EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULE 1988 NO 62
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS ACT 1987 PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS REGULATIONS
Section 55 of the Plant Variety Rights Act 1987 (“the Act”) provides for the making of regulations for the purposes of the Act including the prescribing of fees in relation to the granting of Plant Variety Rights.
The regulations prescribe a number of species and general for the purposes of section 13(1) of the Act, and prescribe fees for the purposes of the Act.
The regulations prescribe 8 genera or species of plant for the purposes of sub-section 13(1) of the Act to be operative upon the making of the regulations and prescribe a further 43 species or genera to become operative on 1 July 1988.
The regulations also prescribe fees which become payable to the Commonwealth in respect of acts of services provided by the Commonwealth or which are payable by the grantee of rights on the anniversary of each grant.