Plant Breeder 50 Rights [No. 18 of2007 24. Any person may inspect an application or any objection lodged, at any reasonable time and shall, upon payment of a prescribed fee, be given a copy of the application or of the objection by the Registrar. 25. (I) The Institute may carry out a trial(a) for the purpose of determining whether any plant variety is distinct, uniform or stable; and (b) for the purpose of determining whether the variety will, if grown in Zambia, exhibit the claimed distinctiveness, uniformity and stability. (2) The Institute may, for purposes of sub- section (1), require the applicant to supply sufficient seed or propagating material of the variety, as the case requires, and with any necessary information, to enable the variety to be test grown for the purpose so specified. (3) After the completion of the trials on a plant variety, any plant or propagating material of any plant used in, or resulting from, the trials that are capable of being transported shall be removed by the applicant. (4) The Institute shaU protect any genetic material of a new variety under testing so as to prevent its use for any non·research purposes. 26. (I) The Institute shall determine the quantity of seed or planting material that should be made available by an applicant for any trial or testing. (2) The Institute shall arrange to get statisticaUy any valid trials conducted to evaluate the suitability of any variety for national release. (3) The assessment criteria for any trial or evaluation for suitability shaIl include important economic, physiological, ecological and nutritive quality attributes. (4) The fees with respect to a plant breeder's rights shall be fixed on the basis of the administrative and examination costs incurred. (5) Where the Institute determines that a plant variety is genetically modified, the Institute shall refer the variety to the National Biosafety Authority and the provisions of the Biosafety Act, 2007, shall apply to the variety. 27. For the purpose of this Act, where a plant variety in respect of which an application is made originates from outside Zambia, the variety shall not be taken to have a particular characteristic unless- 255 Inspection of application and objection Plant variety trials Unj.formity testmg and assessment procedures Act No. 10 of2007 Characteristics of plant vanetles originatinS from outslde Zambia