The Plant Breeders' Rights (Miscellaneous Ornamental Plants) Scheme 1990

Title, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Plant Breeders' Rights (Miscellaneous Ornamental Plants) Scheme 1990 and shall come into force on 28th August 1990.

(2) In this Scheme “the Act” means the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964.

Plant varieties for which plant breeders' rights may be granted

2.  There are prescribed for the purposes of the grant of plant breeders' rights all plant varieties which conform with the characteristics of cultivated plant varieties of any of the genera or species specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Scheme or of any cultivated varieties which are the product of hybridization between members of any of those genera or species.

Period for which rights are exercisable

3.  The period for which plant breeders' rights shall be exercisable in respect of any of the plant varieties referred to in paragraph 2 of this Scheme shall be 20 years.

Classes of plant varieties for the purposes of section 5(7) of the Act

4.  In relation to any of the plant varieties referred to in paragraph 2 of this Scheme, the class of plant varieties prescribed for the purposes of section 5(7) of the Act (which enables classes of plant varieties to be prescribed in connection with the use of names likely to deceive or cause confusion) consists of all plant varieties of the genera or species specified in column 2 of the said Schedule.

Periods prescribed for purposes of section 7(2) of the Act

5.  In relation to any of the plant varieties referred to in paragraph 2 of this Scheme the period prescribed for the purposes of section 7(2) of the Act (which enables a provision to be made whereby a compulsory licence granted by the Controller as respects a plant variety of a species or group specified in a scheme shall not have effect for a prescribed period after the grant of rights in that plant variety) shall be 3 years.

Additional rights

6.  Plant breeders' rights exercisable in respect of any of the plant varieties of the genus or species Kalanchoe Adans. shall include the exclusive right to produce or propagate and to authorise others to produce or propagate that plant variety for the purpose of selling cut blooms of that variety.

In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 23rd July 1990.

L.S.

John Selwyn Gummer

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Sanderson of Bowden Minister of State, Scottish Office

20thJuly 1990

David Hunt

Secretary of State for Wales

23rd July 1990

Peter Brooke

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

30thJuly 1990

David Waddington

Secretary of State for the Home

Department (being the Secretary of State concerned with matters relating to the Isle of Man)

Home Office

27th July 1990