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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-varieties-and-seeds-act-1964/schedule-2/part-II/crossheading-distinctness/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1964/14",
  "legislation_title": "Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-varieties-and-seeds-act-1964",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/II/crossheading/distinctness/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The variety must be clearly distinguishable by one or more important characteristics which are capable of precise description from any other variety whose existence is a matter of common knowledge at the time of the application.\n(2) For the purposes of the foregoing sub-paragraph common knowledge may be established by reference to plant varieties already in cultivation or exploited for commercial purposes, or those included in a recognised commercial or botanical reference collection, or those of which there are precise descriptions in any publication.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Plant Varieties Act 1983 (c. 17, SIF 2:9), s. 4, Sch. 1 para. 9(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/14/schedule/2/part/II/crossheading/distinctness/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:59:55.729029+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."
}