Singapore legislation
Clause 9
Clause 9
Amendment of section 22
Section 22 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(3A) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(a), where this Act did not apply to a plant genus or species before the date of commencement of section 3 of the Plant Varieties Protection (Amendment) Act 2014, and an application for a grant of protection is made within one year after that date in respect of any plant variety belonging to that plant genus or species, that plant variety shall be deemed to be new if harvested or propagating material of that plant variety has not been sold, or otherwise disposed of, in Singapore to another person, by or with the consent of the breeder for the purposes of exploitation in Singapore of that plant variety —
earlier than 6 years before the date that application is made, in the case of trees or vines; or
earlier than 4 years before the date that application is made, in any other case.”.