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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 which exclude GST, apply. In the case of New Zealand-owned varieties the fees, which include GST, apply.
Item | 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) | ||
Application for grant |
| 500.00 | 575.00 | 500.00 | 575.00 | 350.00 | 402.50 | ||
Examination of data (including any material) supplied by applicant |
| 600.00 | 690.00 | 300.00 | 345.00 | 230.00 | 264.50 | ||
Test trial by PVR Office |
| - | - | 500.00 | 575.00 | 450.00 | 517.50 | ||
Grasses, white clover (per year) |
| 3200.00 | 3680.00 | - | - | - | - | ||
Wheat, barley, oats, forage brassicas, triticale, and peas (per year) |
| 2300.00 | 2645.00 | - | - | - | - | ||
Grass endophytes (evaluation in culture) |
| 1500.00 | 1725.00 | - | - | - | - | ||
Potatoes |
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First year |
| 1600.00 | 1840.00 | - | - | - | - | ||
Each later year |
| 500.00 | 575.00 | - | - | - | - | ||
Annual grant fee (Renewal fees) |
| 160.00 | 184.00 | 160.00 | 184.00 | 160.00 | 184.00 | ||
Request under section 21(1) of the Act (compulsory licences and sales) |
| 600.00 | 690.00 | 600.00 | 690.00 | 600.00 | 690.00 | ||
Rate for information search and photocopying = NZ$50.00 per hour (exclusive of GST).
Methods of Payment
The preferred methods of payment for all Office fees are direct debit or credit card. For more information about setting up a direct debit account with our Ministry please see Get a User ID.
Please click here for the credit card form.
Fees can also be paid by cheque, bank draft or cash. Cheques and bank drafts are to be made payable to the ‘Ministry of Economic Development’.
Overseas residents will need to pay by bank draft made out in NZ$, or a cheque that can be drawn on a bank that has a branch in New Zealand.
