Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

United Kingdom

(1)

In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Plant Varieties Act 1997;
“farm saved seed” means the product of the harvest obtained in the circumstances described in section 9(1) of the Act;
“relevant activity” means the use of farm saved seed in the circumstances described in section 9(1) of the Act;
“relevant rights holder” means a person who holds plant breeders' rights in a relevant variety;
“relevant variety” means a variety of a specified species or group;
“seed” includes seed potatoes;
“seed year” means the period from 1st July in one year to 30th June in the following year, both dates inclusive; and
“specified species or group” means a species or group specified for the purposes of section 9(2) of the Act by order made by the Ministers.

(2)

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations—

(a)

to a numbered section shall be construed as a reference to the section bearing that number in the Act;

(b)

to a numbered regulation shall be construed as a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations;

(c)

in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number.

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