Compliance Overview

Compliance Framework
Compliance Driver Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994 (Cth)
Classification Level 4
Local area requirement, managed locally .
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Return to Top General Introduction
VC Compliance Delegate Chris Armstrong, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research
Compliance Coordinator Faraz Hasan, Director of Research
Business Units Impacted
  • Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
  • Research Services
  • School of Environmental and Rural Science
Overview The Act establishes a framework of intellectual property rights for new plant varieties and contains both civil and criminal consequences for non-compliance.

e.g. s74(1) Infringement offences - 500 penalty units. A court may grant an injunction to prevent further infringement (s56(3)).This is a criminal offence of strict liability. The grantee may bring a civil action for infringement, seeking damages or an account of profits (s54, s56).