Regulation 8 The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Scotland) Regulations 2017I1

Scotland

(1)

The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Scotland) Regulations 2017 M1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a)

at the end of the definition of “plant variety rights”, insert “ or domestic legislation in countries or territories, other than those forming part of the United Kingdom, that affords plant variety protection in accordance with UPOV ”,

(b)

after the definition of “supplier's document” insert—

““UPOV” means the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, being an intergovernmental organisation established by the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants M2;”.

(3)

In schedule 4 (registration of varieties), in paragraph 1 (interpretation), omit the definition of “UPOV”.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: S.S.I. 2017/177.
M2: UPOV is located at 34, chemin des Colombettes, CH-1211 Genève 20, Switzerland.

Commencement

I1: Reg. 8 in force at 28.3.2019, see reg. 1(1)(a)