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Plant Varieties Act 1997

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(1)The Ministers may by regulations make such provision as they think fit as respects the manner in which the Controller is to discharge his functions under this Part of this Act, in particular as respects applications for the grant of plant breeders' rights and other applications to the Controller under this Part of this Act.

(2)Regulations under subsection (1) above may, in particular—

(a)make provision for restricting the making of repeated applications on the same subject,

(b)prescribe the circumstances in which representations may be made regarding any decision on an application or in connection with the charging of fees,

(c)make provision as to the keeping of registers and records by the Controller and their rectification, and prescribe the circumstances in which they may be inspected by members of the public,

(d)make provision for the publication or service of notice of applications and of the Controller’s decisions,

(e)prescribe the manner of dealing with objections to applications.

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