{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-naming-and-fees-regulations-2006/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-naming-and-fees-regulations-2006/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/648",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Breeders' Rights (Naming and Fees) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-naming-and-fees-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1997 Act” means the Plant Varieties Act 1997;\n“the 1978 Regulations” means the Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations 1978;\n“the 1998 Regulations” means the Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations 1998; and\n“plant breeders' rights” means rights which may be granted in accordance with Part I of the 1997 Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/294, amended by S.I. 1998/1027; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/1027."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/648/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:34:49.961536+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."
}