(As published in PVP Gazette, Issue No. 85, October 1999)REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD and TOBAGOTHE PROTECTION OF NEW PLANT VARIETIES ACT, 19971, 2Act No. 7 of 19973AN ACT to provide for the protection of new varieties of plants and for matters incidental thereto.Enacted by the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago as follows:-PART IPRELIMINARYSection 1This Act may be cited as the Protection of New Plant Varieties Act, 1997.Section 2Interpretation and administration(1) For the purposes of this Act-“applicant" means the person who has filed an application for the grant of a breeder's right;"Authority of a Contracting Party" means the Authority entrusted with the implementation of the law onthe protection of new varieties of plants for that Party;"breeder" means the person who has bred, or discovered and developed, a variety;"Contracting Party" means a State other than Trinidad and Tobago or intergovernmental organizationparty to the Convention;“Controller” mea...