# The Seeds (National Lists of Varieties) (Amendment) Regulations 2009, Regulation 3: Regulation 2 (interpretation)

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: prospective

In regulation 2(1)—
(a) after the definition of “the Common Catalogue Directive”, insert—
““conservation variety” means a landrace or plant variety of a species specified in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 that is naturally adapted to the local and regional conditions and threatened by genetic erosion, and for these purposes—
(a) “landrace” means a set of populations or clones of a plant species which are naturally adapted to the environmental conditions of their region; and
(b) “genetic erosion” means loss of genetic diversity between and within populations or varieties of the same species over time or reduction of the genetic basis of a species due to human intervention or environmental change;”;
(b) after the definition of “person affected”, insert—
““region of origin” means the region identified by the National Authorities when a conservation variety is accepted on to a National List as being the region in which the variety has historically been grown and to which it is naturally developed;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1273/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/seeds-national-lists-of-varieties-amendment-regulations-2009/regulation-3
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