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Plant Variety Rights Fee Schedule
List of fees payable - effective 1 January 2002
Note: In the case of foreign-owned varieties the fees not in brackets, which exclude GST, apply. In the case of New Zealand-owned varieties the fees in brackets, which include GST (12.5%), apply.
Item |
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Herbage, Agricultural Crops, Vegetables, Fungi |
Fruit or Nut Plants |
Other Plants |
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NZ$ excl.GST |
NZ$ (incl.GST) |
NZ$ excl.GST |
NZ$ (incl.GST) |
NZ$ excl.GST |
NZ$ (incl.GST) |
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Application for grant |
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500.00 |
(562.50) |
500.00 |
(562.50) |
350.00 |
(393.75) |
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Examination of data (including any material) supplied by applicant |
|
600.00 |
(675.00) |
300.00 |
(337.50) |
230.00 |
(258.75) |
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Test trial by PVR Office |
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- |
- |
500.00 |
(562.50) |
450.00 |
(506.25) |
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Grasses, white clover (per year) |
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3200.00 |
(3600.00) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Wheat, barley, oats, forage brassicas, triticale, and peas (per year) |
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2300.00 |
(2587.50) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Grass endophytes (evaluation in culture) |
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1500.00 |
(1687.50) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Potatoes |
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First year |
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1600.00 |
(1800) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Each later year |
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500.00 |
(562.50) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Annual grant fee (Renewal fees) |
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160.00 |
(180.00) |
160.00 |
(180.00) |
160.00 |
(180.00) |
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Request under section 21(1) of the Act (compulsory licences and sales) |
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600.00 |
(675.00) |
600.00 |
(675.00) |
600.00 |
(675.00) |
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Rate for information search and photocopying = NZ$50.00 per hour (exclusive of GST).
Methods of Payment
The principle methods of payment for all Office fees are: cash, cheque, credit card or bank draft. It is possible, by way of a prior arrangement with the Office, to pay all fees by direct debit.
Cheques and bank drafts are to be made payable to the ‘Ministry of Economic Development’.
Overseas residents will need to pay by bank draft made out in NZ$, or a cheque that can be drawn on a bank that has a branch in New Zealand.
To pay by Visa, MasterCard, Diners or American Express credit card please complete the Credit Card Payment Form [265 kB PDF] and submit the signed original with your application.
