IPA pbr 8.4-change-of-qp — IP Australia Plant Breeder's Rights Manual – 8.4 Change of QP

Also in this Chapter: 8.1 Introduction and Role 8.2 How to Become a QP 8.3 List of QPs Key Legislation Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994 : s8 Approved persons Related chapters: 11.2.2 Qualified Person Administration A QP acts as a PBR applicant's technical consultant. They accept responsibility for overseeing the comparative trial and for providing evidence that a variety is distinct, uniform and stable. This role may involve the QP consulting on the choice of comparative varieties, experimental design, management regime, collection of data, statistical analysis, photography and preparation of the description of the variety. The QP's technical role helps guarantee that applications for PBR are technically rigorous. Changes to QPs may be made at any time. To make changes to their QP, applicants (or agents acting on their behalf) should complete the Nomination of a Qualified Person form . The completed form should include the name of the variety, the name of the new nominated QP, and the functions the new QP has agreed to perform in relation to the application (noting that some of these functions are mandatory for QPs to perform and have been preselected in the form): Once the completed form is received by the PBR Office via online services or post, the change of QP will be processed internally by IP Australia staff. Instructions for internal processing of changes to QPs may be viewed at 11.2.2 Qualified Person Administration - Qualified Person changes .