Singapore legislation

Clause 6

of Plant Varieties Protection (Amendment) Bill

Clause 6

Amendment of section 17

Section 17 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “prescribed examination authority in Singapore (referred to in this section as a local prescribed examination authority)” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “Examiner appointed by the Registrar for the purposes of this section”; and

(b)

by deleting the words “local prescribed examination authority” wherever they appear in subsections (1)(a), (2), (3) and (4) and substituting in each case the word “Examiner”.