The Minister of Environmental Affairs has, in terms of sections 105B(1)(b) and 100 of the NEM:BA, given notice of her intention to declare a period of amnesty to facilitate compliances with the provisions of the NEM:BA and the Bioprospecting Access and Benefit Sharing Regulations, 2015.
The period of amnesty only applies to natural or juristic persons engaging in the commercialisation phase of bioprospecting or biotrading involving indigenous genetic and biological resources who do not possess a permit issued in terms of chapter 7 of the NEM:BA since the date the Bioprospecting, Access and Benefit Sharing Regulations, 2008 came into effect on 28 April 2008.
Members of the public were invited to submit written comments within 30 days of publication of this notice.
