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Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994
75Offences other than infringement offences
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#### 75 Offences other than infringement offences
(1) A person must not make a false statement in an application or other document given to the Registrar for the purposes of this Act.
Penalty: 6 months imprisonment.
(2) A person who is not the grantee of PBR in a plant variety must not represent to another person that he or she is the grantee of PBR in that variety.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(3) A person must not represent to another person that PBR granted to that first‑mentioned person in a plant variety extends to cover another plant variety that is not:
(a) a dependent variety of the first‑mentioned variety; or
(b) a variety that has been declared to be an essentially derived variety of the first‑mentioned variety.
> Note: For declarations of essential derivation, see sections 40 and 41D.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(4) A person must not represent to another person that a plant of a variety in which PBR has not been granted is a plant of a variety in which PBR has been granted.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.