Plant Variety Rights Act 1987

Public Act	1987 No 5
Date of assent	21 February 1987

Note

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Economic Development.

Title

1 Short Title and commencement

2 Interpretation

3 Application [Repealed]

4 Act to bind the Crown

Part 1
Grants of plant variety rights

5 Applications

6 Objections before grant

7 Withdrawal or lapse of applications

8 Inspection of applications

9 Provisional protection

10 Making of grants

11 Varieties bred or discovered by 2 or more persons independently

12 Priorities resulting from earlier overseas applications

13 Cancellation of grants because of earlier overseas applications

14 Date and term of grants

15 Objections after grant

16 Cancellation of grants

17 Rights of grantees

18 Exceptions to grantees' rights

19 Licences

20 Notice of protection

21 Compulsory licences and sales

22 Use of denomination

Part 2
Appeals

23 Rights of appeal

24 Appeals to be made to District Court

25 Assessors

26 Procedure

27 Suspension of decision while appeal pending

Part 3
Plant Variety Rights Office

28 Plant Variety Rights Office

29 Seal of Office

30 Commissioner, Assistant Commissioners, and officers

31 Officers and employees not to acquire interests in grants

32 Advisory and technical committees, and technical advisors

33 Delegations

34 Plant Variety Rights Journal

Part 4
Miscellaneous provisions

35 Service of notices, etc

36 Fees and refunds

37 Offences and penalties

38 Regulations

38A Orders in Council as to convention parties

39 Transitional provisions

40 Consequential amendment [Repealed]

41 Repealed and revocations [Repealed]

Schedule
Plants to which this Act applies

[Repealed]

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the granting of proprietary rights in respect of plant varieties

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:

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Plant Variety Rights Act 1987

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