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Plant Breeders' Rights Act, 2018 (Act No. 12 of 2018)

Chapter 2 : Plant Breeders' Right

9. Period of sole right

 

(1) The holder of a plant breeder’s right has the sole right to undertake any activity referred to in section 7(1), or to have any such activity undertaken by any other person, during such period as may be prescribed as a period for the exercise of sole rights in respect of the kind of plant to which such a variety belongs.

 

(2) During the period prescribed in terms of subsection (1) the Registrar may not order the issue of a compulsory licence in terms of section 36 in respect of the variety in question.