INTRODUCTION OF REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR NUMBER PLATE MANUFACTURING AND EMBOSSING OF REGISTRATION MARKS 202010

This initiative seeks to regulate the activity of manufacturing blank number plates and embosing of regisration marks on blank plates in Zambia. For a long time, the nation has not had a regulatory framework for the two activties which has posed a significant challenge to the Road Transport and Safety Agency. Section 28 of the Road Traffic Act No. 11 of 2002 (hereqfter the ‘Act’), makes it mandatory for a person who manafuctures registration marks and numbers to obtian a pernit from RTSA. However there are currently no regulations on the procedure for applying for permits, how the permits should be issued, the conditions for issuance, and the fees payable. Proposing Ministry or Regulatory Authority: Ministry of Transport and Communications/Road Transport and Safety Agency(RTSA).