Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B14: Authorization requirements for importing certain products 

Date when the measure came into force

01 January 1970 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Firearms Act 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Firearms Regulations 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zambia 

Coded list of objectives

G: Protection of national security 

Description of the measure

3. (1) A firearms dealer's import permit shall be issued by the Registrar in Form 1 in the Second Schedule and a fee of sixty fee units shall be payable on the issue of the permit.
4. (1) Application for the issue of a tourist's import permit and/or export permit shall be made to the Registrar in Form 4 in the Second Schedule.
(2) A tourist's import and/or export permit shall be issued by the Registrar in Form 5 in the Second Schedule.
(3) Every tourist's import permit shall, in addition to such conditions as the Registrar may consider desirable in any particular case, contain the following conditions:
(a) no ammunition imported under the authority of the permit shall be used except in connection with a shooting competition or a hunting safari conducted by an approved safari company;
(b) the firearms specified in the permit and any unused ammunition imported thereunder shall be removed from the Republic within six calendar months of the date of import; 

Reference of the measure

Section 3(1) ; Form 1
Section 4(1; 2; 3a, b) ; Form 4 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Firearms
Ammunition 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.