To provide for a system where underplant breeders' rights relating to varieties of certain kinds of plants may be granted and registered; for the requirements which have to be complied with for the grant of such rights; for the protection of such rights and the grant of licences in respect of the exercise thereof; and to provide for incidental matters.
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The Plant Breeders Rights Act, 1976 (Act No. 15 of 1976) has been updated with Amendments to Table 2 – Fees Payable under Notice R. 1186 of 1997 - Effective 1 April 2024, as per Notice No. 4603 of GG50442 dated 5 April 2024.
The Plant Breeders Rights Act, 1976 (Act No. 15 of 1976) has been updated with Amendments to Regulations under notice R.1186 of 1997 - Table 2 Fees Payable - effective 1 April 2023, as per Notice No. R.3024 of GG48017 dated 10 February 2023.
The Plant Breeders Rights Act, 1976 (Act No. 15 of 1976) has been updated with Amendments to Table 2: item 1 of the Regulations under Notice R.1186 of 1997, as per Notice No. 2440 of GG46847 dated 2 September 2022.
The Plant Breeders Rights Act, 1976 (Act No. 15 of 1976) has been updated with Amendments to Table 1 of Regulations under Notice R.1186 of 1997, as per Notice No. 2098 of GG46382 dated 23 May 2022.
The Plant Breeders Rights Act, 1976 (Act No. 15 of 1976) has been updated by Amendments to Table 2 of Regulations under Notice R.1186 of 1997: Fees Payable effective 1 April 2022, as per Notice No. 2015 of GG46242 dated 14 April 2022.
The Plant Improvement Act, 1976 (Act No. 53 of 1976) has been updated by an Amendment to Regulations R1186 (12 September 1997) G18266, as per Notice No. 432 of GG44593 dated 21 May 2021.
The Plant Breeders Rights Act, 1976 (Act No. 15 of 1976) has been updated by Amendment to Regulation R 1186 of GG 18266 dated 12 September 1997, as per Notice No. 1249 of GG43934 dated 27 November 2020.
The Plant Breeders Rights Act, 1976 (Act No. 15 of 1976) has been updated by Amendments made to Table 2 of Regulations relating to Plant Breeders’ Rights as per Notice No. 132 of GG42230 dated 15 February 2019.
The Plant Breeders' Rights Act, 1976 (Act No. 15 of 1976) has been updated by Regulations, Regulations relating to Plant Breeders' Rights, Tables, Table 1 : Kinds of Plants and Periods of Rights as per Notice No. 1189 of GG42010 dated 2 November 2018.
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