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Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (Chapter 14, as amended up to the Beet Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2010), United Kingdom
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Year of Version
2002
Dates
Enacted:
March 12, 1964
Type of Text
IP-related Laws
Subject Matter
Plant Variety Protection,
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Notes
The Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 has been most recently amended by the Beet Seed (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2010. However, this amended version of the Act has not yet incorporated all the amendments made to it from 2004 (see the end of the amended version of the Act for further details).
The Act is divided into 4 parts (Parts I to IV) and 7 schedules (Schedules 1 to 7). Among others, Part I (the “Plant Breeder’s Rights”), and Schedules 1 to 4 established under sections 1, 2 and 10 the said Part I are repealed by the Schedule 4 of the Patent Varieties Act 1997; and Schedule 5 established under section 20 of the said Part I is repealed by Schedule 4 of the European Communities Act 1972.
Section 41(2) of the Act states that:“Parts II and III of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of the State may by order contained in a statutory instrument appoint, and orders under this subsection may appoint different dates for different provisions or different purposes”.
The text of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (Chapter 14, as amended up to the Beet Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2010) is subject to Crown copyright protection (@Crown Copyright).
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