The Plant Breeders' Rights (Fees) Regulations 1990

Payment of Fees

3.—(1) There shall be paid to the Controller in respect of matters relating to plant breeders' rights arising under the Act or the principal Regulations–

(a) a fee on making an application for a grant of plant breeders' rights, being the new fee set out in the second column of Part I of the Schedule opposite the reference in the first column of the said Part I to the plant variety of the kind to which the application relates, such fee being payable on making the application;

(b) a fee payable in respect of tests or examination of a plant variety which is the subject of an application for a grant of plant breeder’s rights, being the new fee set out in the third column of Part II of the Schedule opposite the reference in the first column of the said Part II to the plant variety of the kind to which the tests or examination relate, such fee being payable for the tests or examination referred to in the second column of the said Part II and so payable within fourteen days of a written demand made by the Controller;

(c) a renewal fee, being the new fee set out in the second column of Part III of the Schedule opposite the reference in the first column of the said Part III to the plant variety of the kind for which the rights were granted, such fee being due on, but not payable more than three months before, the anniversary of the date of the grant of the rights with which the particular year begins or within such later period as may have been allowed by the Controller;

(d) the fees payable in respect of the matters referred to in the first column of Part IV of the Schedule, being the new fees set out in the third column of the said Part IV opposite the respective references to those matters, such fees being payable at the times specified in respect of each such matter in the second column of the said Part IV.