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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “adjoining State” means a State that shares a common border Short title and commencement Interpretation with the Republic; “applicable laws” means, in relation to— (a) the Republic, the laws listed in the Second Schedule; and 132 No. 8 of 2025] Trade Facilitation Border Management and (b) an adjoining State, the laws listed in a border agreement or any law of an adjoining State which corresponds to this Act; “appropriate authority” means an authority with functions related to, or impacting on, the importation, exportation, clearance, control or regulation of goods, control of persons entering or exiting the Republic and regulation of services relating to the movement and clearance of goods and persons at, from, and across, ports of entry; “border” means the boundary that demarcates the territory between the Republic and an adjoining State; “border agreement” means an agreement relating to the establishment of a one-stop border post or simplified trading arrangement entered into by the Republic and an adjoining State in accordance with section 14; “border authority” means a public authority exercising border controls at a port of entry; “border control” means measures taken by a competent authority or authorisation provided in the relevant laws to monitor and regulate the movement of goods and persons at a port of entry; “border infrastructure” means an office, a building and any other facility at a port of entry and in a control zone; “border management committee” means a border management committee constituted under section 11(1); “Committee” means the National Trade Facilitation Committee constituted under section 8; “competent authority” means an authority named in a border agreement that is entitled to issue and receive authorisations, notifications or act in a particular matter on behalf of the Republic or an adjoining State; “control zone” means a part of the territory of an adjoining State and the Republic within which officers are authorised to conduct border controls; “coordinated border management service charter” means a document that sets out services that are provided by an appropriate authority to persons in the clearance of imports and exports; “customs port” has the meaning assigned to the words in the Cap. 322 Customs and Excise Act; Border Management and Trade Facilitation [No. 8 of 2025 133 “Customs Services Division” has the meaning assigned to the words in the Customs and Excise Act; Cap. 322 “duty free status” means an act of trading without paying import duty on specified goods; “ecommerce” has the meaning assigned to the word in the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2021; “Electronic Government Division” means the Electronic Government Division established under the Electronic Government Act, 2021; “exclusive use area” means an area in a control zone designated for the exclusive use of an adjoining State or the Republic; “facilitation agent”means a person, other than an officer, registered in accordance with any written law and is responsible for providing services for the completion of border clearance procedures; “host State” means a State where entry or exit border controls are effected; “Immigration Department” means the Immigration Department in the Ministry responsible for home affairs; “integrated risk management framework” means the guidelines, standards and practice for the application of risk management by customs and other appropriate authorities in an integrated and coordinated approach to import, export and transit of goods; “joint border management committee” means the joint border management committee constituted under section 11(2); “law enforcement agency” means a person or agency authorised to enforce the law in accordance with the laws of the Republic or of an adjoining State; “Lead Agency” means the authority designated as Lead Agency in accordance with section 5; “legally disqualified” means the absence of legal capacity as provided under section 4 of the Mental Health Act, 2019; “non-intrusive inspections” means a method used to screen imported and exported goods, and goods in transit; “officer” means a person who holds a position of authority in the Republic or in an adjoining State and is responsible for exercising border controls and other functions in accordance with this Act and any other written law in the Republic or an adjoining State; Act No. 4 of 2021 Act No. 41 of 2021 Act No. 6 of 2019 Border Management and 134 No. 8 of 2025] Trade Facilitation Act No. 18 of 2010 Act No. 12 of 2018 “one-stop border post” means a border post established under an agreement entered into between the Republic and an adjoining State that enables goods, people and vehicles to undergo the necessary border controls at once; “Partner State” means a State Party to a border agreement; “Plant Quarantine and Phytosanitary Service” means the Plant Quarantine and Phytosanitary Services Department in the Ministry responsible for agriculture; “port of entry” has the meaning assigned to the words in the Immigration and Deportation Act, 2010; “repealed Act” means the Border Management and Trade Facilitation Act, 2018; “risk management” means the systematic identification, assessment, evaluation, treatment and monitoring of risk and the application of principles, procedures and practices by customs and other appropriate authorities when addressing import, export or transit of goods; “risk management platform” means a platform on the Zambia Electronic Single Window System which allows for input, output, and reporting of information used for risk management by customs and other appropriate authorities for the clearance of goods under import, export and transit; “simplified trading arrangement” means a border arrangement to simplify clearing procedures and reduce the cost of trading for small scale cross-border traders; “single entry point” means an electronic system that allows a person to file and submit export, import and transit related information or documents using a single declaration; “single payment point platform” means an electronic platform for making payments for duties, taxes, fees and levies to the Republic; “small scale cross-border trader” means a person who imports and exports goods in small quantities using simplified trading arrangements with an adjoining state; “State institution” has the meaning assigned to the words in Cap. 1 the Constitution; “Steering Committee on Trade Facilitation” means the Steering Committee on Trade Facilitation constituted under section 7; Border Management and Trade Facilitation [No. 8 of 2025 135 “trade facilitation” means the simplification, standardisation and harmonisation of activities, practices, procedures and formalities involved in the movement, clearance and release of goods, including goods in transit; “visa” has the meaning assigned to the word in the Immigration and Deportation Act, 2010; “Zambia Compulsory Standards Agency” means the Zambia Compulsory Standards Agency established under the Compulsory Standards Act, 2017; “Zambia Electronic Single Window System” means the electronic facility that allows a person involved in trade and transport to lodge standardised information and documents at a single entry point to fulfil import, export and transit related regulatory requirements; “Zambia Police Service” means the Zambia Police Service established under the Constitution; and “Zambia Revenue Authority” means the Zambia Revenue Authority established under the Zambia Revenue Authority Act.
