UK Act of Parliament
1997
United Kingdom
Plant Varieties Act 1997
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1 compliance obligation
What this Act requires
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Schedules
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There shall be paid to the Controller and any other...
Any act or thing directed to be done by or...
Prima facie evidence, or in Scotland sufficient evidence, of any...
Any document purporting to be certified in accordance with paragraph...
The variety shall be deemed to be distinct if it...
The variety shall be deemed to be uniform if, subject...
The variety shall be deemed to be stable if those...
(1) The variety shall be deemed to be new if...
(1) If a variety is bred, or discovered and developed,...
(1) If the following conditions are met, an application for...
(1) Any priority which an application for the grant of...
In any case, the jurisdiction of the Tribunal shall be...
(1) Any decision of the Tribunal in exercise of their...
(1) In any proceedings brought before the Tribunal in England...
In any proceedings brought before the Tribunal in Scotland under...
(1) The Lord Chancellor may make rules as to the...
The Ministers may pay to members of the Tribunal such...
(1) The Ministers may appoint such officers and servants of...
In this Schedule— “appointing authority” means— in relation to an...
(1) The Lord Chancellor shall appoint a person to be...
(1) The Lord President of the Court of Session shall...
(1) The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission shall appoint a...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a person’s appointment under...
(1) In the case of the temporary absence or inability...
(1) The Ministers shall draw up and from time to...
(1) The members of the panels who are to deal...
The Tribunal may, for the purpose of hearing proceedings brought...
Farm saved seed.
- Pay equitable remuneration for using farm-saved seed of protected varieties
Browse 53 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Plant breeders’ rights.
The Plant Variety Rights Office.
Grant on application.
Conditions for the grant of rights.
Rights in relation to application period.
Protected variety.
Dependent varieties.
General exceptions.
Exhaustion of rights.
Duration.
Transmission.
Remedies for infringement.
Presumptions in proceedings relating to harvested material.
Presumptions in proceedings relating to products made from harvested material.
Maintenance of protected variety.
Compulsory licences.
Selection and registration of names.
Duty to use registered name.
Improper use of registered name.
Nullity.
Cancellation.
Suspension.
Right to be heard: general.
Right to be heard: applications for compulsory licences.
Appeals to the Tribunal.
Ministerial guidance.
Regulations.
Fees.
Use of outsiders.
False information.
False representations as to rights.
Exclusion from Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976.
Disclosure of information obtained under section 14 or 15.
Reference collections of plant material.
Offences by bodies corporate,
Jurisdiction in relation to offences.
Interpretation of Part I.
Application of Part I to the Crown.
Application of Part I to existing rights.
Varieties of recent creation.
The Tribunal.
Jurisdiction under arbitration agreements.
Statutory jurisdiction: regulations.
Appeals from the Tribunal.
Interpretation of Part II.
Extension of time limit for institution of proceedings for contravention of seeds regulations.
Regulations and orders.
General interpretation.
Receipts.
Consequential amendments.
Repeals.
Extent.
Short title and commencement.
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