Zimbabwe Act 1979

Temporary saving from certain disabilities

1 (1) Until the end of the period of twelve months beginning with Independence Day, a citizen of Zimbabwe shall not be subject, in respect of any office, place, or employment held by him immediately before that day, or any qualification to act in any capacity in which he was acting immediately before that day, to any disability imposed in the case of aliens by or by virtue of any of the following enactments, that is to say—

(a) section 3 of the [1700 c. 2.] Act of Settlement;

(b) sections 4 to 6 of the [1919 c. 92.] Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919;

(c) any Northern Ireland legislation, or any regulations in force under any such legislation.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) a person who immediately before Independence Day was on leave or otherwise temporarily absent from employment in any capacity mentioned in section 5(1) of the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919 (master etc. of British merchant ship) shall be treated as if he were employed in such employment immediately before that day; and where sub-paragraph (1) applies to any person in respect of" any office, place or employment held by him immediately before that day, it shall apply to him also in respect of any office, place or employment to or in which he may be appointed thereafter by way of re-engagement or transfer.

(3) If, at the end of the period of twelve months mentioned in subparagraph (1), a person to whom that sub-paragraph applies is awaiting determination of an application by him for registration as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, that sub-paragraph shall apply as if for the period of twelve months there mentioned there were substituted a period ending on the determination of his application.

(4) A person who by virtue of section 2(1) ceases to be a British subject shall not for that reason be precluded from remaining a member of a local authority until his membership ceases on some other ground.