Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) Regulations, 1981.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) Regulations, 1981.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
"the Act" means the Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) Act, 1980 (No. 24 of 1980);
"the Minister" means the Minister for Agriculture.
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paragraphs: (1) An application for a grant of plant breeders' rights shall be made on a form supplied by the Controller and shall be delivered to the Controller and be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(2) Where an application for plant breeders' rights is made by a person claiming to be the successor in title to the breeder or discoverer of the plant variety to which the application relates, the applicant shall produce to the Controller for inspection by him, within such period as the Controller shall specify, the assignment or a copy thereof, the original or an official copy of a grant of probate or letters of administration, or such other documentary evidence as is, in the opinion of the Controller, sufficient to establish the title of the applicant.
(3) Any person making any application for a grant of plant breeders' rights shall give to the Controller, within such period as the Controller shall specify (being a period of not less than twenty-one days), such reproductive and other plant material, in such quantity and of such description and quality, as the Controller may reasonably require.
(4) The Controller may require a person making an application for plant breeders' rights to furnish to him such information regarding tests and trials in connection with the plant variety which is the subject of the application as he may reasonably require.
(5) the Controller may require an applicant for plant breeders' rights, for the purpose of enabling the application to be disposed of, to make or cause to be made available to the Controller facilities for the inspection or examination, by him or on his behalf and in relation to the application, of plants, plant material, trial grounds or other land, or anything used for the purpose of or in connection with the breeding, production or propagation of plants.
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paragraphs: (1) An applicant for a grant of plant breeders' rights shall, when so required by the Controller and within such time as he may direct, select a name for the plant variety in respect of which his application is made.
(2) The Controller may accept a name for entry in the register if, and only if, in his opinion the name complies with such of the guidelines as, in his opinion, are relevant in the particular case.
(3) Where an application is made for the grant of plant breeders' rights, any person may, within the period of sixty days beginning on the date of publication in the Journal, pursuant to section 19 (1) (b) of the Act, of the name proposed by the applicant, by a notice in writing and given to the Controller object to the name selected for the plant variety to which the application relates on the ground that it is unsuitable.
(4) Where the Controller rejects a name selected for a plant variety, he shall inform the applicant of the grounds upon which it was rejected and require him to select, within such time as he may direct, another name for the plant variety.