Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS ACT 1987 No. 2, 1987 - SECT 20

20. (1) Where public notice of an application for plant variety rights in
respect of a plant variety or of the variation of such an application is
given, any person who considers-

   (a)  that the commercial interests of the person would be affected by the
        grant of those rights to the applicant; and

   (b)  that the Secretary cannot be satisfied, in relation to that variety,
        of a matter referred to in paragraph 26 (1) (a) (other than a matter
        referred to in sub-paragraph 26 (1) (a) (viii)), may, within 6 months
        after the giving of public notice of the application or any further
        time before the application is disposed of that is allowed by the
        Registrar, lodge with the Registrar written objection to the grant of
        those rights setting out particulars of the manner in which the person
        considers that the interests of the person would be affected and of
        the reasons why the person considers that the Secretary cannot be
        satisfied of that matter.

(2) Where an objection to the grant of plant variety rights is lodged under
sub-section (1), the Registrar shall cause a copy of that objection to be
given to the applicant for those rights.