Agents

(1) Every person whose ordinary residence or principal place of business is outside Belize shall be represented by an attorney-at-law who is resident in, and is practicing in Belize in accordance with the relevant law. (2) The principal shall give the agent power to act on his behalf before the Office and in legal proceedings relating to the protection of new varieties of plants. (3) For the purposes of instituting legal proceedings by or against any person represented by an agent, the place which the Office identifies as the address of the agent, or where there are several agents, the address of the main agent, or agent first designated, shall be deemed to be the place where the right in the variety is located.