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6 Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.

4) Act 2021 ISSN 0856 – 0331X THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA No.

6 11th October, 2021 ACT SUPPLEMENT to the Special Gazette of the United Republic of Tanzania No.41.

Vol.102 dated 11th October, 2021 Printed by the Government Printer, Dodoma by Order of Government THE WRITTEN LAWS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) (NO.

4) ACT, 2021 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section Title PART I PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS 1.

2.

Short title.

Amendments of certain written laws.


PART II AMENDMENT OF THE ELECTRONIC AND POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS ACT, (CAP.

306) 3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

Construction.

Amendment of section 13.

Amendment of section 20.

Amendment of section 23.

Amendment of section 116.

Amendment of section 137.

PART III AMENDMENT OF THE JUDGES (REMUNERATION AND TERMINAL BENEFITS) ACT, (CAP.

424) 9.

10.

Construction.

Addition of section 15A.

No.

6 Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.


4) Act 2021 PART IV AMENDMENT OF THE MEDICAL STORES DEPARTMENT ACT, (CAP.

70) 11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

28.

Construction.

Amendment of long title.

General amendment.

Amendment of section 2.

Repeal and replacement of section 3.

Amendment of section 4.

Amendment of section 6.

Amendment of section 11.

Repeal and replacement of section 16.

Addition of section 16A.

Amendment of section 17.


PART V AMENDMENT OF THE MINING ACT, (CAP.

123) Construction.

Amendment of section 4.

Amendment of section 10.

Amendment of section 18.

Amendment of section 83.

Amendment of section 90A.

Addition of section 132A.

PART VI AMENDMENT OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT, (CAP.

129) 29.

30.

31.

32.

33.

34.

Construction.

General amendment.

Amendment of section 2.

Amendment of section 5.

Amendment of section 6.


Addition of sections 23A and 23B.

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4) Act 2021 35.

Amendment of section 24.

PART VII AMENDMENT OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE FUND ACT, (CAP.

395) 36.

37.

Construction.

Amendment of section 3.

PART VIII AMENDMENT OF THE NON-CITIZENS (EMPLOYMENT REGULATION) ACT, (CAP.

436) 38.

39.

40.

41.

42.

43.

44.

45.

46.

47.

Construction.

Amendment of section 3.

Amendment of section 4.


Amendment of section 6.

Amendment of section 10.

Amendment of section 12.

Amendment of section 16.

Repeal and replacement section 19.

Amendment of section 22.

Amendment of Schedules.

PART IX AMENDMENT OF THE POLITICAL SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS ACT, (CAP.

225) 48.

49.

Construction.

Amendment of section 8.

PART X AMENDMENT OF THE TANZANIA EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES (TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY) ACT, (CAP.

447) 50.

51.

Construction.


Amendment of section 5.

3 No.

6 Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.

4) Act 2021 PART XI AMENDMENT OF THE TANZANIA POSTS CORPORATION ACT, (CAP.

303) 52.

53.

54.

55.

56.

57.

58.

59.

60.

61.

62.

63.

64.

65.

66.

67.

68.

69.

Construction.

Amendment of section 2.

Amendment of section 4.

Amendment of section 5.

Amendment of section 6.

Amendment of section 7.

Amendment of section 8.

Amendment of section 11.

Amendment of section 14.


Repeal and replacement of sections 16 and 17.

Addition of section 18.

PART XII AMENDMENT OF THE UNIVERSAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE ACCESS ACT, (CAP.

422) Construction.

Amendment of section 3.

Amendment of section 5.

Amendment of section 7.

Amendment of section 9.

Amendment of section 20.

Amendment of section 23.

PART XIII AMENDMENT OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT, (CAP.

82) 70.

71.

72.

73.

74.

Construction.


Amendment of long title.

Amendment of section 2.

Amendment of section 4.

Amendment of Part III.

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4) Act 2021 75.

76.

77.

78.

Amendment of section 6.

Amendment of section 13.

Repeal of sections 11 and 12.

Amendment of section 27.

PART XIV AMENDMENT OF THE WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT, (CAP.

263) 79.

80.

Construction.

Amendment of section 75.

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4) Act 2021 6 No.

6 Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.

4) Act 2021 THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NO.

6 OF 2021 I ASSENT SAMIA SULUHU HASSAN President [28th September, 2021] An Act to amend certain written laws.

ENACTED by the Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania.

PART I PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS Short title 1.

This Act may be cited as the Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.

4) Act, 2021.

Amendment of certain written laws 2.


The written laws specified in various Parts of this Act are amended in the manner specified in their respective Parts.

PART II AMENDMENT OF THE ELECTRONIC AND POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS ACT, (CAP.

306) Construction Cap.

306 3.

This Part shall be read as one with the Electronic and Postal Communications Act, hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act.” 7 No.

6 Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.

4) Act 2021 Amendment of section 13 4.


The principal Act is amended in section 13- (a) by deleting the words “one year” appearing in subsection (2) and substituting for them the words “not more than two years”; and (b) in subsection (3), by- (i) deleting paragraphs (d), (e) and (f); and (ii) renaming paragraph (g) as paragraph (d).

Amendment of section 20 5.

The principal Act is amended in section 20(1) by deleting the words “a licence” and substituting for them the words “licence conditions”.
Amendment of section 23 by- 6.

The principal Act is amended in section 23(1), (a) deleting paragraph (d); and (b) renaming paragraph (e) as paragraph (d).

Amendment of section 116 Amendment of section 137 7.

The principal Act is amended in section 116(3) by deleting the words “imports, distributes, or sells” appearing in paragraph (c) and substituting for them the words “imports or distributes”.

8.
The principal Act is amended in section 137, by- (a) deleting subsection (1) and substituting for it the following: “(1) No person shall possess any radio communication equipment except in accordance with a licence issued under this Act.”; and (b) adding immediately after subsection (2) the following: “(3) For the purpose of this section, the term “radio communication equipment” means- (a) SIM Box; (b) signal jarmer equipment; or (c) any other related equipment that is capable of facilitating- (i) signal jarming; or (ii) the passing of traffic.”.
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6 Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.

4) Act 2021 PART III AMENDMENT OF THE JUDGES (REMUNERATION AND TERMINAL BENEFITS) ACT, (CAP.

424) Construction Cap.

424 9.

This Part shall be read as one with the Judges (Remuneration and Terminal Benefits) Act, hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”.

Addition of section 15A 10.

The principal Act is amended by adding immediately after section 15 the following: “Transmissi on of benefits Cap.

371 Cap.

348 15A.
371 Cap.

348 15A.

Without prejudice to the powers of the Paymaster-General under the Public Service Social Security Fund Act and the Public Finance Act, the benefits prescribed under this Act and the Public Service Social Security Fund Act to which a retired Chief Justice, Justice of Appeal, Principal Judge or Judge and their respective spouses are entitled, shall be paid through the Court Office Administrator.”.

Chief the of PART IV AMENDMENT OF THE MEDICAL STORES DEPARTMENT ACT, (CAP.
70) Construction Cap.

70 11.

This Part shall be read as one with the Medical Stores Department Act, hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”.

Amendment of long title 12.

The principal Act is amended in the long title by inserting the words “production and,” between the words “the” and “procurement”.

General amendment 13.


The principal Act is amended generally by deleting the words “drugs and other medical supplies”, “medical supplies” and “pharmaceutical and other medical supplies” wherever they appear in the Act and substituting 9 No.

6 Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.

4) Act 2021 for them the words “health commodities”.

Amendment of section 2 14.


The principal Act is amended in section 2, by- (a) deleting the definition of the term “approved drugs”; and (b) inserting in the appropriate alphabetical order the following new definition: “health commodities” includes medicines, supplies, equipment or medical diagnostics the approved regulatory authority for the time for approving being health commodities;”.

responsible by Repeal and replacement of section 3 15.
The principal Act is amended by repealing section 3 and replacing for it the following: “Establish- ment of Department 3.

(1) There shall continue to be a department known as the Medical Stores Department.
corporate with (2) The Department shall be a body perpetual succession and shall have a common seal and, in its own name, be capable of - (a) suing and being sued; (b) acquiring, holding and alienating movable and immovable property; (c) borrowing and lending; (d) entering into contract or other transaction; and (e) doing all such other acts which a body corporate may lawfully perform.”.

Amendment of section 4 16.


The principal Act is amended in section 4 by deleting the word “procurement” wherever it appears in subsection (2) and substituting for it the words “production, procurement.” 10 No.

6 Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.

4) Act 2021 Amendment of section 6 17.
The principal Act is amended in section 6, by- (a) deleting a “fullstop” appearing at the end of the subsection (1) and substituting for following: it “as follows: (a) one representative the Ministry responsible for health matters; from (b) one representative from Ministry regional local government; responsible administration (c) one representative from Ministry finance; responsible the for and the for (d) a law officer representing the Office of the Attorney General; from representative (e) one Tanzania Investment Centre; (f) one representative from primary health care facility of local government authorities; (g) one representative responsible Authority medical devices; and representative from (h) a umbrella private health Tanzania.”; association facilities from for an from in (b) adding immediately after subsection (1), the following: “(2) In appointing members under the Minister shall have subsection (1), regards to at least the following requisite knowledge- (a) accountancy; (b) law; (c) pharmacy; (d) medicine or diagnostics; 11 No.
6 Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.
4) Act 2021 (e) supply chain management; and (f) Information and Communication Technology.”; (c) renumbering subsections (2), (3) and (4) as (d) adding subsections (3), (4) and (5) respectively; term” the words “for one further immediately after the word “re-appointment” appearing in subsection (3) as renumbered; and (e) deleting the word “Act” appearing in subsection (5) as renumbered and substituting for it the words “Act, except that such persons shall not vote.”.

18.
18.

The principal Act is amended in section 11 by deleting the words “as the Minister may approve” and substituting for them the words “as may be determined pursuant to the Treasury Registrar (Powers and Functions) Act”.

19.

The principal Act is amended by repealing section 16 and replacing for it the following: “Proc urem ent by Depar tment 16.

The Department shall procure in accordance with the law for the time being governing public procurement.”.

commodities health Amendment of section 11 Cap.


370 Repeal and replacement of section 16 Addition of section 16A 20.

The principal Act is amended by adding immediately after section 16, the following: “Powe rs to invest Cap.

53 or other 16A.
53 or other 16A.

Subject to such directives as may be issued by the Treasury relevant any Registrar authority, the Board shall have powers to invest the funds of the Department subject to such conditions as may be Trustee prescribed Investments Act, to relation investments of funds by trustees.”.

under the in Amendment of section 17 21.

The principal Act is amended in section 17, by- (a) designating the content of subsection (1) as section 17; and (b) deleting subsection (2).

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12 No.

6 Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.

4) Act 2021 PART V AMENDMENT OF THE MINING ACT, (CAP.

123) Construction Cap.

123 Amendment of section 4 22.

This Part shall be read as one with the Mining Act, hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”.

23.
23.

The principal Act is amended in section 4 by adding in the appropriate alphabetical order the following definition: Amendment of section 10 “gross value” means the market value of mineral or, minerals at the point of refining or sale or, in the case of consumption within Tanzania, at the point of delivery within Tanzania;”.

24.
24.

The principal Act is amended in section 10 by adding immediately after subsection (3) the following: to (1), “(4) Without prejudice of subsection the the provisions Government and a holder of a mining licence or special mining licence may, for the purposes of ensuring Government’s effective participation the mining operations as contemplated in this section, establish a special arrangement in a manner prescribed in the regulations.”.

in Amendment of section 18 by- 25.


The principal Act is amended in section 18(4), (a) deleting the words “five” and “ten” appearing in paragraph (a) and substituting for them the words “ten” and “fifty” appearing in paragraph (b) respectively; and (b) deleting the words “twenty” and “fifty” and substituting for them the words “fifty” and “one hundred” respectively.

Amendment of section 83 26.


The principal Act is amended in section 83, by- (a) adding immediately after subsection (1) the following: “(2) A broker’s shall authorise the holder a right to buy or acquire licence 13 No.

6 Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.

4) Act 2021 Amendment of section 90A by- industrial minerals and building material in the manner prescribed in the regulations”; and (b) renumbering subsection (2) as subsection (3).

27.
27.

The principlal Act is amended in section 90A, (a) deleting the word “clearance” appearing in subsections (1), (2) and (4) and substituting for it the word “inspection” respectively; (b) deleting the word “clearance” appearing in the first line of subsection (3) and substituting for it the word “inspection”; and (c) deleting subsection (5).

Addition of section 132A 28.
The principal Act is amended by adding immediately after section 132 the following: “Compoun ding of offences the 132A.-(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act relating to penalties, where a person admits in writing that he has committed an offence under this Act, the Executive Secretary or a person authorised by him in writing may, at any time prior to the proceedings by a court of competent jurisdiction, compound such offence and order such person to pay a sum of money not exceeding two thirds of the amount of the fine to which such person would otherwise have been liable to pay if he had been convicted of such offence.
commencement of (2) Where the person fails to comply with the compounding order issued under this section within the prescribed period, the Executive Secretary or a person authorized by him may, in addition to the sum ordered, require the person to pay an 14 No.

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4) Act 2021 interest at the rate prescribed in the regulations.
(3) Where the person fails to comply with subsection (2), the Executive Secretary may enforce the compounding order and interest accrued thereof in the same manner as a decree of a court.

(4) The Executive Secretary shall reports of all submit quarterly compounded offences under this section to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

an into offence finance, be paid (5) The moneys charged under this shall, unless otherwise section directed by the Minister responsible for the Consolidated Fund.
(6) Where is compounded in accordance with subsection (1) and proceedings are brought against the offender for the same offence, it shall be a good defence for the offender to prove to the satisfaction of the court that the offence with which the offender is charged has been compounded under subsection (1).

(7) The sum to be charged for every compoundable offence and the forms and manner of compounding of shall be as prescribed in the regulations made under this Act.”.

such offences 15 No.


6 Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.

4) Act 2021 PART VI AMENDMENT OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT, (CAP.

129) Construction Cap.129 29.

This Part shall be read as one with the National Council for Technical Education Act, hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”.

General amendment Amendment of section 2 30.
The principal Act is amended generally, by- (a) deleting the words “technical education” wherever they appear in the Act and substituting for them the words “technical and vocational education and training”; (b) redesignating the title “National Council for Technical Education” wherever it appears in the Act as “National Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training”; and (c) deleting the words “technical institution” or “technical institutions”, as the case may be, wherever they appear in the Act and substituting for them the words “technical and vocational training institution and centre” or “technical and vocational training institutions and centres”, as the case may be, respectively.
31.
The principal Act is amended in section 2 by the their appropriate alphabetical order in inserting following new definitions: “recognition of prior learning” means the process of evaluating skills and knowledge acquired outside the classroom for the purpose of recognizing competence against a given set of learning outcomes; standards, competence or “vocational education and training” means training leading to a skilled occupation; “vocational training centre” means a place or institution registered by the Council to offer vocational education and training;”.
16 No.

6 Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.

4) Act 2021 Amendment of section 5 32.
The principal Act is amended in section 5(1)- (a) in paragraph (b) by inserting the words “and vocational” between the words “technical” and “teachers”; (b) by deleting paragraph (c) and substituting for it the following: “(c) to assist technical and vocational training institutions and centres in the transmission of knowledge, principles and training in the field of technical and vocational education and training for the benefit of the people of Tanzania;”; (c) in paragraph (i) by inserting the words “and vocational” between the words “technical” and “education”; (d) by adding immediately after paragraph (o) the following: “(p) to establish zonal offices in various regions within Tanzania for proper performance of its functions and serving the community at large; (q) to regulate vocational education and training including short tailor-made course programmes and in-service training; and”; and (e) by renaming paragraph (p) as paragraph (r).
Amendment of section 6 33.

The principal Act is amended in section 6, by- (a) deleting subsection (1) and substituting for it the following: “(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Council and the parent Ministry having mandate over the institution established under this Act, and by order published the Gazette, declare any institution accredited by the Council to be an autonomous institution.”; in (b) deleting subsection (3); and (c) renumbering subsection (4) as subsection (3).

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17 No.

6 Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.

4) Act 2021 Addition of sections 23A and 23B 34.

The principal Act is amended by adding immediately after section 23 the following: “Constructi on of NACTE in other written laws General penalty the 23A.
Unless context otherwise requires, any reference in any written law to “National Council for Technical Education” or by its acronym shall be construed as “NACTE” reference to “National Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training” or by its acronym “NACTVET”.

23B.
23B.

Any person who commits an offence under this Act in respect of which no penalty has been specifically provided shall be liable on conviction to a fine of not less than five hundred thousand shillings but not exceeding three million to imprisonment for a term of not less than six months but not exceeding three years or to both.”.

shillings or Amendment of section 24 35.
The principal Act is amended in section 24(1)- (a) by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting for it the following: “(a) prescribing procedures for registration of technical and vocational training institutions and centres, qualified technicians and qualified technical and vocational teachers”; (b) adding immediately after paragraph (j) the following: “(k) prescribing procedures for operating autonomous technical and vocational training institutions and centres; (l) prescribing procedures for running vocational education and training short courses; 18 No.
6 Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.

4) Act 2021 (m) prescribing procedures for recognition of prior learning; and”; and (c) renaming paragraph (k) as paragraph (n).

PART VII AMENDMENT OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE FUND ACT, (CAP.

395) Construction Cap.

395 36.

This Part shall be read as one with the National Health Insurance Fund Act, hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”.

Amendment of section 3 37.


The principal Act is amended in section 3, by- (a) deleting the word “eighteen” appearing in the definition of the term “child” and substituting for it the words “twenty one”; and (b) inserting the words “public institution, public corporation or parastatal” between the words “local government “but” appearing in the definition of the term “public servant”.

authority” and PART VIII AMENDMENT OF THE NON-CITIZENS (EMPLOYMENT REGULATION) ACT, (CAP.

436) Construction Cap.

436 38.


This Part shall be read as one with the Non- Citizens (Employment Regulation) Act, hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”.

Amendment of section 3 Amendment of section 4 39.

The principal Act is amended in section 3 by deleting the words “police officer” appearing in the definition of the term “authorised officer”.

40.

The principal Act is amended in section 4(6) by deleting the word “Fourth” and substituting for it the word “Third”.

19 No.
19 No.

6 Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.

4) Act 2021 Amendment of section 6 Amendment of section 10 41.

The principal Act is amended in section 6(1) by deleting the words “police officers”.

42.
The principal Act is amended in section 10- (a) in subsection (2), by- (i) adding the words “subject to subsection (4)” “shall” immediately after appearing in the opening phrase; the words Amendment of section 12 (ii) deleting the word “Sixth” appearing in paragraph (a) and substituting for it the word “Fifth”; and (b) by adding immediately after subsection (3) the following: “(4) For purposes of facilitating application of permits under this section, the Labour Commissioner shall, subject to the prescribed regulations and after consultation with other relevant authorities, establish an electronic system for application and issuance of work permits.”.
43.
The principal Act is amended in section 12, by- (a) deleting the words “set out in the Third Schedule to this Act” appearing in subsection (1) and substituting for them the words “and manner prescribed in the regulations”; (b) deleting the word “five” appearing in subsection (4) and substituting for it the word “eight”; (c) adding immediately after subsection (6) the following: “(7) In the exercise of his powers under subsection (1) relating to attaching other conditions to the work permit, the Labour Commissioner may attach any condition regarding the finality of the permit where- (a) the employer has requested the work permit for a limited duration; (b) the non-citizen is about to complete his time of working in the country pursuant to section 12(4); or 20 No.
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4) Act 2021 (c) he considers it necessary for proper implementation of the provisions of this Act.”.

Amendment of section 16 44.

The principal Act is amended in section 16(1) by deleting the word “Fifth” and substituting for it the word “Fourth”.

Repeal and replacement section 19 45.


The principal Act is amended by repealing section 19 and replacing for it the following: “Incentives to investors 19.-(1) An applicant registered with the Tanzania Investment Centre and Export Processing Zone Authority may, save for the requirement of payment prescribed fee, employ up to being non-citizens without ten subjected to the conditions prescribed under this Act.
that such (2) The provision of immigrant quota shall not preclude an applicant from employing other non-citizens provided employment complies to the employment ratio of one non-citizen to ten local employees and the applicant has satisfied the Labour Commissioner that the nature of his business demands such number of non-citizens.
and with (3) An applicant who is not Tanzania the registered Investment Centre Export Processing Zones Authority shall, unless where the nature of business of permit does the employment of local employees as per the required ratio be subjected to the requirement of creating employment opportunities at a ratio of one non- citizen to ten local employees.”.

applicant not Amendment 46.

The principal Act is amended in section 22(2)- 21 No.

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4) Act 2021 of section 22 (a) in paragraph (d), by inserting the words “of a non-citizen” between the words “arrival” and “in Tanzania” appearing in sub-paragraph (i); (b) by adding immediately after paragraph (d) as amended the following: “(e) prescribing for the manner and procedure for issuing work permit; and (f) prescribing for the manner of granting to investors pursuant to incentives section 19.”.

Amendment of Schedules by- 47.


The principal Act is amended in the Schedules, (a) deleting the Third Schedule; and (b) renaming the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Schedules as Third, Fourth and Fifth Schedules respectively.

PART IX AMENDMENT OF THE POLITICAL SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFITS ACT, (CAP.

225) Construction Cap.

225 48.

This Part shall be read as one with the Political Service Retirement Benefits Act, hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”.

Amendment of section 8 49.
The principal Act is amended in section 8, by- (a) designating the contents of that section as subsection (1); and (b) adding the following immediately after subsection (1) as designated: “(2) Without prejudice to the powers of the appropriate authority under section 6(4) and for the purpose of facilitating transmission of benefits and services prescribed under this Act, the benefits or services to which a retired Speaker or retired Deputy Speaker and their respective spouses are entitled shall be paid through the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly.”.
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6 Written Laws (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.

4) Act 2021 PART X AMENDMENT OF THE TANZANIA EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES (TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY) ACT, (CAP.

447) Construction Cap.

447 50.

This Part shall be read as one with the Tanzania Extractive Industries (Transparency and Accountability) Act, hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”.

Amendment of section 5 51.
This principal Act is amended in section 5- (a) in subsection (1) by deleting the word “fifteen” and substituting for it the word “eight”; (b) in subsection (2), by- (i) deleting the word “fifteen” appearing in the opening phrase and substituting for it the word “eight”; (ii) deleting the word “five” appearing in paragraph (a) and substituting for it the word “four”; (iii) deleting the word “five” appearing in paragraph (b) and substituting for it the word “two”; and (iv) deleting the word “five” appearing in paragraph (c) and substituting for it the word “two”.
PART XI AMENDMENT OF THE TANZANIA POSTS CORPORATION ACT, (CAP.

303) Construction Cap.

303 52.

This Part shall be read as one with the Tanzania Posts Corporation Act, hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”.

Amendment of section 2 53.

The principal Act is amended in section 2 by the their appropriate alphabetical order in inserting following definition: 23 No.

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4) Act 2021 ““Ministry” means the Ministry for the time being responsible for postal matters;”.

Amendment of section 4 by - 54.

The principal Act is amended in section 4(1), (a) adding the words “of the Board of Directors” “Chairman” the word immediately appearing in paragraph (f); and after Amendment of section 5 Cap.370 Amendment of section 6 (b) deleting paragraph (h).

55.
55.

The principal Act is amended in section 5(5) by the the phrase “the Minister may, upon deleting recommendation of the Board determine” and substituting for it the words “as may be determined under the Treasury Registrar (Powers and Functions) Act”.

56.
The principal Act is amended in section 6, by- (a) deleting the words “and other employees” appearing in the marginal note; and (b) deleting subsection (2) and substituting for it the following: “(2) A person shall be eligible for appointment as Postmaster-General if such person- from (a) is a holder of at least a masters degree recognised university or its equivalence in management, law, economics, finance or engineering; and a in (b) has experience of at least five senior managerial years position in one or more of the fields refered to in paragraph (a) or other relevant sectors.
(3) The Postmaster-General shall hold office for a term of five years and may, subject to satisfactory performance, be eligible for reappointment for one further term.”.

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4) Act 2021 Amendment of section 7 57.
The principal Act is amended in section 7- (a) in subsection (2) by deleting paragraph (d) and substituting for it the following: Amendment of section 8 “(d) that the Corporation provides for all reasonable facilities for transaction, transmission and delivery of postal, logistic, electronic, agency, financial and other services as it may deem fit.”; and (b) in subsection (3), by- (i) deleting paragraph (f); and (ii) renaming paragraphs (g) to (l) as paragraphs (f) to (k) respectively.

58.
The principal Act is amended in section 8- (a) in subsection (1), by- (i) deleting paragraph (c) and substituting for it the following: “(c) to provide financial and agency services by means of electronic money currency transfer, exchange or such other means as may be appropriate to the Corporation;”; (ii) deleting a “full stop” appearing at the end of paragraph (d) and substituting for it a “semicolon”; and (iii)adding immediately after paragraph (d) the following: “(e) to perform any function relating to the operations and provision of universal postal services the United Republic.”; and in (b) by adding immediately after subsection (3) the following: “(4) In the performance of its the Corporation may functions, employ digitally-powered new strategies where there is a connected 25 No.
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4) Act 2021 Amendment of section 11 Amendment of section 14 Repeal and replacement of sections 16 and 17 network in order to deliver services to the end customers through digital channels.”.

59.
59.

The principal Act is amended in section 11 by deleting the words “Minister responsible for finance and the Minister responsible for communications” wherever they appear in subsections (2) and (3) and substituting for them the words “Treasury Registrar and the Minister”.

60.
60.

The principal Act is amended in section 14 by deleting subsection (1) and substituting for it the following: “(1) The Corporation may, upon consultation with the Minister, declare a dividend of such amount as shall be recommended by the Board of Directors and approved by the Treasury Registrar.”.

61.

The principal Act is amended by repealing sections 16 and 17 and replacing for them the following: “Budget approval Cap.

439 Accounts and audit Cap.

257 16.


Subject to provisions of the Budget Act, the Postmaster-General shall, in not less than three months before the end of each financial year, prepare and submit to the Board of Directors a budget estimate of income and expenditure for the following year.

17.-(1) The Corporation shall maintain accounting records as are required the to requirements of this Act.
comply with (2) The provisions of the Public Corporations Act shall apply to the Corporation with respect to annual reports, financial supervision and laying of reports before the National Assembly.”.

accounts, audit, Addition of section 18 62.

The principal Act is amended by adding immediately after section 17 the following: 26 No.

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4) Act 2021 “Powers to make Regula- tions 18.-(1) The Minister may make regulations for the better carrying out of any of the provisions of this Act.

(2) Without prejudice to the the generality of subsection Minister may make regulations for the better carrying out of postal digital services.”.

(1), PART XII AMENDMENT OF THE UNIVERSAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE ACCESS ACT, (CAP.

422) Construction Cap.

422 63.


This Part shall be read as one with the Universal Communications Service Access Act, hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”.

Amendment of section 3 Amendment of section 5 64.

The principal Act is amended in section 3 by adding the words “and its infrastructure” at the end of the definition of the term “communication services”.

65.
65.

The principal Act is amended in section 5, by- (a) adding immediately after paragraph (a) the Amendment of section 7 following: “(b) to support widespread access and use of internet;”; and (b) renaming paragraphs (b) to (f) as paragraphs (c) to (g) respectively.

66.
66.

The principal Act is amended in section 7- (a) in subsection (2), by- (i) deleting the word “ten” appearing in the opening phrase and substituting for it the word “seven”; and (ii) deleting the word “eight” appearing in paragraph (b) and substituting for it the word “five”; (b) in subsection (3), by- (i) adding the word “and” at the end of paragraph (d); (ii) deleting paragraph (e) and substituting for it the following: 27 No.

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4) Act 2021 “(e) one representative from the private sector.”; (iii) deleting paragraph (f); (c) by deleting subsection (4) and substituting for it the following: “(4) The member referred to in paragraph (e) of subsection (3) shall be appointed from any of the following: (a) broadcasting subsector; (b) telecommunication subsector; (c) postal subsector; or (d) a local association which has its membership in either one of the subsectors in to paragraphs (a) to (c).”; and referred (d) in subsection (5) by deleting the words “by the Minister upon recommendation of the Fund” and substituting for them the phrase “pursuant to the Treasury Registrar (Powers and Functions) Act”.
67.

The principal Act is amended in section 9 by deleting subsection (3) and substituting for it the following: “(3) The Manager shall, on such terms and conditions of service, be appointed to serve for a term of five years which may be renewed for one further term.”.

Cap.

370 Amendment of section 9 Amendment of section 20 68.
The principal Act is amended in section 20, by- (a) designating the content of section 20 as subsection (1); (b) adding immediately after subsection (1) as designated the following: “(2) Any person who, upon request of the Fund- (a) fails without reasonable cause to information any provide requested; (b) obstructs the from obtaining information requested; or Fund 28 No.

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4) Act 2021 Amendment of section 23 by- (c) provides information that is false or misleading, is commits an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of not less than one million shillings but not exceeding ten million shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.”.

69.
69.

The principal Act is amended in section 23(1), (a) adding immediately after paragraph (c) the following: “(d) such sum of money obtained investments by the Fund;”; and from (b) renaming paragraphs (d) and (e) as paragraphs (e) and (f) respectively.

PART XIII AMENDMENT OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT, (CAP.

82) Construction Cap.

82 70.

This Part shall be read as one with the Vocational Education and Training Act, hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”.
Amendment of Long Title Amendment of section 2 71.

The principal Act is amended in the Long Title by deleting the words “for the regulation”.

72.
The principal Act is amended in section 2- (a) in the definition of the term “apprentice” by deleting the word “Board” and substituting for it the phrase “regulatory authority responsible for vocational education and training”; (b) in the definition of the term “Director” by deleting the words “Vocational Education and Training” and substituting for them the words “the Authority”; (c) by deleting the definition of the terms “inspector”, “Regional Board” and “trade test”; (d) in the definition of the term “Vocation Training 29 No.
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4) Act 2021 Centre” by deleting the words “including a trade school”; and (e) by inserting in its appropriate alphabetical order, the following new definition: ““district vocational training centre” means a centre designated or established to provide vocational skills at district level;”.

vocational training Amendment of section 4 73.


The principal Act is amended in section 4- (a) in subsection (1), by- (i) deleting paragraph (i); and (ii) renaming paragraphs (j) to (n) as paragraphs (i) to (m) respectively; and (b) by deleting the words “and Vocational Training (2) and Centre” appearing substituting for them a “comma” and the words “vocational district vocational training centre.”.

in subsection training centre and Amendment of Part III Amendment of section 6 74.
The principal Act is amended in the heading to the words “AND REGIONAL Part III by deleting BOARDS”.

75.
The principal Act is amended in section 6- (a) in subsection (2)- (i) by deleting the words “Regional Boards and Trade Advisory Committees” appearing in paragraph (e) and substituting for them the phrase “Trade Advisory Committees and any committee established under subsection (3)”; (ii) by deleting paragraph (f) and substituting for it the following: “(f) designate any training centre of the Authority to be vocational teachers training college, regional vocational training and service centre, vocational training centre or district vocational training centre; and”; (iii) in paragraph (g), by- 30 No.
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4) Act 2021 (a) deleting the words “the trade testing system” and a “comma” appearing in subparagraph (ii); (b) deleting subparagraph (iii); (c) renaming subparagraphs (iv) to (vii) as subparagraphs (iii) to (vi) respectively; and (b) by adding immediately after subsection (2), the following: “(3) The Board shall, for the purpose of facilitation of performance of its functions under this Act, establish such number of committees to perform specific functions as the Board may determine.
(4) The committees established under subsection (3) shall perform the functions of the Board upon such terms and conditions as the Board may determine.”.

76.

The principal Act is amended by repealing sections 11 and 12. by- 77.
The principal Act is amended in section 13(2), (a) deleting the words “Regional Board” appearing in paragraph (c) and substituting for them the words “regulatory authority responsible for vocational education and training”; (b) deleting the words “to conduct trade test” appearing in paragraph (d) and substituting for them the words “to conduct examinations”; and (c) deleting the words “to support the development” appearing in paragraph (h) and substituting for them the words “provide training on”.
Repeal of sections 11 and 12 Amendment of section 13 Amendment of section 27 78.

The principal Act is amended in section 27(2) by deleting the words “Regional Boards and of a” and substituting for them the word “the”.

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4) Act 2021 PART XIV AMENDMENT OF THE WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT, (CAP.

263) Construction Cap.

263 79.


This Part shall be read as one with the Workers Compensation Act, hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act.” Amendment of Section 75 80.

The principal Act is amended in section 75 by adding immediately after subsection (4) the following: “(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2), the Minister may, upon recommendation of the Board, waive partially or wholly the accrued interest on overdue assessement to an employer.”.
Passed by the National Assembly on the 2nd September, 2021.

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