Plant Improvement Act, 1976 (Act No. 53 of 1976)

29. Discretionary power of registrar
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(1)
(a) Whenever any discretionary power is given to the registrar by this Act, he shall not exercise that power in a manner adverse to an applicant or any other person who appears to the registrar to be an interested party, without giving such applicant or interested person an opportunity of being heard within the time prescribed or, if no time has been prescribed, within such reasonable period as shall be fixed by the registrar.
(b) An applicant or other interested person referred to in paragraph (a) may waive the right to be heard.

 

(2) Whenever by this Act any time is specified within which any act or thing is to be done, the registrar may, save where it is expressly otherwise provided, extend the time either before or after its expiration.