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  "title": "The Plant Breeders' Rights (Herbaceous Perennials) (Variation) Scheme 1993",
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  "long_title": "This Scheme varies the Plant Breeders' Rights (Herbaceous Perennials) Scheme 1969 by adding the genera and species ofAsteliaandAstrantiaspecified in paragraph 2 to the genera and species of which plant varieties may be the subject of plant breeders' rights under Part I of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964. The period prescribed as that during which rights may be exercised is 25 years. During that period infringements of the rights in the registered names of varieties ofAsteliaandAstrantiamay be the subject of legal proceedings when committed in connection with any variety of those genera.",
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