BILL WATCH 18/2019
[5th April 2019]
Bills and Acts of 2018
Update on Bills Passed by Parliament during 2018
Twelve Bills were passed by Parliament during 2018:
Finance Bill
Appropriation (2018) Bill
Estate Administrators Amendment Bill
Public Entities Corporate Governance Bill
Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Debt Assumption) Bill
Electoral Amendment Bill
Insolvency Bill
Shop Licences Amendment Bill
Civil Aviation Amendment Bill
Public Health Bill
Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Amendment Bill
Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill
All twelve Bills were passed by the Eighth Parliament before it adjourned for the last time on 7th June 2018 ahead of the 30th July harmonised election.
The Ninth [i.e. the current] Parliament, sworn in on 18th September 2018 did not complete the passage of any further Bills by the end of the year [see below].
Eleven of the Bills have been gazetted as Acts
These eleven Acts were all gazetted and came into force by the end of 2018 [see Table of Acts below for details].
Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill This was the twelfth Bill passed. It was not published as an Act because the President refused to assent to it, and after the election it was sent back to the new Ninth Parliament for reconsideration in the light of the President’s reservations. The Bill did not, however, come up for reconsideration during the remainder of 2018.
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