Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00537:section:3:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00537
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 3/5)
Character Range: 12302–15017

period has the meaning given by subsection 41C(3).
herbarium means the organisation that the Registrar declares to be the herbarium under section 71.
hybrid means a plant that is a combination of 2 or more genotypes of the same or different taxa but excluding a combination comprising a scion grafted on to a root stock.
legal practitioner means a barrister or solicitor of the High Court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory.
PBR means:
 (a) in relation to a plant variety registered (or to be registered) in Australia under this Act—the plant breeder's right specified in section 11; or
 (b) in relation to a plant variety registered (or to be registered) in another contracting party—a plant breeder's right, corresponding to the right specified in section 11, conferred under the law of that contracting party; or
 (c) in relation to a plant variety registered (or to be registered) in a foreign country that is not a contracting party—a plant breeder's right, corresponding to the right specified in section 11, conferred under the law of that foreign country.
PBR office means place of work of the Registrar or a person who is engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 or otherwise for or on behalf of the Commonwealth and whose duties involve providing assistance to the Registrar.
PBR sub‑office means place of work in a single State of the Registrar or a person who is engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 or otherwise for or on behalf of the Commonwealth and whose duties involve providing assistance to the Registrar.
plant includes all fungi and algae but does not include bacteria, bacteroids, mycoplasmas, viruses, viroids and bacteriophages.
plant class, for the purpose of variety denomination, means a class consisting of all plants:
 (a) that belong to a single botanical genus; or
 (b) that belong to a group of closely related genera;
that is specified from time to time as a plant class in the Registrar's List of Plant Classes maintained under subsection 61(1A).
plant variety means a plant grouping (including a hybrid):
 (a) that is contained within a single botanical taxon of the lowest known rank; and
 (b) that can be defined by the expression of the characteristics resulting from the genotype of each individual within that plant grouping; and
 (c) that can be distinguished from any other plant grouping by the expression of at least one of those characteristics; and
 (d) that can be considered as a functional unit because of its suitability for being propagated unchanged.
Note: Plant groupings for the purposes of this definition include genetically modified plant groupings. See section 6.
preferred means:
 (a) in relation to lodging a document with, or giving a