Statutory Rules
1990 No. 151
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Plant Variety
Rights Regulations2 (Amendment)
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
23 January 1990.
BILL HAYDEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
JOHN KERIN
Minister
of State for
Primary
Industries and Energy
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Commencement
1. (1) Regulations 3, 5 and 6
commence on 1 March 1990.
(2) Regulation 4 commences
on 1 February 1990.
Principal Regulations
2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Plant
Variety Rights Regulations.
Interpretation
3. Regulation 3 of the
Principal Regulations is amended by omitting subregulation (3).
4. After Regulation 3 of
the Principal Regulations the following regulation is inserted:
Prescribed genera and
species of plants: paragraph 12 (1) (e) of the Act
“3A. Each genus or species of each
plant is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 12 (1) (e) of the Act.”.
5. Regulation 4 of the
Principal Regulations is repealed and the following regulations substituted:
Declaration of genera
and species of plants
“4. For the purposes of subsection
13 (1) of the Act, each genus or species of each plant is declared to be a
genus or species to which the Act applies.
Prescribed purpose:
subparagraph 22 (2) (b) (iii) of the Act
“4a.
For the purposes of subparagraph 22 (2) (b) (iii) of the Act, the purpose of
market evaluation is prescribed.”.
Repeal
6. Schedule 1 to the
Principal Regulations is repealed.
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NOTES
1.
Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia
Gazette on 31 January 1990.
2.
Statutory Rules 1988 No. 62 as amended by 1988 No. 369; 1989 No. 131.