International Game Park and Wildlife Act

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THE INTERNATIONAL GAME PARK AND WILDLIFE ACT
CHAPTER 202 OF THE LAWS OF ZAMBIA
CHAPTER 202 THE INTERNATIONAL GAME PARK AND WILDLIFE ACT
THE INTERNATIONAL GAME PARK AND WILDLIFE ACT
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1. Short title and commencement
2. Interpretation
3. Establishment of International Game Park
4. Application of the 1968 Act
5. Transfer or assignment of powers, duties or functions by the Minister
6. Power to appoint wildlife officers and wildlife rangers
7. Establishment of Advisory Committee
8. Composition of Advisory Committee
9. Functions and duties of Advisory Committee
SCHEDULE -Areas of land
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blishment of Advisory Committee
8. Composition of Advisory Committee
9. Functions and duties of Advisory Committee
SCHEDULE -Areas of land
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INTERNATIONAL GAME PARK AND WILDLIFE
An Act to provide for the establishment of the International Game Park; save where
it is expressly provided to the contrary in this Act, to apply the provisions of
the National Parks and Wildlife Act thereto; to provide for transfer or
assignment of all or any of the powers, duties or functions conferred or
imposed upon the Minister and the Director under the said Act; to provide for
the appointment of wildlife officers and wildlife rangers; to provide for the
establishment, composition, functions and duties of an Advisory Committee in
place of the National Parks Board; and to provide for matters connected with
or incidental to the foregoing. [15th, August, 1973]
27 of 1971
Statutory Instrument
191 of 1973
37 of 1983
1. This Act may be cited as the International Game Park and Wildlife Act. Short title
2.

1973]
27 of 1971
Statutory Instrument
191 of 1973
37 of 1983
1. This Act may be cited as the International Game Park and Wildlife Act. Short title
2.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation
"lessee" means the person to whom the International Game Park is let on a lease;
"specified period" means the period for which the International Game Park is let on
a lease to the lessee;
"Act" means the National Parks and Wildlife Act. Cap. 201
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act, the President may, by statutory order,
declare any one or more of the areas of land within the Republic and mentioned in the
Schedule to be a National Park, thereafter to be known as the International Game Park,
and may, in like manner, define, alter or extend its limits. Establishment of
International Game
Park
4. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the provisions of the Act and the rules,
regulations and orders made thereunder shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the International
Game Park as they apply to any other National Park within the Republic. Application of the 1968
Act
5.

l apply, mutatis mutandis, to the International
Game Park as they apply to any other National Park within the Republic. Application of the 1968
Act
5.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Act, or in any other
written law, and subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the Minister may, by statutory
instrument, for the specified period transfer or assign to the lessee-
Transfer or
assignment of powers,
duties or functions by
the Minister. (a) all or any of the powers, duties or functions conferred or imposed upon him
by the Act;
Cap. 201
(b) all or any the powers, duties or functions conferred or imposed upon the
Directors of Wildlife, Fisheries and National Parks by the Act.

Cap. 201
(b) all or any the powers, duties or functions conferred or imposed upon the
Directors of Wildlife, Fisheries and National Parks by the Act.

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(2) The powers, duties or functions which are transferred or assigned under
paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) shall be exercised only for the purposes of
administering the International Game Park, carrying out the provisions of the Act and of
this Act, but for no other purpose. 6. (1) For the purposes of this Act, the lessee shall have the power to engage
during the specified period wildlife officers and wildlife rangers who shall, to all intents and
purposes, be the servants or agents of the lessee. Power to appoint
wildlife officers and
wildlife rangers
(2) The wildlife officers and wildlife rangers engaged pursuant to subsection (1) shall
exercise such functions and perform such duties as are conferred upon wildlife officers
and honorary wildlife rangers under the provisions of the Act, or as are delegated or
assigned to them by the lessee. Cap. 201
7. For the purposes of this Act, there shall be established during the specified
period an Advisory Committee in place of the National Parks Board mentioned in section
eleven of the Act. Establishment of
Advisory Committee. Cap. 201
8.

od an Advisory Committee in place of the National Parks Board mentioned in section
eleven of the Act. Establishment of
Advisory Committee. Cap. 201
8.

The members of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the lessee,
subject to the prior written approval of the Minister. Composition of
Advisory Committee
9. The Advisory Committee shall, in respect of the International Game Park,
exercise such functions and perform such duties as are conferred upon the National Parks
Board under the Act. Functions and duties
of Advisory
Committee. Cap. 201
SCHEDULE
(Section 3)
AREAS OF LAND
Blue Lagoon, Lunga-Luswishi, Mweru Marsh National Park, Lusenga, Lavushi-Manda, Sichifula,
Mumbwa East, Lukusuzi, Luano Liuwa Plain and Isangano. (As amended by S.I. No. 37 of 1983)