National Small Business Act, 1996 (Act 102 of 1996)
R 385
"research"
means the augmentation and improvement of knowledge through scientific investigations and methods directed towards the scientific and technological requirements of the private and public sectors, including the solution of relevant problems in the national interest, and includes the development, acquisition diffusion, innovation and transfer of expertise and technology;
[Definition substituted by section 1(c) of Act No. 16 of 2011]
