Malaysia legislation
Section 17
Section 17
(a)
the identity of the User and the documents which testify to his legal capacity to contract;
(b)
the details of the User's proposed access activity, which shall include:
(i)
the biological resources or traditional knowledge associated with biological resources to which access is sought, including the intended uses;
(ii)
the purpose for which access is requested, including the intention to commercialise any information resulting from the access activity, and the type and extent of such commercial use;
(iii)
the name of Sabah institution that will collaborate in the collection, research and development and other activities in relation to the resource concerned, as the local collaborator.
(iv)
where appropriate, the name of the institution that will act as the sponsor organisation to be responsible for the action of User with regard to the access activity;
(v)
the precise sites where the access activity is to be undertaken or where the resource is located, including where relevant the status of the land according to the categorisation as specified in section 16, as well as, the places where the proposed research and development activities will be carried out;
(vi)
the time when the access activity is proposed to be carried out;
(vii)
the primary destination of resource and its probable subsequent destinations;
(viii)
the benefits, whether economic, technical, scientific, environmental,
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social or otherwise, that may derive to the state and the concerned communities and proposed mechanisms or arrangements for benefit sharing;
(ix)
description of any biological resources or traditional knowledge associated with biological resources; and
(x)
environmental and socio-economic impact assessment covering the likely long term impacts, where appropriate;
(2)
The Director may request additional information or document as he deems necessary.
Application fee.