Protection of New Plant Varieties Act (No. 7 of 1997). Country/Territory Trinidad and Tobago Document type Legislation Date 1997 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source PVP Gazette, Issue No. 85, October 1999. Long titleAn Act to provide for the protection of new varieties of plants. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Plant protection Plant variety Basic legislation Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN FAO, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract This Act provides for the protection of new varieties of plants in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It is divided into XV Parts and 49 sections, i.e. Preliminary (Part I); Plant breeder's rights (II); Entitlement to protection (III); Assignment and transfer of the application or the plant breeders right (IV); Scope and duration of the breeder's right (V); Termination, annulment and forfeiture (VI); Procedures before the office (VII); Variety denomination (VIII); Examination of the application (IX); Opposition (X); Procedure in cases of requests for annulment and forfeiture (XI); Rules on proceedings before the court (XII); Appeals and Enforcement proceedings (XIII); Licenses and legal proceedings by licensee (XIV); Regulations and register (XV). Full text English