• Specific Year
    Any

BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ACT 2006

Table of Provisions

PART 1--PRELIMINARY MATTERS

PART 2--APPLICATION OF ACT

  • 8 Act binds Crown  
  • 9 Where Act applies  
  • 10 Exemption for specified biological resources or collections  

PART 3--PROCESS

Division 1--Application to take biological resources

  • 11 Application for permit  
  • 12 Process in relation to permit  
  • 13 CEO to consider application  
  • 14 Assessment of applications  
  • 15 CEO may require further information  

Division 2--If proposed activity comprises bioprospecting

Division 3--Process after samples taken

  • 24 When samples taken  
  • 25 Information to CEO  
  • 26 CEO to enter details in register  

PART 4--BENEFIT-SHARING AGREEMENTS

  • 27 Benefit-sharing agreement required  
  • 28 Informed consent  
  • 29 Benefit-sharing agreements  
  • 30 Retrospectively entering into benefit-sharing agreement  
  • 31 Details of benefit-sharing agreements in register  
  • 32 When benefit-sharing agreement comes into effect  

PART 5--REGISTER AND CERTIFICATES OF PROVENANCE

Division 1--Register

Division 2--Certificates of provenance

PART 6--OFFENCES

  • 38 Bioprospecting without permit  
  • 39 Giving false information  
  • 40 Breach of permit conditions  
  • 41 Breach of benefit-sharing agreement  

PART 7--MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

  • 42 Bioprospector to keep records  
  • 43 Disposal of samples  
  • 44 No exclusive rights to biological resources  
  • 44A Permit not transferable  
  • 45 Pre-existing benefit-sharing agreements  
  • 46 Delegation  
  • 47 Regulations  
  • ENDNOTES

Navigate