452 Enactment Protection of Traditional Knowledge, Genetic [ No. 16 of 2016 Resources and Expressions of Folklore Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Folklore, 2010, the World Trade Organisation Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPS), 1994 and any other relevant international treaty or convention to which Zambia is a State Party; and to provide for matters incidental to, or connected with, the foregoing. [ 7th June, 2016 ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia. PART I PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Protection of Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Expressions of Folklore Act, 2016, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by statutory instrument, appoint. Interpretation 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “ access ” means the collection, acquisition, transfer or use of traditional knowledge genetic resources and expressions of folklore; “ access agreement ” means an agreement to obtain access as specified in sections forty-one; “ access permit ” means a permit granted by the Agency to access genetic resources in accordance with section thirtythree; “ access permit holder ” means a person holding an access permit; “ Agency ” means the Patents and Companies Registration Agency established in accordance with the Patents and Act No. 15 Companies Registration Agency Act; of 2010 “ appropriate institution ” means any Ministry having responsibility for, or such public or statutory officer or body having powers under any other law over, the regulation, collection, use, compilation or dissemination of, traditional knowledge, genetic resources and expressions of folklore and includes a Government agency responsible for administering or having special technical expertise on a specific sector of traditional knowledge, genetic resources and expressions of folklore;