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3 Application [Repealed]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 1Grants 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 2Appeals
23 Rights of appeal
24 Appeals to be made to District Court
25 Assessors
26 Procedure
27 Suspension of decision while appeal pending
Part 3Plant 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 4Miscellaneous 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40 Consequential amendment [Repealed]
41 Repealed and revocations [Repealed]
SchedulePlants 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[Repealed]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: