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CHAPTER 46
NATIONAL INDUSTRIES (LICENSING AND REGISTRATION) ACT

[SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION]

INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

    OMITTED NOTICES

    ORDERS

        The National Industries (Prescribed Articles) Order

    REGULATIONS

        The National Industries (Licensing and Registration) Regulations

OMITTED NOTICES

    The following Notices have been omitted:

G.N. No. 238 of 1967    The National Industries (Appointment of Registrar and Assistant Registrar) Notice

G.N. No. 240 of 1967    The Industrial Licensing Board Notice

ORDERS

THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIES (PRESCRIBED ARTICLES) ORDER

[1st January, 1977]

G.N. No. 106 of 1977

    1. This order may be cited as the National Industries (Prescribed Articles) Order.

    2. [Omitted.]

    3. Each of the articles specified in the Schedule to this order is hereby declared to be a prescribed article for the purposes of the National Industries (Licensing and Registration) Act.

    4. [Revokes the National Industries (Prescribed Articles) Order *.]

SCHEDULE
PRESCRIBED ARTICLES

    1.    Aluminium products.

    2.    Cashew nuts.

    3.    Cement.

    4.    Ceramics.

    5.    Civil and Military explosives.

    6.    Dairy and meat products.

    7.    Diamond and gemstone cutting and polishing.

    8.    Edible oils extracted or hydrogenated.

    9.    Electronic equipment.

    10.    Fertilizers.

    11.    Glass products.

    12.    Insecticides and pesticides.

    13.    Leather goods.

    14.    Medical and pharmaceutical products.

    15.    Metal and alloy products.

    16.    P.V.C.

    17.    Petroleum products.

    18.    Pulp and paper products.

    19.    Sisal products.

    20.    Soaps and detergents.

    21.    Soft and alcoholic beverages.

    22.    Steel products.

    23.    Sugar products.

    24.    Textile products.

    25.    Tobacco products.

    26.    Tyres and tubes for motor vehicles, trailers and bicycles.

    27.    Wood products.

    28.    All other chemical products.

REGULATIONS

THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIES (LICENSING AND REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS

(Section 29)

G.Ns. Nos.
120 of 1991
98 of 1996
412 of 1998

1.    Short title

    These Regulations may be cited as the National Industries (Licensing and Registration) Regulations.

2.    Interpretation

    In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–

    "Act" means the National Industries (Licensing and Registration) Act *;

    "Board" means the Board appointed by the Minister under section 10 of the Act;

    "Committee" means the Regional Industries Licensing Advisory Committee established for each region under section 11 of the Act;

    "prescribed" in relation to forms means prescribed forms in the Schedule to these Regulations;

    "Registrar" means Registrar of Industries.

3.    Application for licence to be submitted through the Committee

    Every application for an industrial licence or for a certificate of registration shall be submitted through the Committee.

4.    Application

    Every application for a first grant or renewal of an industrial licence or a certificate of registration shall be in a prescribed Form.

5.    Industrial Licence

    Every industrial licence shall be in the prescribed Form.

6.    Registration Certificate

    Every registration certificate shall be in the prescribed Form.

7.    Fees

    The fee for a certificate of registration shall be US$ four hundred or its equivalent in Tanzania shillings and the fee for an Industrial Licence shall be US$ five hundred or its equivalent in Tanzania shillings.

8.    Licence to be authenticated by Seal

    Every licence shall be authenticated by an official Seal.

9.    Project with fixed investment

    The project with a fixed investment not exceeding one hundred million shillings shall be issued with it Certificate of Registration and a project with fixed investment exceeding one hundred million shillings shall be issued with an Industrial Licence.

10.    Registrar to cancel licence

    Where the Registrar–

    (a)    is satisfied that a holder of a licence issued in respect of a project has not, within the period of three years from the date of issue of the licence, implemented that project;

    (b)    after requiring the person referred to in paragraph (a) to show cause why the licence issued in respect of the project should not be cancelled, is satisfied that there is no sufficient cause, he may cancel the licence issued in respect of that project and report the matter to the Board.

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11.    Submission of annual progress reports

    (1) Every person who holds a valid industrial licence or certificate of registration shall submit, in the case of an industrial licence, to the Board, and in the case of a registration certificate, to the Registrar, a progress report once in every calendar year but not later than thirty first day of December, in respect of any year.

    (2) Every progress report shall be in the prescribed Form 4.

    (3) Any person who contravenes the provisions of subregulation (1) of this regulation commits an offence and upon conviction is liable to a fine of fifty thousand shillings payable to the Registrar of Companies.

12.    Transfer of Industrial Licence

    Every application for the transfer of an Industrial Licence shall be in the prescribed Form.

13.    Meetings of the Board

    (1) The Board shall meet at least four times in a year.

    (2) Without prejudice to the generality of subregulation (1), the Chairman may, at any time call an emergency meeting.

14.    Appeals to Minister

    (1) The time within which a person may appeal to the Minister under subsection (1) of section 24 of the Act shall be thirty days from the date of the communication of such decision, revocation or variation to that person.

    (2) The Minister may, for any good sufficient reason, extend the time for the bringing of the appeal.

    (3) All appeals to the Minister shall be in writing.

15.    Revocation of G.N. No. 236 of 1985

    [Revokes the National Industries Regulations.]

SCHEDULE
FORMS

FORM 1
APPLICATION FOR INDUSTRIAL LICENCE/
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL (LICENSING AND REGISTRATION) ACT

(Section 8)

(Delete whichever is inapplicable)

    1.    Name and address of investor ..............................................................................

    2.    Nature of industry (e.g. chemical, engineering) .......................................................

3. Type of goods services produced/ rendered per year

Capacity 24 hrs

Actual output

Price/Unit ex-factory

Value of output Shs.

Unit

Quantity

Unit

Quantity

    4.    Estimates of annual sales in Tanzania ...............................................................%

Kenya and Uganda ................................................%

Outside East Africa ................................................%

    5.    Location of the factory ........................................................................................

    6.    Level of investment (total)....................................................................................

        (a)    Building, etc. .............................................................................................

        (b)    Machinery .................................................................................................

        (c)    Working capital .........................................................................................

    7.    Proposed sources of capital - Local ....................................................................

Foreign .................................................................

8. Raw materials used per year

Local sources

Imported

Units

Quantity

Price per Value Unit CIF

%

%

    9.    Estimated date on which production would begin and planned stages of development.

        ........................................................................................................................

        ........................................................................................................................

    10.    Labour Force (Total) ..........................................................................................

        (a)    Tanzanians ...............................................................................................

        (b)    Foreigners ................................................................................................

    11.    Any provision for training local ............................................................................

        (a)    Technical staff ...........................................................................................

        (b)    Administrative staff ....................................................................................

        (c)    Managerial staff .........................................................................................

    12.    Facilities required:

        (a)    Land (acres) .............................................................................................

        (b)    Power per year (Electric) ...........................................................................

        (c)    Fuel (units per year) ..................................................................................

        (d)    Water (units per year) ..............................................................................

        (e)    Effluent disposal and water treatment facilities .............................................

        (f)    Rate of disposal effluent (units per year).......................................................

        (g)    Transport facilities (e.g. railway siding, road, etc. .........................................

        (h)    Any other facilities requested .....................................................................

..............................................
Date

..................................................
Signature of applicant

Note: Units such as tons, pounds, kilograms, etc.

FORM 2
INDUSTRIAL LICENCE

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL (LICENSING AND REGISTRATION) ACT

(Sections 8 and 17)

Licence No. ....................................................................................................................

Issued at ........................................................................................................, Tanzania.

To (name and address of applicant) ....................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................
to manufacture for sale and to operate a factory for the manufacture of ..................................
........................................................................................................................................
at ........................................................................................................... (place of factory)
subject to the following conditions: .....................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................

..............................................
Date

..................................................
Registrar

FORM 3
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL (LICENSING AND REGISTRATION) ACT

(Section 8)

Registration No. ...............................................................................................................

Issued at .........................................................................................................., Tanzania

To (name and address of applicant) ...................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................
to manufacture for sale and to operate a factory for the manufacture of .................................
.......................................................................................................................................
at ......................................................................................................... (place of factory)

..............................................
Date

..................................................
Registrar

FORM 4
PROGRESS REPORT FOR REGISTERED/
LICENSED INDUSTRIES

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL (LICENSING AND REGISTRATION) ACT

    1.    Name and address of the firm .............................................................................
.........................................................................................................................

    2.    Nature of Industry ..............................................................................................
.........................................................................................................................

    3.    Registration Certificate/Licence No. ....................................................................
........................................................................................................................

    4.    Level of investment:

        (a)    total planned .............................................................................................

        (b)    actual to-date ............................................................................................

    5.    Labour force:

        (a)    total planned .............................................................................................

        (b)    actual to-date ............................................................................................

6. Type of goods services produced/ rendered per year

Capacity 24 hrs

Actual output

Price/Unit ex-factory

Value of output Shs.

Unit

Quantity

Unit

Quantity

7. Raw materials used per year

Local Sources

%

Imported


%

Units

Quantity

Price
C.I.F.

Value
Shs.

    8.    Bottlenecks faced, if any, and proposed remedial action .........................................
.........................................................................................................................
.........................................................................................................................

.................................................
Date

.........................................................
Signature of Investor/Promoter

FORM 5
APPLICATION FOR THE TRANSFER OF AN
INDUSTRIAL LICENCE

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL (LICENSING AND REGISTRATION) ACT

    1.    Name ..............................................................................................................

    2.    Attach copy of licence which is sought to be transferred.

    3.    Name of person/body to whom the licence is proposed to be transferred.
.......................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................

    4.    State reason for this application .........................................................................
........................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................

    5.    State improvements which the proposed transferee intends to make
........................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................

......................................................
Date

....................................................
Signature of applicant

..................................................
Signature of transferee

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