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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

 

Herbage, Agricultural Crops, Vegetables, Fungi

Fruit or Nut Plants

Other Plants


 

 

NZ$

excl.GST

NZ$

(incl.GST)

NZ$

excl.GST

NZ$

(incl.GST)

NZ$

excl.GST

NZ$

(incl.GST)

Application for grant

 

500.00

(562.50)

500.00

(562.50)

350.00

(393.75)

Examination of data (including any material) supplied by applicant

 

600.00

(675.00)

300.00

(337.50)

230.00

(258.75)

Test trial by PVR Office

 

-

-

500.00

(562.50)

450.00

(506.25)

Grasses, white clover (per year)

 

3200.00

(3600.00)

-

-

-

-

Wheat, barley, oats, forage brassicas, triticale, and peas (per year)

 

2300.00

(2587.50)

-

-

-

-

Grass endophytes (evaluation in culture)

 

1500.00

(1687.50)

-

-

-

-

Potatoes

 

 

 

 


 

 

First year

 

1600.00

(1800)

-

-

-

-

Each later year

 

500.00

(562.50)

-

-

 -

Annual grant fee (Renewal fees)

 

160.00

(180.00)

160.00

(180.00)

160.00 

(180.00) 

Request under section 21(1) of the Act (compulsory licences and sales)

 

600.00

(675.00)

600.00

(675.00) 

600.00 

(675.00) 


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.

Last updated 19 June 2009