This Act was repealed on 2023-08-17 by Zambia Institute of Valuation Surveyors Act, 2023.
Zambia
Valuation Surveyors Act, 1976
Chapter 207
- Commenced on 1 August 1979
- [This is the version of this document at 31 December 1996.]
- [Repealed by Zambia Institute of Valuation Surveyors Act, 2023 (Act 7 of 2023) on 17 August 2023]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Valuation Surveyors Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"Board" means the Valuation Surveyors Registration Board established under section four;"Chairman" means the chairman of the Board and includes any member elected to act as chairman under section seven;"land" includes land of any tenure, and tenements and hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal, and houses and other buildings, also an undivided share in land, but does not include any mining right as defined in the Mines and Minerals Act in or in respect of any land;[Cap. 213]"member" means a member of the Board;"registered" means registered under this Act; and "registration" shall be construed accordingly;"valuation surveyor" means a person engaged in the business of valuation of land, whether as a private practitioner or as an employee or agent of some other person; and "valuation surveying" shall be construed accordingly.3. Prohibition of un-registered persons from practising
4. Establishment of Board
5. Tenure, duties, etc., of members
6. Resignation and removal
7. Meetings and decisions of Board
8. Rules
The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, by statutory instrument, make rules relating to all or any of the following matters:9. Register of valuation surveyors
The Board shall keep and maintain a register to be known as the "Register of Valuation Surveyors" wherein shall be entered in respect of every person to be registered as a valuation surveyor, his name and address, qualifications, date of registration and such other particulars as may be prescribed by regulations.10. Publication of list of valuation surveyors
The Board shall, at least once in every calendar year, by Gazette notice, publish a list of full names of all persons then on the register.11. Qualifications for registration
A person shall not be registered as a valuation surveyor unless, on the date of his application for registration, he has attained the age of twenty-one years and has—12. Suspension of valuation surveyors
The Board may suspend the registration of any valuation surveyor or strike out of the register the name of any valuation surveyor who is found, after due inquiry by the Board, to have been guilty of professional misconduct.13. Appeals
Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Board may, within twenty-eight days of receiving a copy of such decision, appeal to the High Court, and the High Court may make such order thereon as it thinks fit.14. Regulations
The Minister may, by statutory instrument, make regulations for the better carrying out of the purposes of this Act.History of this document
17 August 2023
31 December 1996 this version
Consolidation
01 August 1979
Commenced