Last Change:

06/26/2025

Social Security (Regulatory Authority) Act

Year: 2008

Type: Domestic law

Rights Category: Social protection

Description

This Act establishes the Social Security Regulatory Authority (SSRA), responsible for regulating and supervising all social security schemes in Tanzania. The SSRA ensures that these schemes operate efficiently and in the best interests of members. While the Act provides a framework for the regulation of social security schemes, it does not explicitly mandate the inclusion of forcibly displaced or stateless individuals. 

Selected provisions
Section 36.1 - Minimum benefits packages

Subject to the provisions of this Act, a member of any of
the mandatory schemes shall be entitled to short and long term benefits to be determined and reviewed by the Authority in consultation with the respective schemes.