16 18 Legal proceedings against Commission The State Liabilities Act [Chapter 8:14] applies with necessary changes to legal proceedings against the Commission, including the substitution of references therein to a Minister by references to the Chairperson of the Commission. 19 Regulatory powers of Commission (1) The Commission may make regulations prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed or which, in its opinion, are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act. (2) Regulations made in terms of subsection (1) shall not have effect until they have been approved by the Minister and published in the Gazette. 20 Amendment of Cap. 2:10 The Referendums Act [Chapter 2:10] is amended— (a) in section 2 ("Interpretation")— (i) in subsection (1) by the insertion of the following definition— ""returning officer" means an officer of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission;"; (ii) in subsection (2) by the insertion after "the Electoral Act" of "or the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Act [Chapter 2:12]"; (b) in section 3 ("Referendum proclamation") by the repeal of paragraph (d); (c) in section 8 ("Declaration of result of referendum") (3), (4) and (5) by the deletion of "Registrar-General" and the substitution of "Chief Elections Officer"; (d) in section 9 ("Appeals") (1) and (2) by the deletion of "High Court" and the substitution of ""Electoral Court"; (e) in section ("Regulations")— (i) in subsections (1) and (2)(d) by the deletion of "Minister" and the substitution of "Commission"; (ii) in subsection (1) by the deletion of "his" wherever it occurs and the substitution of "its"; (iii) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2)— "(3) Regulations made in terms of subsection (1) shall not have effect until they have been approved by the Minister and published in the Gazette.", FIRST SCHEDULE (Section 3(3)) PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION Terms of office and conditions of service of Commissioners 1.(1) Subject to this Schedule, a Commissioner shall hold office for five years. (2) A Commissioner shall continue in office after the expiry of his or her term until he or she has been re-appointed or his or her successor has been appointed: