ACCESS AND BENEFIT-SHARING OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

SECTION

PART I
Preliminary

    1.    Short title and commencement

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Application of Convention on Biological Diversity and Nagoya Protocol

    4.    Application of Act

PART II
Establishment and Functions of Competent National Authority, National Focal Point, and Implementation Committee on Access and Benefit-Sharing

    5.    Competent National Authority

    6.    Functions of Competent National Authority

    7.    National record system

    8.    National Focal Point

    9.    Implementation Committee on Access and Benefit-Sharing

    10.    Tenure of office

    11.    Disqualification

    12.    Removal of member

    13.    Filling of vacancy

    14.    Conduct and disclosure of interest

    15.    Proceedings of Committee

    16.    Validity of decisions

    17.    Co-opted members

    18.    Remuneration

PART III
Access to, and Utilisation of Biological or Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge

    19.    Prior informed consent

    20.    Additional requirements after issuance of prior informed consent

    21.    Access authorisation required

    22.    Application for access authorisation to utilise biological or genetic resources or associated traditional knowledge

    23.    Utilisation and benefit-sharing

    24.    Issuance of access authorisation

    25.    Duplicate access permit or any other permit

    26.    Transfer of access permit or any other permit

    27.    Emergency access authorisation

    28.    Material transfer agreement

    29.    Trans-boundary access and benefit-sharing arrangements

PART IV
Rights Over Biological or Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge, and Protection of Local Community Intellectual Property Rights

    30.    Rights of State

    31.    Rights of local communities

    32.    Protection of local community intellectual property rights

    33.    Rights of farmers

PART V
Promotion of Research and Development

    34.    Promotion of research and development

PART VI
Checkpoints

    35.    Checkpoints

PART VII
Investigating Officers

    36.    Investigating officers

PART VIII
Miscellaneous

    37.    Offences and penalties

    38.    Confidentiality

    39.    Appeals

    40.    Regulations

    SCHEDULE 1

    SCHEDULE 2

Act 37, 2022.

An Act to give effect in Botswana to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity; to provide for the establishment of administrative structures and processes for access to biological or genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge; to regulate access to biological or genetic resources and associated knowledge; to protect the rights of the local communities over biological or genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge; to provide for a fair and equitable sharing of benefits accrued from the utilisation of biological or genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge; and to provide for related matters.

[Date of Commencement: ON NOTICE]

PART I
Preliminary (ss 1-4)

1. Short title and commencement

This Act may be cited as the Access and Benefit-Sharing of Biological Diversity Act and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by Order published in the Gazette, appoint.