Statutory Instruments
SOUTHERN RHODESIA
Made
19th March 1980
Laid before Parliament
20th March 1980
Coming into Operation
21st March 1980
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of March 1980
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1 of the Zimbabwe Act 1979, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
1. This Order may be cited as the Zimbabwe Independence Order 1980 and shall come into operation on 21st March 1980.
2. The 18th April 1980 is appointed for the purpose of section 1(1) of the Zimbabwe Act 1979 as the day on which Southern Rhodesia shall become an independent Republic under the name of Zimbabwe, and the unexpired provisions of the Southern Rhodesia Act 1965 shall cease to have effect.
N.E. Leigh
Clerk of the Privy Council
This Order appoints the 18th April 1980 as the day on which Southern Rhodesia becomes independent as a Republic under the name of Zimbabwe.