Plant Varieties Protection Act 2004 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Application for Grant of Protection
18. Corresponding examination
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Subject to subsection (2), the applicant may, instead of complying with the provisions in section 17, lodge with the Registrar in any manner that the Registrar may require and within the prescribed period, an examination report issued and certified by an Examiner in any UPOV member other than Singapore.
applicant
“applicant”, in relation to any application, means the person by whom or on whose behalf the application is made;
The Registrar may reject an examination report lodged under subsection (1), in which case the applicant must comply with the provisions in section 17.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Plant Varieties mentioned in section 5;