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The Plant Breeders' Rights (Farm Saved Seed) (Specified Information) Regulations 1998

UK Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 1026 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
8 April 1998
In force from
8 May 1998
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Agriculture, plant health, food production and rural affairs
Made under
Plant Varieties Act 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations specify the information which is necessary to be provided for the purposes of section 9 of the Plant Varieties Act 1997. Section 9 deals with farm saved seed. The Regulations specify— a the information which is to be supplied by a farmer to a rights holder (regulation 3); b the information which is to be supplied by a seed processor to a rights holder (regulation 4); and c the information which is to be supplied by a rights holder to a farmer and a seed processor (regulation 5). A prohibition is imposed on the removal of seed from a holding for processing save in certain circumstances (regulation 7). An obligation of confidentiality is imposed in respect of information received pursuant to these regulations (regulation 8). The penalty for breach of the Regulations is a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale (regulation 10). A regulatory appraisal has been prepared and a copy has been placed in the library of both Houses of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, White House Lane, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0LF.

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