Plant Breeders' Rights (Farm Saved Seed) (Specification of Species and Groups) Order 1998 (S.I. No. 1025 of 1998)

Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 1025 file:///D/HTML/uk14503.htm[16.01.2025 11:25:50] Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 1025 The Plant Breeders' Rights (Farm Saved Seed) (Specification of Species and Groups) Order 1998 © Crown Copyright 1998 All Crown Copyrights are reserved. The following are concessions. Individuals are authorised to download this text to file or printer for their own individual use. Reproduction of the text for the purpose of developing and publishing value-added products is also allowed, without prior permission or charge, provided reproduction is accurate, not malicious and is accompanied by an acknowledgment of Crown copyright. Any other proposed reproduction requires the consent of the Copyright Unit at Her Majesty's Stationery Office. For more details on the reproduction of Crown and Parliamentary copyright material, see the latest Her Majesty's Stationery Office Dear Publisher letter. The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made. The authoritative version is in printed form and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Plant Breeders' Rights (Farm Saved Seed) (Specification of Species and Groups) Order 1998, ISBN 0 11 079012 X, £0.65 sterling. For details of how to obtain a printed copy see How to obtain The Stationery Office Limited titles. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1998 No. 1025 PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS The 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 1997[1], 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 file:///publet.htm#crown-value-added file:///copy.htm file:///publet.htm file:///publet.htm http://www.the-stationery-office.co.uk/publicat/obtain/obtain.htm Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 1025 file:///D/HTML/uk14503.htm[16.01.2025 11:25:50] 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. 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 SCHEDULE (article 2) 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 Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 1025 file:///D/HTML/uk14503.htm[16.01.2025 11:25:50] 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 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. Notes: [1] 1997 c.66; see section 49(1) for a definition of "the Ministers".back ISBN 0 11 079012 X