# The Plant Breeders' Rights (Vegetables) (including Field Beans and Field Peas) (Variation) Scheme 1995, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Scheme)
This Scheme varies the Plant Breeders' Rights (Vegetables) (including Field Beans and Field Peas) Scheme 1980 by adding leeks and Brassica carinatato the 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 such rights may be exercised is 20 years. The 1980 Scheme, as read with the 1964 Act, and as varied by this Scheme, provides that during that period infringements of the rights in the registered name of a variety of leek or Brassica carinatamay be the subject of legal proceedings when committed in connection with any such variety.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/530/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-vegetables-including-field-beans-and-field-peas-variation-scheme-1995/note
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