Plant Improvement Act, 2018 (Act No. 11 of 2018)Chapter 2 : Registrar and Administration4. Exercise of discretionary powers by Registrar |
| (1) | Subject to the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, 2000 (Act No. 3 of 2000)— |
| (a) | any discretionary power conferred on the Registrar in terms of this Act, other than the power conferred in terms of section 43(3)(a)(i), must not be exercised by him or her to the prejudice of any applicant or any other person who appears to the Registrar to be an interested party, without giving such applicant or such other person an opportunity to be heard within such period as may be prescribed or, if no period has been prescribed, within such reasonable period as the Registrar may determine; and |
| (b) | an applicant or other person referred to in paragraph (a) may not waive the right to be heard. |
| (2) | Whenever a period is specified under this Act within which any act or anything must be done, the Registrar may, except where otherwise expressly provided, extend the time. |