Bioprospecting, Access and Benefit-Sharing Amendments Regulations, 2015

South Africa
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These Regulations implement the provisions of Chapter 6 of the Biodiversity Act of 2004, and include model contracts for each permit or agreement required.

Applicable countrySouth Africa
Topic
Subtopics
Access to resources
Scope of legislation
Contractual terms
Prior informed consent (PIC)
Benefit-sharing
Legal sanctions
Compliance
Original publication1 Apr 2008
Entered into force1 Apr 2008
Latest update19 May 2015
Available languages
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