Zambia national security intelligence act

CHAPTER 109 - ZAMBIA SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE ACT: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

ZAMBIA SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE ACT (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1998

Arrangements of Paragraphs

2. Commencement of act No. 14 of 1998

This Order may be cited as the Zambia Security Intelligence Service (commencement) Order, 1998.

2. Commencement of act No. 14 of 1998

The Zambia Security Intelligence Service Act shall come into operation on the date of publication of this Order.

ZAMBIA SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE REGULATIONS

[RETAINED AS PER SECTION 15 OF THE INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS ACT]

Arrangement of Regulations

4. Contracts of Service

5. Recruitment interviews and staff selection

6. Notification of Service posts

7. Constitution of Service posts

8. Abolition of Service posts

9. Application for appointment

10. Appointments to the Service

11. Age of appointment

13. Person appointed to the Service to be given a letter

14. Director-General to determine suitability of candidate

15. Offer of permanent and pensionable appointment

16. Procedure where an officer holds a probationary appointment

18. Transfer within the Service

19. Transfer from the Service

20. Termination of probationary appointments

21. Resignation by an officer on permanent and pensionable establishment

22. Resignation by an officer on probation

23. Qualification for retirement

24. Procedure when criminal offence has been committed

25. Interdiction of officer

26. Suspension of disciplinary proceedings pending final determination of criminal proceeding

27. Suspension following criminal conviction

28. Proceedings after acquittal of criminal charge

29. Offences against discipline

30. Punishments which may be imposed

31. Report and review of disciplinary proceedings

34. Disciplinary proceedings against, and appeal by Directors

35. Dismissal notwithstanding pending criminal proceedings

36. Service of documents

38. Boards of Inquiry

41. Responsibility for stores etc.

42. Every officer to perform all lawful duties and obey all lawful instructions

43. Member of Service not to engage in any other employment

44. Declarations on joining the Service

45. Provisions of the Civil Service (Local Conditions) Pensions Act Cap. 260 to apply to officers in the service

[Regulations by the President]

These Regulations may be cited as the Zambia Security Intelligence Service Regulations.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

"General Orders" means the General Orders of the Public Service;

"Officer-in-Charge" means the Director-General or any other officer appointed by the Director-General to be in control of a sector of the Service;

"responsible officer" means Officer-in-Charge;

"secretary" means secretary to the Staff Board established under section 8 of the Zambia Security Intelligence Service Act;

"Service" means the Zambia Security Intelligence Service.

(1) These Regulations apply to all members of the Service appointed under section 4 of the Act, other than the Director-General, and the classes of persons specified in Part I of the Schedule.

(2) Any part of the General Orders that may be necessary for application in the Service but are not provided for in these Regulations, shall be derived therefrom and applied as if the same were part of these Regulations and shall have the same force.

4. Contracts of Service

A contract of service entered into prior to commencement of the Act, between a member of the Service and the Service acting on behalf of the Public Service Commission, is deemed to have been made between such member and the Service, and the provisions of these Regulations shall apply to such contract:

Provided that any such member shall not be subject to any condition of service which is less favourable to him than any corresponding condition which applied to him immediately before the said date.

PART II
APPOINTMENTS, CONDITIONS OF SERVICE (CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, PASSING OF PROMOTION BARS AND TRANSFERS) AND TERMINATION OF APPOINTMENTS

5. Recruitment interviews and staff selection

The Director-General may, by orders or instructions, make conditions to govern the recruitment, interviews and staff selection of candidates for appointment to the Service.

6. Notification of Service posts

Once in every year the Director-General shall publish by "Service Order" notice, a list of all posts.

7. Constitution of Service posts

(1) An application for establishment of a Service post, of and above the rank of Director, shall be made to the President or such other person or authority as the President may designate in that behalf, by the Director-General; and of any other rank below the rank of Director, to the Director-General, by the Director responsible for staff matters.

(2) Every such application shall state—

(a) the title of the post;

(b) the salary scale to be attached to that post;

(c) whether the proposed post is to be permanent;

(d) the reason why that post is considered necessary or desirable;

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