7/29/2019 Presentation of Government Bills February 19/2013
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Dear friends and colleagues,
As part of the PMRC mandate to inform our readers of the legislation affecting you, and in light of the opening
of The Second Session of the Eleventh Assembly of Parliament having commenced on February 19th 2013, below
is the list of bills that have been presented, for debate and discussion and possible adoption.
PRESENTATION OF GOVERNMENT BILLS
The Minister of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education
1. The Higher Education - Bill to provide for the establishment of the Higher Education Authority and dene
its functions and powers; provide for quality assurance and quality promotion in higher education; provide
for the establishment, governance and regulation of public higher education institutions; provide for the
registration and regulation of private higher education institutions; repeal and replace the University Act,
1999; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
2. The Teaching Profession - Bill to establish the Teaching Council of Zambia and dene its functions and
powers; provide for the regulation of teachers, their practice and professional conduct; provide for the
accreditation and regulation of colleges of education; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental
to, the foregoing.
The Minister of Finance
1. The Bank of Zambia (Amendment) - Bill to amend the Bank of Zambia Act
2. The Millennium Challenge Compact - Bill to give effect to the Millennium Challenge Compact and Program
Implementation Agreement; expand access to, and improve reliability of, water supply, sanitation and
drainage services in select urban and peri-urban areas of the City of Lusaka in order to reduce the incidence
of waterborne and water related diseases; generate time savings for households and businesses and reduce
nonrevenue water in the water supply network by improving water supply and sanitation and drainage
services; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
The Minister of Health
1. The National Health Research – Bill to establish the National Health Research Authority and provide for its
functions and powers; establish the National Health Research Ethics Board and provide for its functions and
powers; provide a regulatory framework for the development, regulation, nancing and coordination of health
research and ensure the development of consistent health research standards and guidelines for ethically soundhealth research; provide for the establishment of health research ethics committees and the regulation and
management of research institutions, health researchers and health establishments involved in or undertaking
research; provide for the regulation of biological material for health research; provide for ethical approval for
the conduct of clinical trials; provide for the use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicines in
health research; provide for data management and intellectual property rights in health research; provide for
the designation of bio banks; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
2. The Medicines and Allied Substances – Bill to continue the existence of the Pharmaceutical Regulatory
Authority and re-name it as the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority; provide for the functions and
powers of the Authority; provide for the registration and regulation of pharmacies, health shops and agro-
veterinary shops; provide for the registration and regulation of medicines and allied substances; provide
for the regulation of the manufacture, importation, exportation, possession, storage, distribution, supply, promotion, advertising, sale and use of medicines and allied substances; provide for the regulation and
control of clinical trials; repeal and replace the Pharmaceutical Act, 2004; and provide for matters connected
with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
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