Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PLANT BREEDER'S RIGHTS ACT 1994 - SECT 63

             (1)  There is established by this section a Committee by the name of the Plant Breeder's Rights Advisory Committee.

             (2)  The functions of the Advisory Committee are:

                     (a)  at the request of the Minister, to advise the Minister on the desirability of declaring:

                              (i)  in regulations made for the purpose of subsection 17(2)--that subsection 17(1) does not apply to a particular taxon; or

                             (ii)  in regulations made for the purpose of subsection 22(3)--that the duration of PBR in a particular taxon will be longer than provided in subsection 22(2); or

                            (iii)  in regulations made for the purpose of subsection 42(1)--that a particular taxon is a taxon to which this Act does not apply; and

                    (aa)  at the request of the Minister, to advise the Minister on the question of whether an existing, or proposed, grant of PBR should be subject to conditions; and

                     (b)  to advise the Registrar on such technical matters arising under this Act, and such other matters relating to the administration of this Act, as the Registrar refers to the Advisory Committee.