Section 38 — Plant Varieties Protection Act

(1)

The Registrar shall maintain a register of plant varieties.

(2)

There shall be entered in the register —

(a)

grants of protection made;

(b)

every decision of the Registrar making or declining the making of a grant;

(c)

the approved denomination for a plant variety;

(d)

such particulars of the grantee as the Registrar may determine; and

(e)

any other matters and information relating to a protected variety or grant of protection whose entry in the register appears to the Registrar to be useful.

(3)

The register may be kept in whole or in part using a computer.

(4)

Any record of a particular or other matter made by using a computer used for the purpose of keeping the register, or any part of the register, is taken to be an entry in the register.