EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1989 NO. 131
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 proposed Plant Variety Rights Regulations (Amendment) (the proposed regulations) prescribe a number of additional genera and species for the purpose of subsection 13(1) of the Act, a new fee schedule and the method of giving notice of fees payable for the purpose of paragraph 35(1)(b) of the Act.
The proposed regulations would become operative on 1 July 1989.