These Regulations, consisting of 4 sections, amends the original Act by (i) inserting, in Section 2, a new definition for the term "legally disqualified," defining it as the absence of legal capacity as provided under the Mental Health Act; (ii) restructuring, in Section 6, the Board of the Bureau into a part-time body appointed by the Minister, revising its composition to include representatives from key government, legal, industry, and private sector institutions, requiring formal nominations from respective bodies for ministerial appointment, updating member disqualification criteria to include legal disqualification, and making consequential adjustments by renumbering relevant subsections; (iii) increasing, in Section 8, the board's quorum requirement from 4 members to 5.
Zambia · 2026-06-04