2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Plant Varieties Act 1997;
“holder of rights” means, in relation to a variety, the holder of plant breeders' rights in that variety;
“the Office” means the Plant Variety Rights Office;
“plant breeders' certificate” means a document issued by the Controller as evidence of a grant of plant breeders' rights;
“plant breeders' rights” means rights which may be granted in accordance with Part I of the Act;
“plant breeders' rights licensee” means, in relation to a variety, a person authorised under section 6(2);
“plant varieties records” means the records kept by the Controller pursuant to regulation 12(2);
“persons concerned” has the meaning given to it in regulation 7(2);
“the register” means the register kept by the Controller pursuant to regulation 12(1); and
“relevant legislation” means—
the Act;
these Regulations; and
regulation 18 of the Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations 1978(1).
(2) Any reference in these Regulations—
(a)to a numbered regulation or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations;
(b)in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number; and
(c)to a numbered section shall be construed as a reference to that section in the Act.
Regulation 18 of the Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations 1978 (S.I. 1978/294) is amended by regulation 21(4) of these Regulations.