Zambian think tank studies how Zimbabwe checks the cost of new regulations. Does Parliament do the same here?

ZIPAR visited Zimbabwe's National Competitiveness Commission (NCC) on 6 October. The visit looked at regulatory impact assessment (RIA). RIA is a process that checks the cost and benefit of a new regulation before it is passed. Zambia has its own framework. The Business Regulatory Act No. 3 of 2014 and the Business Regulatory (Amendment) Act No. 14 of 2018 set up the process. The reports we found give few details of what ZIPAR learned or what comes next. **The question for Zambians.** Does Parliament actually require an impact assessment before it passes new rules? A law can exist and still go unused. This is a good follow-up for your ZambiaLII review. **A reader's lead on housing.** A reader, Daniel Apton Phiri, raised housing law. We have checked only that the Housing (Statutory and Improvement Areas) Act 1974 exists and that the National Housing Authority (Amendment) Act No. 41 of 2026 has been passed. We have not checked whether either law was subject to an impact assessment. Treat it as a lead. **Verification notes.** The story is thin and rests on the ZIPAR post. Our search found no report of the visit, only general NCC material. Low priority unless you can find out whether RIAs have been done for recent Zambian laws. **Sources:** ZIPAR; ZambiaLII.