THE ZAMBIA WILDLIFE ACT, 2015

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I PRELIMINARY

1. Short title and commencement

2. Interpretation

3. Ownership of wild animals

4. Principles of wildlife conservation and management

   PART II THE NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT

5. Establishment of Department

6. Director, Deputy Directors and delegation of functions

7. Wildlife Management Licensing Committee

8. Wildlife officers and wildlife police officers

9. Honorary wildlife police officers

10. International cooperation, agreements and instruments

    PART III THE NATIONAL PARKS, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PARKS AND BIRD AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES

11. Declaration of National Parks

12. Establishment of Community Partnership Parks

13. Effect of orders and acquisition of land

14. Declaration of bird and wildlife sanctuaries

15. Prohibition of granting of land in National Park, Community Partnership Park or bird or wildlife sanctuary

16. Grant of mining and other rights in National Park, Community Partnership Park and bird or wildlife sanctuary

17. Traffic on public roads in National Park and Community Partnership Park

PART I PRELIMINARY

1. This Act may be cited as the Zambia Wildlife Act, 2015, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by statutory instrument.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“ aerodrome ” means an airport, airfield, heliport, a defined area on land or water, including any buildings, installations and equipment intended to be used either wholly or in part for the arrival, departure or surface movement of aircraft;

“ aircraft ” includes flying machines, aeroplanes, seaplanes, helicopters, flying boats and other aircraft designed to be heavier than air, airships, microlites, balloons, kites and other aircraft designed to be lighter than air, whether captive, navigable or free and whether controlled by a human agency or not;

“ animal ” means a vertebrate animal, and includes a mammal, bird, fish, reptile and amphibian and the egg of a bird or reptile, but does not include a human being;

“ appointed date ” means the date appointed by the Minister under section one;

“ apprentice professional guide ” means a person who has attained the relevant prescribed qualifications and is training to be a professional guide under the supervision of a professional guide;

“ apprentice professional hunter ” means a person who is training to be a professional hunter under the supervision of a professional hunter but is not qualified to hunt dangerous animals;

“ Assistant Director ” means an Assistant Director of National Parks and Wildlife appointed in accordance with section six;

“ authorised officer ” means a wildlife police officer, a police officer of the rank of inspector or above, a community scout or an honorary wildlife police officer;

“ barrier ” means an obstruction placed across a street or road by a wildlife police officer for the purpose of preventing or detecting an offence relating to wildlife under this Act;

“ biological diversity ” means the variability among living organisms from all sources, including terrestrial ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part, and diversity within species, among species and of ecosystems;

“ bird licence ” means a licence issued under section forty- one;

“ bird sanctuary ” means an area declared as a bird sanctuary under section fourteen;

“ board ” means a community resources board established under section thirty-two;

“ bona fide client ” means a non-Zambian with a hunting licence who is a client of a hunting outfitter that has a hunting concession or owns an unfenced private wildlife estate;

“ capture ” means to catch, take or collect live wild animal specimens, including eggs or nests;

“ capture permit ” means a permit issued under section forty- three;

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