Delegation of Power in regulation 6(1) of the Bioprospecting, Access and Benefit-Sharing Regulations, 2008 (No. R. 596 of 2010)

Creamer Media Pty Ltd +27 11 622 3744 polity@creamermedia.co.za www.polity.org.za STAATSKOERANT, 7 JULIE 2010 No. 33361 3 GovERI\IMENT NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS No. 596 7 July 2010 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 1998 (ACT NO.107 OF 1998) BIO-PROSPECTING, ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING REGULATIONS, 2008 The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs has, under section 42 of the National Environmental Manc1gement Act, 1998 (Act 107 of 1998), delegated certain powers and duties under the Bio-prospecting, Access and Benefit Sharing Regulations, 2008, in the schedule hereto: Polity~ a Creamer Media Pty Ltd +27 11 622 3744 polity@creamermedia.co.za www.polity.org.za 4 No. 33361 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7 JULY 2010 SCHEDULE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 1998 (ACT NO.107 OF 1998) DELEGATION OF POWER IN REGULATION 6(1) OF THE BIOPROSPECTING, ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING REGULATIONS, 2008 I, Buyelwa Patience Sonjica, Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, hereby, under section 42 of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998) read with regulation 6(1) of the Bio prospecting, Access and Benefit Sharing Regulations, 2008 delegate the authority to issue permits relating to the Bioprospecting activities involving Indigenous Biological Resources and export from the Republic of the Indigenous Biological Resources for the purposes of Bio-prospecting, to the Director-General of the Department of Environmental Affairs. The power delegated to the incumbent includes the power to sub-delegate. ER OF WATER AND ENViRONMENTAL AFFAIRS Polity~ a