October 2019

Bill-Watch 56/2019 - International Treaties Bill

BILL WATCH 56/2019

[30th October 2019]

International Treaties Bill

SI 2019-229 Customs and Excise (Suspension) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 (No. 220)

IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Finance and Economic Development has, in terms of section 235 as read with section 120 of the Customs and Excise Act [Chapter 23:02], made the following regulations:—

SI 2019-228 Value Added Tax (Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.) (Refunds) Regulations, 2019

IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Finance and Economic Development has, in terms of section 78 of the Value Added Tax Act [Chapter 23:12], made the following regulations:—

SI 2019-227 Income Tax (Exemption from Income Tax) (Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.) Notice, 2019

IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Finance and Economic Development has, in terms of subparagraph (g) of paragraph 3 of the Third Schedule to the Income Tax Act [Chapter 23:06], made the following notice:—

SI 2019-226 Customs and Excise (Suspension) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 (No. 219)

1. These regulations may be cited as the Customs and Excise (Suspension) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 (No. 219).

SI 2019-225 Road Motor Transportation (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 (No. 20)

IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development has, in terms of section 52 of the Road Motor Transportation Act [Chapter 13:15], made the following regulations:—

1. These regulations may be cited as the Road Motor Transportation (Public Service Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 (No. 20).

SI 2019-224 Collective Bargaining Agreement, Commercial Sectors

IT is hereby notified that the Collective Bargaining Agreement set out in the Schedule, which further amends the agreement published in Statutory Instrument 45 of 1993, has been registered in terms of section 79 of the Labour Relations Act [Chapter 28:01].

SI 2019-223 Collective Bargaining Agreement, National Employment Council for the Insurance Industry

IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare has, in terms of section 80(1) of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01], approved the publication of the Collective Bargaining Agreement as set out in the Schedule.

The agreement was registered in terms of section 79 of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01].

SI 2019-222 Legal Practitioners (Designated Legal Qualifications) (Amendment) Notice, 2019 (No. 1)

THE Council for Legal Education, in terms of section 6(1) of the Legal Practitioners (Council for Legal Education) Rules, 1992, hereby makes the following notice:—

SI 2019-221B Public Holidays and Prohibition of Business (Declaration of Public Holiday) Notice, 2019

HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, in terms of section 2(2) of the Public Holidays and Prohibition of Business Act [Chapter 10:21], hereby makes the following notice:—

1. This notice may be cited as the Public Holidays and Prohibition of Business (Declaration of Public Holiday) Notice, 2019.

Constitution Watch 9/2019 - Death in Custody - Rights of Prisoners

CONSTITUTION WATCH 9/2019

[27th October 2019]

Death in Custody : Rights of Prisoners

Parliamentary Committee Series 41/2019 - Open Committee Meetings Monday 28th October

BILL WATCH

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 41/2019

[25th October 2019]

Two Open Committee Meetings on Monday 28th October

* Sanctions

SANCTIONS AGAINST ZIMBABWE

[25th October 2019]

October 25th is a public holiday

Introduction

* Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Acts (ZIDERA) of 2001 and 2018 - United States

ZIDERA

ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT 2001

and

ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY AMENDMENT ACT 2018

(UNITED STATES ACTS)

Bill Watch 55/2019 - Legislative Output of the Last (2018-2019) Parliamentary Session

BILL WATCH 55/2019

[24th October 2019]

Both Houses of Parliament are Sitting This Week

Parliament Criticised for Low Output of Bills Last Session

BILL WATCH 54/2019 Both the Senate and the National Assembly Resume Sittings Today 22 October

BILL WATCH 54/2019

[22nd October 2019]

Both the Senate and the National Assembly Resume Sittings Today

Note: The President has declared Friday 25th October a public holiday

to allow Zimbabweans to attend solidarity against sanctions on Zimbabwe events.

Coming up in Parliament

SI 2019-211 Customs and Excise (Suspension) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 (No. 218)

1. These regulations may be cited as the Customs and Excise (Suspension) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 (No. 218).

SI 2019-210 National Employment Council: Memorandum of Agreement: Cotton Industry, 2019

IT is hereby notified that, in terms of section 80 of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01], in a collective bargaining session conducted between the Employers’ Association for the Cotton Industry and the Cotton Marketing Workers Union, the following was agreed and

adopted:—

BILL WATCH 53/2019 Update on Statutory Instruments - Part 2

BILL WATCH 53/2019

[20th October 2019]

Update on Statutory Instruments: Part 2

This bulletin continues where Bill Watch 52 of 16th October [“Statutory Instruments: Part 1]” [link] stopped; it will deal with Government Gazettes from SI 205/2019 of 20th September up to SI 221/2019 of 18th October.

Constitution Watch 8/2019 - Can Statutory Instruments Amend Acts of Parliament?

CONSTITUTION WATCH 8/2019

[19th October 2019]

Can Statutory Instruments Amend Acts of Parliament?