Regulation 3C Exceptions to regulation 3BF1
Regulation 3B(2)(b) does not require the Controller to refuse to accept a proposed name as suitable if the series of letters concerned is an established abbreviation, provided that any such established abbreviation is limited to a maximum of two sets of three characters each, located at each end of the proposed name.
Regulation 3B(2)(c) does not require the Controller to refuse to accept a proposed name as suitable if—
the number concerned is an integral part of the name, or
the number indicates that the variety is or will be one of a numbered series of varieties related through their breeding history.
Regulation 3B(2)(f) does not require the Controller to refuse to accept a proposed name as suitable on the grounds of a mixture of upper and lower case letters, if the first letter is upper case and the remainder are lower case.
Regulation 3B(3)(a) does not require the Controller to refuse to accept a proposed name as suitable if the number or numbers indicate inbred lines or similar specific types of variety.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Regs. 3A-3G inserted (31.12.2020) by The Plant Breeders' Rights (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/204), regs. 1(1), 19(6) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1220, regs. 1(2)(b), 8(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)