Plant breeders rights act zambia

250 [No.18of2007 s Plant Breeder Rights (a) propagating material of any kind; (b) harvested material, including an entire plant or any part of a plant; and (c) any product made directly from any harvested material. PARTlY REGISTRATION OF PLANT BREEDER'S RlGHTS Application for plant breeder's rights 14. (1) A breeder ofa new plant variety may apply to the Institute for a plant breeder's right in respect of the variety in the prescribed manner and form upon payment of a prescribed fee. (2) A breeder of a new variety, or the breeder's successor, may apply for a plant breeder's right in respect of the variety, whether or not the breeder is a citizen or foreigner, is resident in Zambia or not and whether the variety was bred locally or abroad. (3) Where two or more persons are entitled to apply for a plant breeder's rights in respect of a new variety whether by reason that they bred the plant variety jointly or independently or otherwise, the persons or some of those persons may make ajoint application for the rights. (4) Where two or more persons breed a new plant variety jointly, one of the breeders or a successor of one of the breeders shall not make an application for a plant breeder's rights in reb-pect of the variety otherwise than jointly with, or with the consent in writing of, the other person, or each of the other persons, entitled to an application for those rights. (5) Where an applicant is a public fmanced or private institution, the applicant shall make the application in the name of the institution. Plant variety denomination 15. (I) An applicant shall assign a single and distinct denomination to a variety in respect of which an application is made, in the prescribed manner and form. (2) No right in the designation registered as the denomination of any variety shall prevent a person from using the denomination in cormection with the variety, even after the expiration of the applicant's rights. (3) The Registrar shall not register any denomination that fails to meet the requirements of this Act. (4) The Registrar may, where the Registrar rejects a plant variety denomination, request the applicant to submit another denomination within a prescribed period. I " , I ,