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Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Act, 1998 (Section 19(2)) Order, 2000 (S.I. No. 491 of 2000)

Made 2000-12-15 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Language
English
Kind
Regulation
Country
Ireland
Subjects
Cultivated plants
Keywords
plant production, authorization/permit, intellectual property rights, breeders' rights, plant variety
Categories
agriculture

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  1. Irish Statute Book file:///D/HTML/ire53742.htm[15.01.2025 17:54:42] S.I. No. 491/2000 — Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Act, 1998 (Section 19(2)) Order, 2000. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. S.I. No. 491 of 2000. PLANT VARIETIES (PROPRIETARY RIGHTS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1998 (SECTION 19(2)) ORDER, 2000. S.I. No. 491 of 2000. PLANT VARIETIES (PROPRIETARY RIGHTS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1998 (SECTION 19(2)) ORDER, 2000. I, JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 19(2) of the Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Act, 1998 (No. 41 of 1998) (as adapted by the Agriculture and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1999 ( S.I. No. 307 of 1999 )), hereby order as follows: 1. This Order may be cited as the Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Act, 1998 (Section 19(2)) Order, 2000. 2. The farm saved seed exemption applies to the variety of any plant genus or species specified in the Schedule to this Order. SCHEDULE Variety Genus or Species (1) (2) Irish Statute Book file:///D/HTML/ire53742.htm[15.01.2025 17:54:42] 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 Triticisecale 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 Irish Statute Book file:///D/HTML/ire53742.htm[15.01.2025 17:54:42] GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 15th day of December, 2000. JOE WALSH, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) The effect of this Order is to designate the variety of any plant genus or species to which the farm saved seed exemption applies. © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the House of the Oireachtas

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