National Environmental Management Act: Sub-delegation of authority to issue permits relating to bioprospecting activities involving indigenous biological resources and export from South Africa of indigenous biological resources for purposes of bio-prospecting (No. R. 147 of 2012)

STAATSKOERANT, 27 FEBRUARIE 2012 No.35082 3 GOVERNMENT NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS No.147 27 February 2012 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 1998 ,, (ACT NO. 107 OF 1898) SUB-DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PERMITS RELATING TO THE BIOPROSPECTING ACTMTIES INVOLVING INDIGENOUS BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES AND EXPORT FROM THE REPUBUC OF THE INDIGENOUS BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES FOR THE PURPOSES OF BIO-PROSPECTING The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs has by Government Notice No. 596 of 7 July 2010 and under section 42 of the National Environmental Management 1998 (Act No. 107 of 1998) and regulation 6(1) of the BiD prospecting, ACCiiSS and Benefit..Sharing Regulations, 2008, delegated to me the authority to issue pennits relating to the Sloprospecting activities involving Indigenous Biological Resouroes and export~ the Republic of the Indigenous Biological Resourt:eS for the purposes of Bio-pro$peCting, and with the authority to sub-delegate the authority. Therefore, I, Nosipho Ng~ba, Director-General of the Department of Enviror1ntental Affais, hereby, in terms of the abovementioned delegation read with $8Ction 42(3), {4) 81d (5) of the National Environmental Management Act, 1998 {Act No. 107 of 1998) and regulation 6(1) of the Bio-pmspectiilg, Access and Benefit-sharing Regulations, 2008 sub-delegate the authority to issue permits relating to the Bioprospecting activities involving Indigenous ·Biological Resouroes and export from the Republic of the Indigenous BiologicaJ Resouroes for the purposes of Bio-prospeding, to the Director: Resource Use or the acting funcUonaiy in the position, subject to the following conditions: (1) The Incumbents of higher posts In the relevanl hierarchy (Chief Director. Biodiversity Management or Deputy Director-General: Biodiversity and Conservation) may also exercise or perform such powers and duties; {2) Any post referred to in (1) includes the functionary acting in the position; and (3) This sub-delegation does not prevent the exercise of the power or the performance of the duty by the Director-General . . ~;j Ms Nosipho Ngcaba DIRECTOR-GENERAL DATE: 23/1/2012