Bill Watch 23/2019
Update on Bills and Gazettes
5th to 19th April
22 April 2019
Government Gazettes 5th to 19th April
Regular Gazette of 5th April
Statutory Instruments
Audit Office [Auditor-General]
SI 85/2019 is the Audit Office Regulations [link], a comprehensive set of
regulations for: the corporate governance of the Audit Office by the Audit
Office Board; the administration of the Audit Office; the conduct of audits of
entities, Ministries and funds subject to audit by the Auditor-General; and the
financial affairs of the Audit Office.
Commission of Inquiry into Sale of Urban State Land
SI 86/2019 extends the Commission’s term of office from the end of April until
the end of October. The Commission was sworn in on 1st February 2018 and
is chaired by Justice Uchena.
Local authority by-laws – Chikomba Rural District Council
81/2019 – Refuse Removal By-laws
82/2019 – Taxi By-laws
83/2019 – Hairdresser’s Shops and Barber’s Shops By-laws [marred by too
many typos that should have been obvious to anyone checking or proofreading the by-laws, e.g., “pause for eminent” instead of “cause for imminent”].
Public Finance Management – Receivers of Revenue and Accounting
Officers
SI 84/2019 [link] provides new lists of Receivers of Revenue and
Accounting Officers for the purposes of the Public Finance Management
Act. Accounting officers are designated for each of the entities for which
Parliament has voted funds in the Appropriation (2019) Act.
Regular Gazette of 12th April
Statutory instruments
Labour Act: Collective Bargaining Agreements
SI 87/2019 affects the Ceramics and Associated Products Manufacturing
Industry. It sets minimum wage levels for July 2018 to June 2019 and
stipulates wages shall be paid “in the currency of the US dollars”. The
agreement was signed in June 2018.
SI 90/2019 affects the Printing, Packaging and Newspaper Industry. It sets
wages and allowances for 2019.
Local authority by-laws: Epworth Local Board
SI 88/2019 is the Epworth Traffic, Clamping and Tow-away By-laws.
Supreme Court Rules
SI 89/2019 [link] contains the first amendments to last year’s new Supreme
Court Rules published in SI 84/2018 [link]. Rules 30 and 33 are amended, to
clarify the procedure for the Prosecutor-General to apply for the leave of a