ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND POLLUTION CONTROL
Act 1990 of the Laws of Zambia

An Act to provide for the protection of the environment and the control of pollution; to establish the Environmental Council and to prescribe the functions and powers of the Council; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.

[23rd July, 1990]

No
12 of 1990
13 of 1994

1.    This Act may be cited as the Environmental Protection and Pollution Control Act.

Short title

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

Interpretation

"abatement" means the reduction or removal of environmental pollution to permitted or prescribed levels;

"Advisory Committee" means the Standing Technical Advisory Committee constituted under section twenty-one;

"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Council, appointed under section four;

"committee" means a committee constituted by the Council under section nine;

"conservation" means the preservation of the natural resources and their protection from misuse, fire or waste;

"contaminant" means a substance or physical agent, or a combination of substances and physical agents that may contribute to or create a condition of pollution;

"Council" means the Environmental Council established by section three;

"Deputy Director" means the Deputy Director of the Council, appointed under section nineteen;

"Director" means the Director of the Council, appointed under section nineteen;

"ecological system" means a living functional system which contains all organisms including man, their environments and the relationships that exist between them;

"environment", except as otherwise defined in PART IX, means land, water, air and other external influences and conditions which affect the development and life of all organisms including man;

"Inspectorate" means the Environmental Inspectorate established under section eighty-one;

"member" means a member of the Council;

"person" means an individual, partnership, corporation or association;

"pollution" means the presence in the environment of one or more contaminants in such quantities and for such duration and under such conditions as may cause discomfort to or endanger the health, safety and welfare of persons, or which may cause injury or damage to plant or animal life or property, or which may interfere unreasonably with the normal enjoyment of life or use of property or conduct of business;

"pollutor" means a person who contributes to or creates a condition of pollution;

"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Council, appointed under section twenty;

"standards" means the limits of pollution prescribed under this Act and any regulations made under this Act; and

"Vice-Chairman" means the Vice-Chairman of the Council appointed under section four.