SCHEDULE 8CONTROLLER OF PLANT VARIETY RIGHTSPLANT VARIETIES AND SEEDS TRIBUNALPLANT VARIETY RIGHTS OFFICE

PART IAPPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION

1.—(1) This Schedule shall apply to the–

(a)Controller of Plant Variety Rights;

(b)Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunals;

(c)Plant Variety Rights Office.

(2) In this Schedule–

“the 1997 Act” means the Plant Varieties Act 1997(1);

“the Office” means the Plant Variety Rights Office continued under section 2 of the 1997 Act;

“the Controller” means the Controller of Plant Variety Rights constituted under section 2 of the 1997 Act; and

“the Tribunal” means the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal continued under section 42 of the 1997 Act.