Documents and material to be furnished for priority

(1) In order to avail himself of the right of priority, the applicant shall submit to the Registrar within three months of filing the application in Belize, a copy of the documents that constitute the earlier application, certified to be a true copy by the Authority with which that application was filed. 22 (2) Where the earlier application is not in English, the Registrar may request that a translation thereof be produced within three months from the date of receipt of the request. (3) The effect of the right of priority shall be that, with respect to the conditions of protection attached to the variety, the application shall be deemed to have been filed at the date of the filing of the earlier application. (4) The applicant may declare that he will submit the propagating material referred to in section 28 (3) of this Act or any additional documents required by the Registrar at a later date, but no later than two years after the end of the priority period unless the earlier application referred to in subsection (1) of this section has been withdrawn or refused in the country in which it was filed. (5) If any of the provisions of this section are not complied with, the application shall be dealt with as if no priority has been claimed.