Zambia
International Game Park and Wildlife Act, 1971
Chapter 202
- Commenced on 15 August 1973
- [This is the version of this document at 31 December 1996.]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the International Game Park and Wildlife Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires‒"lessee" means the person to whom the International Game Park is let on a lease;"specified period" means the period for which the International Game Park is let on a lease to the lessee;"Act" means the National Parks and Wildlife Act.[Cap. 201]3. Establishment of International Game Park
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act, the President may, by statutory order, declare any one or more of the areas of land within the Republic and mentioned in the Schedule to be a National Park, thereafter to be known as the International Game Park, and may, in like manner, define, alter or extend its limits.4. Application of the 1968 Act
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the provisions of the Act and the rules, regulations and orders made thereunder shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the International Game Park as they apply to any other National Park within the Republic.5. Transfer or assignment of powers, duties or functions by the Minister
6. Power to appoint wildlife officers and wildlife rangers
7. Establishment of Advisory Committee
For the purposes of this Act, there shall be established during the specified period an Advisory Committee in place of the National Parks Board mentioned in section eleven of the Act.[Cap. 201]8. Composition of Advisory Committee
The members of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the lessee, subject to the prior written approval of the Minister.9. Functions and duties of Advisory Committee
The Advisory Committee shall, in respect of the International Game Park, exercise such functions and perform such duties as are conferred upon the National Parks Board under the Act.[Cap. 201]History of this document
15 August 1973
Commences.
Subsidiary legislation
Title | Numbered title |
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International Game Park (Lower Zambezi) (Cessation) Order, 1983 | Statutory Instrument 37 of 1983 |