Zambia Development Agency (Amendment)

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GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA
ACT
No. 5 of 2009
Date of Assent: 31st March, 2009
An Act to amend the Zambia Development Agency Act. [ 3rd April, 2009
ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Zambia Development
Agency (Amendment) Act, 2009, and shall be read as one with the
Zambia Development Agency Act, 2006, in this Act referred to as
the principal Act. (2) This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on
31st January, 2009. Enactment
Short title and
commencement
Act No. 11 of
2006
Section three of the principal Act is amended by the insertion Amendment
in the appropriate place of the following new definition: of section 3
industrial park means any area or premises in Zambia that
has been declared an industrial park under section
eighteen;.

g new definition: of section 3
industrial park means any area or premises in Zambia that
has been declared an industrial park under section
eighteen;.

Section five of the principal Act is amended in subsection Amendment
(2) — of section 5
in paragraph (a), by the insertion of the words " and
industrial parks" after the words multi facility economic
zones ";
in paragraph (o), by the insertion of the words " and
industrial parks " after the words -multi facility economic
zones " wherever they appear;
Single copies of this Act may be obtainedfrom the Government Printer
P.O. Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka. Price K2, 000 each

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zones " wherever they appear;
Single copies of this Act may be obtainedfrom the Government Printer
P.O. Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka. Price K2, 000 each

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in paragraph (p), by the insertion of the words " and
industrial parks " after the words " multi facility economic
zones " wherever they appear;
by the deletion of paragraph (q) and the substitution
therefor of the following new paragraph:
monitor and evaluate the activities, performance
and development of enterprises operating in
multi-facility economic zones or industrial parks
and prescribe and enforce measures, for the
business or activity carried out within a multi-
facility economic zone or an industrial park so
as to promote the safety and efficiency of its
operations; and
(e) by the deletion of paragraph (r) and the substitution
therefor of the following new paragraph:
promote and market multi-facility economic
zones and industrial parks among investors;. Amendment 4.

titution
therefor of the following new paragraph:
promote and market multi-facility economic
zones and industrial parks among investors;. Amendment 4.

Section eighteen of the principal Act is amended—
of section 18
in the marginal note by the insertion of the words "and
industrial parks" after the word zones ";
in subsection (1) by the deletion of the comma and the
words " premises or building to be a multi-facility
economic zone " after the words " declare an area "
and the substitution therefor of the words " or premises
to be a multi-facility economic zone or an industrial park
"; and
(c) by the deletion of subsection (2) and the substitution
therefor of the following subsection:
(2) A statutory instrument made under subsection
(1) shall prescribe the—
limits of the area or premises declared as
a multi-facility economic zone or an
industrial park:
facilities to be provided and maintained
within a multi-facility economic zone or
an industrial park;

ti-facility economic zone or an
industrial park:
facilities to be provided and maintained
within a multi-facility economic zone or
an industrial park;

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terms and conditions under which goods
produced and services provided in a multi-
facility economic zone or an industrial park
may be sold, exported or otherwise
disposed of;
activities which are prohibited within a
multi-facility economic zone or an industrial
park;
conditions under which goods may be
removed from a multi-facility economic
zone or an industrial park;
the powers and obligations of an investor
in a multi-facility economic zone or an
industrial park; and
(g) such other matters as are necessary for
the effective and efficient operations of a
multi-facility economic zone or an industrial
park. 5.

rk; and
(g) such other matters as are necessary for
the effective and efficient operations of a
multi-facility economic zone or an industrial
park. 5.

Section fifty-seven of the principal Act is amended by the Amendment
deletion of subsection (1) and the substitution therefor of the of section 57
following new subsection:
(1) Any machinery or equipment acquired by—
a developer of a multi-facility economic zone
or an industrial park;
a business enterprise conducting operations in
a priority sector or in respect of a priority product
in a multi-facility economic zone;
a business enterprise conducting operations in
an industrial park; or
a rural business enterprise;
shall be exempted from duties as specified by or under
the Customs and Excise Act. Cap. 322

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Amendment
of section 60
Amendment
of section 82
Section sixty of the principal Act is amended by the deletion
of the words " Commissioner-General " and the substitution therefor
of the words " Minister responsible for finance ".
Section eighty-two of the principal Act is amended in
paragraph (b) of subsection (2) by the insertion of the words " or
industrial parks " after the words " multi-facility economic zones."