{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/204",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Breeders' Rights (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "The 1997 Act",
  "text": "(1) The 1997 Act is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 9 (farm saved seed)—\n(a) in subsection (3), after “liable ” insert “(subject to any contractual agreement entered into between the farmer and the holder of the plant breeders' rights)”;\n(b) in subsection (4), for the words from “considered to be” to the end substitute “ a small farmer for the purposes of this section ”;\n(c) for subsection (10) substitute—\n“(10) In this section, “small farmer” means—\n(a) in a case where the material referred to in subsection (3) is used for propagating potatoes, a farmer who grows potatoes in an area no bigger than that which would be needed to produce 185 tonnes of potatoes per harvest, and\n(b) in a case where the material referred to in subsection (3) is used for propagating any other variety specified for the purpose of subsection (1), a farmer who grows that variety in an area no bigger than that which would be needed to produce 92 tonnes of cereals per harvest.”;\n(d) omit subsection (12).\n(3) In section 11 (duration), omit subsection (3)(a).\n(4) In section 38 (interpretation of Part 1) omit the definition of “the Council Regulation”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/204/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:47:47.984551+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."
}