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• Protection of New Plant Varieties 
• 1 Short title
• PART I Preliminary
  • 2 Interpretation
• PART II Administration
  • 3 Administration
  • 4 Agents
• PART III Plant Breeders’ Rights
  • Qualification for a Plant Breeder’s Right
  • Entitlement to Protection
  • Assignment and Transfer of the Application or of a Plant Breeder’s Right
• PART IV Scope and Duration of a Plant Breeder’s Right
  • 15 Scope of plant breeder’s right
  • 16 Exceptions to plant breeder’s right
  • 17 Exhaustion of plant breeder’s right
  • 18 Maintenance of propagating material
  • 19 Period of protection
  • 20 Annual fees
  • 21 Cancellation
• PART V Applications
  • Submission of Applications
  • Variety Denomination
  • Examination of Application
  • Grant and Surrender of Plant Breeders’ Rights
• PART VI Licences and Legal Proceedings by Licensee
  • 35 Licence-contracts
  • 36 Grant of further licences etc.
  • 37 Non-assignability of licences
  • 38 Certain clauses in contract void
  • 39 Licences of right
  • 40 Compulsory licences
  • 41 Legal proceedings by licensee
• PART VII Legal Proceedings
  • Invalidation of a Plant Breeder’s Right
  • Appeals
  • Infringement Proceedings
  • Criminal Liability
• PART VIII General
  • 49 Register
  • 50 Transmission of Court decision to Director
  • 51 Rectification of register
  • 52 Immunity in respect of official acts
  • 53 Service of communication
  • 54 Fees to Consolidated Fund
  • 55 Expenses
  • 56 Regulations
  • 57 Act to bind Crown