CHAPTER 224 - AGRICULTURAL CREDITS ACT: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

Specification of Offices of Registrar Notice

Agricultural Credits (Registration) Regulations

Agricultural Credits Appointment of Authorised Agency) Order

SPECIFICATION OF OFFICES OF REGISTRAR NOTICE

[Section 8]

Arrangements of Paragraphs

   Paragraph

   1. Title

   2. Specification of offices of Registrar

SI 67 of 1998.

1. Title

This Notice may be cited as the Specification of Offices of Registrar Notice, 1998.

2. Specification of offices of Registrar

The office of the district Agricultural Co-ordinator in every district is hereby designated as an office of the Registrar for purposes of the Act.

AGRICULTURAL CREDITS (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS

[Section 14]

[RETAINED AS PER S.15 OF INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS ACT]

[Currency mentioned in this regulation should be re-denominated as stipulated under S 4 of Re-denomination Act, 2012, read with S 29 of Bank of Zambia Act, 1996.]

Arrangements of Regulations

   Regulation

   1. Title

   2. Interpretation

   3. Form of and particulars in register

   4. Procedure for certificate of result of official search of register

   5. Application for registration of charge

   6. Memorandum and fee to accompany application for registration

   7. Duties of Registrar on receipt of application for registration

   8. Application for noting of discharges in register

   9. Hours of business

   10. Prescribed fees

   11. Revocation of Government Notice 33 of 1962

      FIRST SCHEDULE

      SECOND SCHEDULE

      THIRD SCHEDULE

SI 91 of 1996.

[Regulations by the Minister]

1. Title

These Regulations may be cited as the Agricultural Credits (Registration) Regulations.

2. Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-

"the register"  means the register directed to be kept under the Act;

"Registrar"  means the person appointed as such in each District Agricultural Office under section 8 of the Act.

3. Form of and particulars in register

   (1) The register shall contain the following particulars

   (a)   the date of the instrument creating a charge;

   (b)   the surname, Christian names, and National Registration Card number of the farmer whose farming stock and other agricultural assets are affected by a charge;

   (c)   the amount or commodity secured by a charge;

   (d)   whether a charge is a fixed or floating charge, or both;

   (e)   in the case of a fixed charge, details of the nature of the property affected by such charge, as given in the memorandum accompanying an application for the registration of a charge;

   (f)   the name and address of the holder of the charge;

   (g)   the number assigned to the memorandum and the time and date of the reception of such memorandum.

   (2) The register shall-

   (a)   be in the form set out in Form 1 of the First Schedule; and

   (b)   bear the surnames in alphabetical order of farmers who have created an agricultural charge.

4. Procedure for certificate of result of official search of register

Any person who requires a certificate of the result of an official search of the register may obtain the same by sending by post or delivering to the Registrar a requisition in the form set out in Form 2 of the First Schedule, and upon receipt of such requisition, the Registrar shall, on payment of the fees set out in the Third Schedule, furnish a certificate in the form set out in Form 2 of the First Schedule.

5. Application for registration of charge

An application for the registration of a charge, certified copies of, or extracts from, the register or memoranda filed as are open to public inspection, shall-

   (a)   be made on the appropriate forms as set out in the Second Schedule; and

   (b)   furnish the particulars required in the forms.

6. Memorandum and fee to accompany application for registration

An application for registration of a charge shall be accompanied by a memorandum and the prescribed fee.

7. Duties of Registrar on receipt of application for registration

Upon receipt of an application for registration of a charge as specified in regulation 6, the Registrar shall-

   (a)   assign a number to the memorandum; and

   (b)   note thereon the date and time of its reception.