National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)Chapter 6 : Bioprospecting, Access and Benefit-Sharing81A. Notification requirements |
| (1) | No person may, without first notifying the Minister, engage in the discovery phase of bioprospecting involving any indigenous biological resources. |
| (2) | A notice referred to in subsection (1) must be in such form and must contain such other particulars as may be prescribed. |
| (3) | A person involved in the discovery phase of bioprospecting must sign a prescribed commitment to comply with the requirements at the commercialisation phase of bioprospecting. |
[Section 81A inserted by section 39 of Act No. 14 of 2009, effective 1 April 2011 (Proclamation No. 17 dated 11 March 2011)]