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Higher Authority for Power (Special Provisions) Act, 1970

This Act may be cited as the Higher Authority for Power (Special Provisions) Act. This section defines three terms used in the Act. The Higher Authority must have four members: two Ministers appoi…

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Jurisdiction: Zambia
Structure: 5 provisions
Citation: Act 41 of 1970
Dates: Source version 31 Dec 1996

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“This Act may be cited as the Higher Authority for Power (Special Provisions) Act.”

This Act may be cited as the Higher Authority for Power (Special Provisions) Act. This section defines three terms used in the Act. The Higher Authority must have four members: two Ministers appointed by the Government of Zambia and two people appointed under the amending Order. A Minister’s certificate stating that a named person is or was a member of the Higher Authority must be accepted in proceedings as conclusive proof of that fact. This section says the Act stops having effect on a date the Minister notifies by statutory instrument.

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Short title ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

This Act may be cited as the Higher Authority for Power (Special Provisions) Act.

Section 1

Interpretation .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

This section defines three terms used in the Act.

Section 2

Constitution of Higher Authority ............................................................................................................................................................... 1

The Higher Authority must have four members: two Ministers appointed by the Government of Zambia and two people appointed under the amending Order.

Section 3

Certiﬁcate under hand of Minister ........................................................................................................................................................... 1

A Minister’s certificate stating that a named person is or was a member of the Higher Authority must be accepted in proceedings as conclusive proof of that fact.

Section 4

Act to cease to have effect ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1

This section says the Act stops having effect on a date the Minister notifies by statutory instrument.

Section 5

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§ 1Short title ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Higher Authority for Power (Special Provisions) Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Higher Authority for Power (Special Provisions) Act.

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§ 2Interpretation .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1Amendment

This section defines three terms used in the Act.

2. Interpretation In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— "the amending Order" means the Southern Rhodesia (Higher Authority for Power) Order, 1970, an Order in Council of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, made on the 12th June, 1970; "the Higher Authority" means the Higher Authority for Power constituted by the principal Order; "the principal Order" means the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council, 1963. [App. 1]

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§ 3Constitution of Higher Authority ............................................................................................................................................................... 1Amendment

The Higher Authority must have four members: two Ministers appointed by the Government of Zambia and two people appointed under the amending Order.

3. Constitution of Higher Authority (1) For so long as this Act is in force and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the principal Order, the Higher Authority shall consist of four members of whom two shall be Ministers of the Government of Zambia appointed by the Government of Zambia and two shall be persons appointed under the amending Order. (2) The persons appointed under the amending Order shall hold ofﬁce upon such terms and for such period as may be provided by or under the amending Order.

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§ 4Certiﬁcate under hand of Minister ........................................................................................................................................................... 1Provision

A Minister’s certificate stating that a named person is or was a member of the Higher Authority must be accepted in proceedings as conclusive proof of that fact.

4. Certiﬁcate under hand of Minister A certiﬁcate under the hand of the Minister certifying that any person named therein is, or was on any speciﬁed date, a member of the Higher Authority shall be received in all proceedings as conclusive proof of the matters certiﬁed therein.

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§ 5Act to cease to have effect ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1Repeal

This section says the Act stops having effect on a date the Minister notifies by statutory instrument.

5. Act to cease to have effect (1) The provisions of this Act shall cease to have effect upon such date as the Minister may, by statutory instrument, notify. By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 1 Higher Authority for Power (Special Provisions) Act, 1970 (Chapter 437) Zambia (2) The provisions of section fourteen of the Interpretation and General Provisions Act shall apply when this Act ceases to have effect as they apply when a written law repeals another written law. [Cap. 2] By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 2

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Higher Authority (1) For so long as this Act
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