{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/schedule-A1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/schedule-A1/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/37",
  "legislation_title": "Patents Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977",
  "path": "schedule/A1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Information to be supplied by farmer",
  "text": "(1) At the request of a relevant rights holder (“H”), a farmer must tell H—\n(a) his name and address;\n(b) whether he has performed a relevant activity; and\n(c) if he has performed such an activity, the address of the holding on which he performed it.\n(2) If the farmer has performed such an activity, he must tell H whether he is—\n(a) liable to pay remuneration as a result of paragraph 3; or\n(b) not liable because he is a small farmer.\n(3) If the farmer has told H that he is liable to pay remuneration as a result of paragraph 3, he must tell H—\n(a) the amount of the protected material used;\n(b) whether the protected material has been processed for planting; and\n(c) if it has, the name and address of the person who processed it.\n(4) The farmer must comply with sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) when complying with sub-paragraph (1).\n(5) If the farmer has told H that he is liable to pay remuneration as a result of paragraph 3, he must (if H asks him to do so) tell H—\n(a) whether he used any protected material with the authority of H within the same seed year; and\n(b) if he did, the amount used and the name and address of the person who supplied it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. A1 inserted (28.7.2000) by S.I. 2000/2037, reg. 8(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/37/schedule/A1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:24:17.133485+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}