Plant Variety Rights (Fees) Order 1999
SR 1999/159 ____________________________________
MICHAEL HARDIE BOYS, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At Wellington this 31st day of May 1999
Present: THE RIGHT HON JENNY SHIPLEY PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to section 38 of the Plant Variety Rights Act 1987, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.
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Order
1 Title and commencement
(1) This order may be cited as the Plant Variety Rights (Fees) Order 1999.
(2) This order comes into force on 1 July 1999.
2 Fees
(1) The fees specified in the Schedule must be paid in respect of the things referred to in that schedule.
(2) If, at the request of an applicant, the Commissioner arranges an overseas test trial of a variety, the applicant must pay to the Commissioner the costs incurred in relation to the trial.
(3) If the Commissioner or any other employee of the Plant Variety Rights Office undertakes any search or photocopying for a person, the person must pay to the Commissioner a fee for the time spent in doing so calculated at the rate of $50 per hour.
3 Fees to be exclusive of GST
The fees prescribed by clause 2 are exclusive of goods and services tax (if any).
4 Consequential revocations
The following orders are revoked:
(a) The Plant Variety Rights (Fees) Order 1991*:
(b) The Plant Variety Rights (Fees) Order 1991, Amendment No 1**.
*SR 1991/37 **SR 1995/88