Paragraph 2 Application for registration with an official description

England and Wales

(1)

An application for registration of a variety with an official description must be made in writing to the Secretary of State in such form as the Secretary of State may require.

(2)

An application must be accompanied by—

(a)

any technical information (such as, but not limited to, details of the genus and species to which the variety belongs, its common name, the applicant's details, the variety denomination, origin, and characteristics of the variety) required under an appropriate species that is relevant to the species;

(b)

information on whether the variety is officially registered elsewhere in the United Kingdom F1... or is the subject of an application for such a registration;

(c)

a proposed denomination; and

(d)

such other information as the Secretary of State may require.

(3)

Where applicable, an application may be accompanied by details of an official description established by a responsible authority elsewhere in the United Kingdom or in another F2country which is a member of UPOV.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(2)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (England and Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/131), regs. 1, 8(13)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (England and Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/131), regs. 1, 8(13)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)