The Plant Breeders' Rights (Sainfoin and Birdsfoot Trefoil) Scheme 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/2779
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Title, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Plant Breeders' Rights (Sainfoin and Birdsfoot Trefoil) 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

(1) There are prescribed for the purposes of the grant of plant breeders' rights all plant varieties of Sainfoin which conform with the characteristics of cultivated plant varieties of Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.

(2) There are prescribed for the purposes of the grant of plant breeders' rights all plant varieties of Birdsfoot Trefoil which conform with the characteristics of cultivated plant varieties of Lotus corniculatus L.

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 paragraph 2 of this Scheme shall be 25 years.

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

In relation to the plant varieties prescribed in paragraph 2, 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 the species specified in the Schedule to this Scheme.