Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Plant Varieties Act 1997;

• “Community plant variety right” means a right granted in accordance with the Council Regulation;

• “the principal Regulations” means the Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations 1998^f1; and

• “renewal fee” means a fee payable in respect of the continued exercise of plant breeders' rights in a plant variety.

Words and phrases defined in the principal Regulations shall have the same meaning when used in these Regulations.

Any reference in these Regulations in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number.

Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered Schedule shall be construed as a reference to the Schedule to these Regulations bearing that number.