Singapore legislation

Regulation 13

of Plant Varieties Protection Rules

Regulation 13

Claim to priority

Amended byS 401/2022 wef 26/05/2022

Subregulation 1

If a right of priority is claimed under section 14 of the Act, particulars of that claim shall be included in the application made under rule 11(1).

Subregulation 2

The particulars which shall be given, in respect of a foreign application referred to in section 14 of the Act, are —

(a)

the serial or application number allocated to the foreign application on filing;

(b)

the date of filing of the foreign application; and

(c)

any other information, documents or material that is necessary for the making of a grant of protection in Singapore, as set out in the Act and these Rules.

Subregulation 2A

Amended byS 401/2022 wef 26/05/2022

For the purposes of section 14(2) of the Act, the prescribed period is 3 months.

Subregulation 3

The Registrar may require the applicant to file a certificate by the registering or other competent authority concerned certifying or verifying to the satisfaction of the Registrar —

(a)

the date of filing of the foreign application;

(b)

the registering or competent authority;

(c)

the country or territory of the registering or competent authority (where applicable); and

(d)

the full particulars of the plant variety (including but not limited to a description of the plant variety and the proposed denomination).

Subregulation 4

Where the certificate referred to in paragraph (3) is not in the English language, there shall be annexed to the certificate a translation in English of the contents of the certificate, certified or verified to the satisfaction of the Registrar.