Section 10: Cancellation of registration
consolidated text (as at 2013). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
10. Cancellation of registration
(1) NPVSO shall, subject to the approval of the Seeds Committee, cancel
the registration of a listed variety where—
(a) any information submitted in the application for the registration
of the variety or in connection with the application is false or
misleading in any material particular;
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(b) the seed of that variety capable of reproducing the variety in
such a manner that its characteristics correspond with the characteristics described at the time of the registration cannot readily
be obtained;
(c) the variety no longer conforms to the requirements under this
Act; or
(d) it is in the public interest to cancel such registration.
(2) No cancellation shall be made unless the breeder or agent has been
given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in respect of the grounds for
such cancellation.
(3) Any cancellation under this section shall be published in the Gazette.
(S. 10 not in operation.)