Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964
Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (1964 c. 14)
- Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (1964 c. 14)
- Part I . . .
- 1 Grant of plant breeders’ rights.
- 2 Conditions for grant of rights.
- 3 Period for which rights are exercisable.
- 4 The nature of the rights.
- 5 Naming of protected plant varieties.
- 5A Requirement to use registered names on sale of reproductive material.
- 6 Maintenance of reproductive material.
- 7 Compulsory licences.
- 8 †Exclusion from Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956.
- 9 Regulations, as to applications, fees, etc.
- 10 The Tribunal.
- 11 The Plant Variety Rights Office.
- 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 13 False representations as to rights and false information.
- 14 Application of Part I to the Crown.
- 15 Interpretation of Part I.
- Part II Seeds and Seed Potatoes
- Regulation of sales
- 16 Seeds regulations.
- 17 Civil liabilities of sellers of seeds.
- 18 Defences in proceedings for offences against seeds regulations.
- 19 Presumption as respects statutory statements under seeds regulations.
- 20—23A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Official testing stations
- 24 Official testing stations and certificates of test.
- Supplemental
- 25 Powers of entry.
- 26 Use of samples in criminal proceedings.
- 27 Tampering with samples.
- 28 Institution of criminal proceedings.
- 29 Application of Part II to seed potatoes , other propagating material and planting material.
- 30 Interpretation of Part II.
- 31 †Repeals and consequential amendment.
- Part III Control of Imports and Prevention of Cross-Pollination
- 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 33 Measures to prevent injurious cross-pollination affecting crops of seeds.
- Part IV General
- 34 The gazette.
- 35 General provisions as to offences.
- 36 Supplemental provisions as to regulations.
- 37 Departmental expenses and payments into Exchequer.
- 38 Interpretation.
- 39 Extension of Act to Northern Ireland.
- 40 Extension of Act to Isle of Man and Channel Islands.
- 41 Short title and commencement.
- SCHEDULES
- Part I Priorities between Applicants for Rights
- Part II Rules for Grant of Rights
- Distinctness
- Previous commercialisation
- Uniformity
- Stability
- Sale of cut blooms, fruit, etc.
- Use of reproductive material for production of certain other plant varieties
- The Chairman
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- The two panels
- Remuneration of members of Tribunal
- Officers and servants
- Procedure
- SCHEDULE 5 . . .
- SCHEDULE 6 Repeals of Seeds Enactments
- SCHEDULE 7 Cross-Pollination Injuring Protected Crops
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