Section 46
Interpretation of this Part
of Plant Varieties Protection Act
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —
“authorised officer” means —
(a)
an officer of customs as defined in section 2 of the
Customs Order, 2006 (S 39/2006);
(b)
any officer or class or description of officers appointed by the Attorney General by notification published in the Gazette to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed on an authorised officer by this Part;
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“Controller” has the same meaning assigned to it as in section 2 of the Customs Order, 2006 (S 39/2006);
“goods in transit” means goods imported, whether or not landed or transhipped within Brunei Darussalam, which are to be carried to another country or territory either by the same or another conveyance;
“infringement action” means an action for an infringement in respect of a grant of protection;
“objector”, in relation to particular seized goods, means the person who gave the notice under section 47 as a result of the giving of which the goods were seized;
“proprietor”, in relation to a protected plant variety, includes a grantee;
“retention period”, in relation to seized goods, means —
(a)
the period specified in a notice given under section 50 in respect of the goods; or
(b)
if that period has been extended under section 50, that period as so extended;
“seized goods” means good seized under section 47;