# The Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations 1998, Regulation 4: Repeated applications

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) If an application made under the relevant legislation appears to the Controller to be a repeated application made without reasonable cause, the Controller may refuse to entertain such application.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation, a “repeated application” means an application in similar circumstances on the same subject made within 12 months of the making of a previous application upon which the Controller has taken a decision.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1027/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-regulations-1998/regulation-4
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