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3.3 Intellectual Property, Rights from research and development, to establish the
Publicly Financed Research and National Intellectual Property Management Office
and the Intellectual Property Fund, to provide
Development Act, 2008
The SAMRC is subjected to this Act which aims to for the establishment of offices of technology
provide for more effective utilisation of intellectual transfer at institutions, and to provide for matters
property emanating from publicly financed connected therewith.

3.4. Other legislations (Acts) that are applied by the SAMRC in their day – to – day
activities
LEGISLATION PURPOSE/AIM
Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998 Measures that must be put into operation in the workplace to eliminate
discrimination and promote affirmative action
Basic Conditions of Employment Act, Basic or minimum conditions of employment that an employer must provide
No. 75 of 1997 for employees covered by the Act
Labour Relations Act, 1995 Act, No. 66 Framework to regulate key aspects of relationship between employer and
of 1995 employee at individual and collective level

Broad-based Black Economic Promotion of black economic empowerment in the manner that the state
Empowerment Act, No. 53 of 2003 awards contracts for services to be rendered, and incidental matters.
Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act No. Measures that employers are required to take to improve the levels of skills of
97 of 1998) employees in workplaces

Promotion of Access to Information Act, Amplifies the constitutional provision pertaining to accessing information
No. 2 of 2000 under the control of various bodies
Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, Amplifies the constitutional provisions pertaining to administrative law by
No. 3 of 2000 codifying it
Promotion of Equality and the Further amplification of the constitutional principles of equality and
Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, elimination of unfair discrimination
No.4 of 2000
Public Finance Management Act, No. 1 Administration of state funds by functionaries, their responsibilities and
of 1999) as amended incidental matters

The Patents Act, (No. 57 of 1978) To provide for the registration and granting of letters patent for inventions
and for matters connected therewith
Copyright Act, No. 98 of 1978 To regulate copyright and to provide for matters incidental thereto
Trade Marks Act, No. 194 of 1993 To provide for the registration of trade marks, certification trade marks and
collective trademarks; and to provide for incidental matters
Protection of Personal Information Act, To promote the protection of personal information processed by public and
No. 4 of 2013 private bodies; to introduce certain conditions so as to establish minimum
requirements for the processing of personal information; to provide for the
establishment of an Information Regulator to exercise certain powers and to
perform certain duties and functions in terms of this Act and the Promotion
of Access to Information Act, 2000; to provide for the issuing of codes of
conduct; to provide for the rights of persons regarding unsolicited electronic
communications and automated decision making; to regulate the flow of
personal information across the borders of the Republic; and to provide for
matters connected therewith

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