The Animal Health (Amendment) Act,2025

An Act to amend the Animal Health Act, 2010. [19th August, 2025
ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia. 1. This Act may be cited as the Animal Health (Amendment )
Act, 2025 and shall be read as one with the Animal Health Act,
2010, in this Act referred to as the principal Act. 2. Section 2 of the principal Act is amended by the insertion of
the following new definition in the appropriate place in alphabetical
order:
“traceability” has the meaning assigned to the word in the
Animal Identification and Traceability Act, 2024. 3. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section 21 and
the substitution therefor of the following:
21. The Director shall use the animal identification and
traceability system managed under the Animal Identification
and Traceability Act, 2024 for the purposes of—
(a) disease control; and
(b) identification and traceability of animal, animal
product and animal by-product. Short title
Act No. 27
of 2010
Amendment
of section 2
Act No. 2 of
2024
Repeal and
replacement
of section 21
Enactment
Identification
and
traceability
of animal,
animal
product and
animal by-
product
Act No.2 of
2024
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raceability
of animal,
animal
product and
animal by-
product
Act No.2 of
2024
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Date of Assent: 8th August, 2025
Single copies of this Act may be obtained from the Government Printer,
P.O. Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka, Price K 4.00 each.

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