Business Licensing Regulatory Council (BLRC) is a Government institution within the framework of Ministry of Trade and Industrial Development which is established under the Act No. 13 of 2013 to regulate the licensing system and the licensing authorities related to the issuance of business licenses, permits and other authorization. The Business Licensing Regulatory System Act and its Regulations Governing Licensing Administration are the two key instruments which supervise licensing system and provide the procedures of issuance license in Zanzibar. These legal mechanisms specify among others the functions of the council in regulating the licensing system, principles governing licensing, and criteria of issuing license, establishment of uniform and simplified procedures, avoidance of bureaucracy  and time consuming in issuance of license, rights and obligations of the licensing authorities and the business community and mechanism  for Hearing Complaints and Appeals.