Persons entitled to file applications

(1) An application for the grant of a breeder’s right may be filed by the owner of a variety who is a national or resident of, (a) Belize; (b) a Contracting Party; or 12 (c) any State which, not being a Contracting Party, grants reciprocity of treatment to Belize. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) (b) of this section, “national” means, where the Contracting Party is a State, a national of that State, and where the Contracting Party is an intergovernmental organisation, the nationals of the States that are members of that organization.