In this Notice, unless the context indicates otherwise, a word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Biodiversity Act or the Bioprospecting, Access and Benefit Sharing Regulations, has the same meaning, and—

"Biodiversity Act"

means the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 2004 (Act No. 10 of 2004);

"bioprospector"

means a natural or juristic person who engages in the commercialisation phase of a bioprospecting project;

"domestic use"

means using indigenous biological resources for direct consumption or other traditional practices and excludes the development of new products for commercial or industrial exploitation either alone or in partnership with third party'

"ex situ indigenous biological resources"

means indigenous biological resources that occur in collection outside their natural habitat;

"wildlife"

includes mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, arthropods, fish and plants.