Biodiscovery Act 2004
sec.42Benefit sharing agreement register
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sec.42 Benefit sharing agreement register
The chief executive must keep a register of benefit sharing agreements. The register may be kept in the way the chief executive considers appropriate, including, for example, in an electronic form. The register must contain, for each agreement, only the following particulars about the agreement— the name of the biodiscovery entity with whom it was entered into; the date it was entered into; its term; other particulars both the Minister and the entity agree, in writing, may be disclosed to the public under subsection (4) . The chief executive may publish details contained in the register at the times and in the way decided by the chief executive. s 42 amd 2020 No. 27 s 3 sch 1 (sec.42-ssec.1) The chief executive must keep a register of benefit sharing agreements. (sec.42-ssec.2) The register may be kept in the way the chief executive considers appropriate, including, for example, in an electronic form. (sec.42-ssec.3) The register must contain, for each agreement, only the following particulars about the agreement— the name of the biodiscovery entity with whom it was entered into; the date it was entered into; its term; other particulars both the Minister and the entity agree, in writing, may be disclosed to the public under subsection (4) . (sec.42-ssec.4) The chief executive may publish details contained in the register at the times and in the way decided by the chief executive.
- (a) the name of the biodiscovery entity with whom it was entered into;
- (b) the date it was entered into;
- (c) its term;
- (d) other particulars both the Minister and the entity agree, in writing, may be disclosed to the public under subsection (4) .