National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004)

(1)        These regulations govern—

(a)        the discovery  phase and/or commercialisation  phase of a bioprospecting project;

(b)        the export from the Republic of any indigenous biological resources for the purpose of bioprospecting; and

(c)        the export from the Republic of any indigenous biological resources for any other kind of research.