Bill Watch 52/2019 [Update on
Statutory Instruments: Part 1] 16 October 2019
SI 168/2019 [link] gazetted on 9th August is the Manpower Planning and
Development (Zimbabwe Centre for High Performance Computing)
Regulations, 2019. The regulations provide for the establishment of a new
body corporate – a new parastatal – in the form of a Government institute to be
known as the Zimbabwe Centre for High Performance Computing [ZCHPC].
The Centre will be the custodian of the national supercomputer and its system
and provide supercomputing services not Government and to individuals and
organisations requiring such services. As the ZCHPC has been in existence at
the University of Zimbabwe since 2015, the SI appears to something of an
afterthought.
Does all this really fall within the scope of the Manpower Planning and
Development Act as a whole, let alone the provisions of the Act cited as
enabling the regulations? These are questions for the Parliamentary Legal
Committee. Our initial reaction is that this SI may be ultra vires and not fit for
purpose.
Gazette of 20th September 2019
Zambezi River Authority – Employees' Conditions of Service amended
SI 201/2019 [link] gazettes comprehensive changes to the terms and conditions
of service of employees of the Zambezi River Authority [ZRA], as approved by
the Governments of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Note: The ZRA is a corporation jointly and equally owned by the governments
of Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is a governed by a four-person council consisting
of the Ministers of Energy and Finance of each country. Its primary function is to
operate and maintain the Kariba Dam on the Zambezi River. Its headquarters
are in Lusaka.
Wages and allowances for Chemicals, Fertilisers, Battery and Plastics
Manufacturing Industry
SI 202/2019 [link] sets the 2019 wages and allowances for the various sectors
of the industry.
Customs duty rebate for electrical manufacturers
SI 203/2019 [link] amends the principal regulations by adding more goods to the
list qualifying for the rebate in addition to those already added following the
Supplementary Budget in August [see below]..
Customs and Excise Tariff Amendment
SI 204/2019 [link] reduces customs duty on certain goods [including to zero on
lithium solar batteries] and states excise duty on specified liquor and tobacco
items in ZWL.
Statutory Instruments 205/2019 onwards will be covered in Part 2
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