6105 Government Gazette 25 August 2016 Act No. 8, 2016 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 3 BUSINESS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AUTHORITY ACT, 2016 Reports by Registrar Prohibition of disclosure of confidential information Claim of confidentiality Limitation of liability Delegation of powers and assignment of functions Offences Regulations Transitional and savings provisions Amendment of laws Short title and commencement SCHEDULE 1: Applicable Legislation SCHEDULE 2: Amendment of Laws BE IT ENACTED as passed by the Parliament, and assented to by the President, of the Republic of Namibia as follows: PART 1 PRELIMINARY Definitions 1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates - “applicable legislation” means a legislation listed in Schedule 1; “BIPA” means the Business and Intellectual Property Authority established by section 3; “Board” means the Board of BIPA constituted in terms of section 8; “business” means a company and corporation; “Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of BIPA appointed under section 16; “Close Corporations Act” means the Close Corporations Act, 1988 (Act No. 26 of 1988); “committee” means a committee of the Board established under section 13; “company” means a company as defined in section 1 of the Companies Act; “Companies Act” means the Companies Act, 2004 (Act No. 28 of 2004); “corporation” means a corporation as defined in section 1 of the Close Corporations Act; “copyright” means copyright as defined in section 1 of the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Act, 1994 (Act No. 6 of 1994); “intellectual property” means the industrial property and copyright; “Industrial Property Act” means the Industrial Property Act, 2012 (Act No. 1 of 2012);