in terms of any provision thereof, shall be deemed to have been supplied or furnished to the
registrar under the corresponding provision of this Act.
(6) The registrar shall furnish to any person a copy of the varietal list on request.
[S. 15 amended by s. 9 of Act 39 of 1983 and by s. 5 of Act 17 of 1991 and substituted by
s. 11 of Act 25 of 1996.]
15A Registrar may enter into certain agreements for obtaining or rendering
available of results of certain tests and trials
The registrar may with the approval of the Minister, which shall be granted with the
concurrence of the Minister of Finance and of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, enter into an
agreement with the appropriate authority of another country in which it is provided that the
registrar(a)
shall, for the purposes of the consideration by him of an application for the
recognition of a variety in terms of this Act, be entitled to obtain the results
of tests and trials conducted by that authority in respect of that variety;
(b)
shall render available to such authority the results of tests and trials
conducted by the registrar in respect of a variety, against payment by the
registrar or that authority, as the case may be, of the amount stipulated in the
agreement.
[S. 15A inserted by s. 10 of Act 39 of 1983 and amended by s. 6 of Act 17 of 1991.]
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Application for recognition of variety
(1) An application for the recognition of a variety for entry in the varietal list may
be made by any person: Provided that where an applicant is not resident in the Republic or,
in the case of a juristic person, where an applicant does not have a registered office in the
Republic, an application shall be submitted only through a person who is resident in the
Republic.
(2) Such application(a)
shall be made to the registrar in the prescribed manner;
[Para. (a) substituted by s. 7 of Act 17 of 1991 and by s. 12 (a) of Act 25 of 1996.]
(b)
shall be accompanied by the prescribed application fee; and
(c)
shall, in the case of a variety bred or discovered by a person other than the
applicant, be accompanied by the written authorisation of the breeder or
discoverer.