LegalizeThe Plant Breeders' Rights (Farm Saved Seed) (Specification of Species and Groups) Order 1998
Made: 8th April 1998
Laid before Parliament: 9th April 1998
Coming into force: 8th May 1998
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 9(2) and 48(1) of the Plant Varieties Act 19971, after consultation with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of persons likely to be substantially affected, hereby make the following Order:—
Title and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Plant Breeders' Rights (Farm Saved Seed) (Specification of Species and Groups) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 8th May 1998.
Specification of species and groups
2
The species and groups listed in the Schedule to this Order are specified for the purposes of section 9(2) of the Plant Varieties Act 1997.
SCHEDULE — FARM SAVED SEED—SPECIES AND GROUPS
| Name | Common Name |
|---|---|
| Fodder plants | |
| Cicer arietinum L. | Chickpea milkvetch |
| Lupinus luteus L. | Yellow lupin |
| Medicago sativa L. | Lucerne |
| Pisum sativum L. (partim) | Field pea |
| Trifolium alexandrinum L. | Berseem/Egyptian clover |
| Trifolium resupinatum L. | Persian clover |
| Vicia faba | Field bean |
| Vicia sativa L. | Common vetch |
| Cereals | |
| Avena sativa | Oats |
| Hordeum vulgare L. | Barley |
| Oryza sativa L. | Rice |
| Phalaris canariensis L. | Canary grass |
| Secale cereale L. | Rye |
| X Triticosecale Wittm. | Triticale |
| Triticum aestivum L. emend. Fiori et Paol.Wheat | |
| Triticum durum Desf. | Durum wheat |
| Triticum spelta L. | Spelt wheat |
| Potatoes | |
| Solanum tuberosum | Potatoes |
| Oil and fibre plants | |
| Brassica napus L. (partim) | Swede rape |
| Brassica rapa L. (partim) | Turnip rape |
| Linum usitatissimum | Linseed with the exclusion of flax |
Signed
Donoughue — Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food — 7th April 1998
Sewel — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 8th April 1998
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Win Griffiths — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office — 7th April 1998
Dubs — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office — 8th April 1998
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Order specifies species and groups for the purposes of section 9(2) of the Plant Varieties Act 1997 (article 2 and the Schedule).
Section 9(1) of the Act, which sets out the arrangements relating to farm saved seed, only applies to species and groups which have been specified for the purposes of section 9(2).
A Regulatory Appraisal has been prepared and a copy has been placed in the library of both Houses of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Plant Variety Rights Office and Seeds Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, White House Lane, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0LF.
Footnotes
1997 c. 66; see section 49(1) for a definition of “the Ministers”.
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