
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
