)

Act · Made 1957-10-01

Agriculture (Fertilisers and Feed) Act (Cap. 226)

Act · Made 1966

Agriculture (Fertilisers and Feed) (Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. 32 of 2010)

Act · Made 2010-08-14

Agriculture (Fertilisers) Regulations (Cap. 226)

Regulation · Made 1969

Agriculture (Seeds) Act (No. 14 of 1967)

Act · Made 1968-12-01

Biosafety Act, 2007 (No. 10 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-04-24

Biosafety (Genetically Modified Organisms for Food, Feed and Processing) Regulations, 2010 (S.I. No. 42 of 2010)

Regulation · Made 2010-06-02

Biotechnology and Biosafety Policy

policy · Made 2003

Border Management and Trade Facilitation Act (No. 12 of 2018)

Act · Made 2018-12-26

Repealed

Coffee Act Cap. 228)

Act · Made 1989-12-26

Control of Goods (Export) Open General Licence (Cap. 421)

Regulation · Made 1966

Control of Goods (Import and Export) (Agriculture) Order (Cap. 421)

Regulation · Made 1970

Control of Goods (Import and Export) (Agriculture) (Prohibition of Importation) Order, 2009 (S.I. No. 18 of 2009)

Regulation · Made 2009-03-27

Control of Goods (Import and Export) (Agriculture) (Prohibition of Importation) Order, 2012 (S.I. No. 36 of 2012)

Regulation · Made 2012-05-28

Control of Goods (Import and Export) Agriculture (Prohibition of Exportation) (Amendment) Order, 2014 (S.I. No.7 of 2014)

Regulation · Made 2014-01-14

Control of Goods (Import and Export) (Agriculture) Regulations (Cap. 421)

Regulation · Made 1970

Cotton Act

Act · Made 1914-05-09

Repealed

Cotton Act, 2025 (Act 14 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-12-23

Cotton (Control of Diseases) Regulations

Regulation · Made 1925

Environmental Management Act, 2011 (No. 12 of 2011)

Act · Made 2011-04-12

Environmental Management (Amendment) Act, No.8 of 2023

Act · Made 2023-08-15

Environmental Management (Licensing) Regulations (S.I. No 112 of 2013)

Regulation · Made 2013-11-01

Food and Drugs Regulations (Cap. 303)

Regulation · Made 1978

Food Reserve Act, No 6 of 2020

Act · Made 2020-10-23

Food Reserve (Designated Commodities) Regulations, 2017 (SI 73 of 2017)

Regulation · Made 2017-11-02

Grain Marketing (Acceptance Standards) Regulations (Cap. 225)

Regulation · Made 1969

Grain Marketing (Controlled Products Declaration) Order (Cap. 225)

Regulation · Made 1969

Industrial Hemp Act No. 34 of 2021

Act · Made 2021-05-19

Katete District Council (Farm Produce Levy) By-laws, 2003 (S.I. No. 77 of 2003)

Regulation · Made 2003-06-30

Local Government (Maize Levy) Regulations, 2008 (S.I. No. 37 of 2008)

Regulation · Made 2008-04-03

Masaiti District Integrated Development Plan 2024 – 2033

policy · Made 2023 · Local level

National Agriculture Policy 2012 - 2030

policy · Made 2011-08

National Export Strategy (NEST)

policy · Made 2018

National Strategic Action Plan for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) in Zambia

policy · Made 2016

Notices by the Minister declaring noxious weeds (Cap. 231)

Regulation · Made 1961

Noxious Weeds Act (Cap. 231)

Act · Made 1953-12-07

One-Stop Border Control Act, 2009 (No. 9 of 2008)

Act · Made 2009-03-31

Pharmacy and Poisons Act (Cap. 299)

Act · Made 1941

Plant Breeder's Rights Act, 2007 (No. 18 of 2007)

Act · Made 2007-08-31

Plant Breeder’s Rights (Forms and Fees) Regulations, 2011

Regulation · Made 2011

Plant Health Act 2025 (No. 1 of 2025)

Act · Made 2025-04-15

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

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

Regulation · Made 1964

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

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

Regulation · Made 1933

Revised Sixth National Development Plan 2013-2016

policy · Made 2013

Second National Rice Development Strategy 2016 - 2020

policy · Made 2016-07

Specified Varieties of Seed Notice (Cap. 236)

Regulation · Made 1987

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

Zambia National Agricultural Policy 2012-2030

policy · Made 2011-08

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

policy · Made 2015

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