Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act: Inclusion of National Health Laboratory Service as Schedule 1 institution

23rd March 2017

I, Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, Minister of Science and Technology, acting in terms of section 3(2)(a) of the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act 2008 (Act No. 51 of 2008; IPR Act), and following concurrence with Dr A Motsoaledi, Minister of Health, am satisfied that the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) may develop intellectual property from publicly financed research and development and hereby declare the addition...