{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-varieties-and-seeds-isle-of-man-order-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-varieties-and-seeds-isle-of-man-order-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/758",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Varieties and Seeds (Isle of Man) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-varieties-and-seeds-isle-of-man-order-2016",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 9 (farm saved seed)—\n(za) in subsection (3), after “liable”, insert “(subject to any contractual agreement entered into between the farmer and the holder of the plant breeders’ rights)”;\n(zb) in subsection (4), for the words from “considered to be” to the end substitute “a small farmer for the purposes of this section”;\n(a) omit subsections (5) and (6);\n(aa) for subsection (10) substitute—\n“(10) In this section, “small farmer” means—\n(a) in a case where the material referred to in subsection (3) is used for propagating potatoes, a farmer who grows potatoes in an area no bigger than that which would be needed to produce 185 tonnes of potatoes per harvest, and\n(b) in a case where material referred to in subsection (3) is used for propagating any other variety specified for the purpose of subsection (1), a farmer who grows that variety in an area no bigger than that which would be needed to produce 92 tonnes of cereals per harvest.”;\n(ab) omit subsection (12);\n(b) for “the Ministers” (in each place that expression occurs) substitute “the Department”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2(za)(zb) inserted (15.12.2022) by The Plant Varieties and Seeds (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1337), art. 1, Sch. para. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2(aa)(ab) inserted (15.12.2022) by The Plant Varieties and Seeds (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/1337), art. 1, Sch. para. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 1.8.2016, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 9(5) was repealed in relation to England and Northern Ireland by S.I. 2005/2726 and in relation to Wales by S.I. 2006/1621. It remains in force in Scotland but its effect has been modified in relation to that jurisdiction by S.S.I. 2005/460."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/758/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:21:39.937622+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."
}