Short title:
National Technical Regulation Act, 2017
Long title:
An Act to provide for the principles of, and a framework for,
technical regulation that are compliant with best practice
and regional and international obligations to which Zambia
is a party; establish the Department of Technical
Regulation in the Ministry responsible for trade; provide
for the development and implementation of technical
regulation for public safety and health, consumer
protection and environmental protection; provide technical
guidance to regulatory agencies on the development,
implementation, administration and review of technical
regulations; domesticate the International and Regional
Agreements on Technical Barriers to Trade in order to
ensure that regulations, standards, testing and certification
procedures do not create unnecessary obstacles to trade
but implement legitimate policy objectives and measures;
and provide for matters connected with, or incidental, to
the foregoing.
Year of Act:
2017
Number of Act:
5
Date of assent:
12 April 2017
Date of promulgation:
13 April 2017
Date of commencement:
24 June 2017
In force:
by Statutory Instrument
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