Protection of Traditional Knowledge, Genetic
Resources and Expressions of Folklore
[ No. 16 of 2016
governing the protected area;
(d) to deposit, with the Agency or an appropriate institution
that has been designated by the Agency, a sample of
the genetic resource collected, any data collected and a
description of the genetic resource that has been
accessed;
(e) to observe the type and quantitative limits of the genetic
resource permitted to be accessed;
(f) to submit to the Agency or appropriate institution designated
by the Agency, regular status reports of the research
and, where the genetic resource is to be collected
repeatedly, to do or cause to be done an environmental
and socioeconomic impact assessment on the effects
of the access and submit a report on these;
(g) to inform, in writing, the Agency, or the appropriate
institution designated by the Agency, of the findings of
the research and development based on the genetic
resource or traditional knowledge that has been
accessed;
(h) not to transfer the genetic resource or the traditional
knowledge that has been accessed to any other third
party or use the same for any purpose other than the
purpose originally intended without first notifying and
obtaining the written authorisation of the Agency;
(i) to return any unused genetic resource to the traditional
community at the end of the research or development
or upon termination of the access agreement;
(j) not to transfer to a third party the access permit or the
rights and obligations for access without obtaining the
prior written consent of the Agency or relevant
appropriate institution and to observe the terms and
conditions of the access agreement;
(k) where the person seeks to acquire intellectual property
rights over the genetic resource or part of the genetic
resource that has been accessed, negotiate a new access
agreement with the traditional community, except where
this was included in the initial access agreement;
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