The Plant Breeders' Rights (Tomatoes) Scheme 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/2777
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Plant Breeders' Rights (Tomatoes) Scheme 1993 and shall come into force on 1st December 1993.

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

Section 2 Plant Varieties for which plant breeders' rights may be granted

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 the species Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L) Karst. ex Farwell.

Section 3 Period for which rights are exercisable

The period for which plant breeders' rights shall be exercisable in respect of any of the plant varieties referred to in the last preceding paragraph shall be 20 years.

Section 4 Class of plant varieties for the purposes of section 5(7) of the Act

In relation to Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L) Karst. ex Farwell. 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 tomato.