New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 1 November 2009
| Public Act | 1987 No 5 |
| Date of assent | 21 February 1987 |
| Commencement | see section 1(2) |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Economic Development.
1 Short Title and commencement
3 Application [Repealed]
Part 1
Grants of plant variety rights
7 Withdrawal or lapse of applications
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
18 Exceptions to grantees' rights
21 Compulsory licences and sales
24 Appeals to be made to District Court
27 Suspension of decision while appeal pending
Part 3
Plant Variety Rights Office
28 Plant Variety Rights 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
34 Plant Variety Rights Journal
Part 4
Miscellaneous provisions
38A Orders in Council as to convention parties
40 Consequential amendment [Repealed]
41 Repeals and revocations [Repealed]
Schedule
Plants to which Act applies
[Repealed]
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the granting of proprietary rights in respect of plant varieties
