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Plant Variety Rights Regulations 1988, Australia

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Details Details Year of Version 1988 Dates Adopted: April 29, 1988 Type of Text Implementing Rules/Regulations Subject Matter Plant Variety Protection Notes The Plant Variety Rights Regulations 1988 (Statutory Rules No. 62 of 1988) were made under Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1987.

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AU077: Plant Variety, Regulations (Amendment), 21/04/1988, No. 62

Statutory Rules 1988 No. 621

Plant Variety Rights Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and in accordance with subsection 13 (2) of the Plant Variety Rights Act 1987, hereby make the following Regulations under that Act.

Dated 21 April 1988.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

JOHN KERIN

Minister of State for Primary Industries and Energy

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Variety Rights Regulations.

Commencement of Part II of Schedule 1

2. Part II of Schedule 1 commences on 1 July 1988.

Interpretation

3. (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, "the Act means the Plant Variety Rights Act 1987.

(2) In Schedule 2, a reference to a section or subsection, without an enactment being cited, is a reference to that section or subsection of the Act.

Declaration of genera and species of plants

4. For the purposes of subsection 13 (1) of the Act, each genus or species specified in column 2 in Schedule 1, in an item in that Schedule, being a genus or species of a plant, is declared to be a genus or species to which the Act applies.

Prescribed fees

5. The fee set out in item 7 of Schedule 2 is payable to the Commonwealth by a grantee in respect of the occasions described in that item and fees as set out in that Schedule are payable to the Commonwealth in respect of acts and services specified in that Schedule by the person requesting the act or service.

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 1

GENERA AND SPECIES

PART I

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Item

Genus or species

Common name of genus or species

1

Anigozanthus

Kangaroo paw

2

Brassica (oilseed species only)

3

Gossypium

Cotton

4

Macadamia

5

Malus

Apple

6

Phalaris

7

Phaseolus vulgaris

Bean

8

Rosa

Rose

PART II

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Item

Genus or species

Common name of genus or species

1

Agrostis

Bent

2

Alstroemeria

3

Artanema

4

Avena

Oats

5

Carica

Paw paw

6

Chamelaucium

Geraldton wax

7

Citrus

8

Cynodon

Bermuda grass

9

Decaspermum

10

Dianthus

Carnation

11

Eucalyptus

12

Festuca

Tall fescue

13

Fragaria

Strawberry

14

Freesia

15

Gerbera

16

Glycine max

Soybean

17

Grevillea

18

Helianthus annuus

Sunflower

19

Lactuca sativa

Lettuce

20

Lechenaultia

21

Lilium

Lily

22

Lolium

Ryegrass

23

Lycopersicon

Tomato

24

Medicago

25

Melaleuca

26

Metrosideros carminea

27

Orchidaceae (all genera and species)

28

Ornithopus

Serradella

29

Panicum

30

Petsea americana

Avocado

31

Pisum

Pea

32

Prunus

Almond

33

Rhododendron

34

Rubus

35

Schlumbergera (Zygocactus)

36

Setaria

37

Solanum tuberosum

Potato

38

Stenotaphrum

39

Stylosanthes

Stylos

40

Trifolium

Clover

41

Vitis

Grape

42

Zea mays

Corn

43

Zoysia

Regulation 5

SCHEDULE 2

FEES

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Item

Act, service or occasion in respect of which a fee is payable

Fee

$

1

Consideration under section 18 of an application

300

2

Consideration of a request under subsection 19 (1) to vary an application

55

3

Consideration of an objection lodged under subsection 20 (1)

60 (plus $ 50 per hour after the first 2 hours)

4

Preparing and giving under section 21 a copy of an application or objection

50

5

Consideration under subsection 26 (1) of an application

1000

6

Preparing and issuing under subsection 26 (5) a certificate of plant variety rights

200

7

Each anniversary of the grant of plant variety rights to the grantee

200

8

Consideration of information supplied under subsection 31 (1)

100

9

Consideration under subsection 35 (8) of an application under subsection 35 (7)

600

10

Consideration of a request under subsection 39 (4)

100

11

Collating and issuing, by the Secretary or Registrar, of publications in relation to plant varieties

50 (per hour)

12

Undertaking, by the Secretary or Registrar, of any other work required or requested by a person to be done in relation to the Act

50 (per hour)

1 Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 April 1988.


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