Seeds and Plant Varieties (Plant Breeder’s Rights) (Ornamental and Herbaceous Plants Scheme) Regulations, 2001 (Cap. 326)

CAP. 326 [Rev. 2012] Seeds and Plant Varieties [Subsidiary] [Issue 1] 122 SEEDS AND PLANT VARIETIES (PLANT BREEDER’S RIGHTS) (ORNAMENTAL AND HERBACEOUS PLANTS SCHEME) REGULATIONS, 2001 [L.N. 75/2001.] 1. Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds and Plant Varieties (Plant Breeder’s Rights) (Ornamental and Herbaceous Plants Scheme) Regulations, 2001. 2. Interpretation In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— “authorized officer” means the Managing Director of the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service; “plant variety” includes any clone, line, hybrid or genetic variant. 3. Plant varieties for which plant breeder’s rights may be granted There is hereby made a scheme to be called the Ornamental and Herbaceous Plants Scheme, which shall apply to all plant varieties of ornamental and herbaceous perennial plants which conform with the characteristics of cultivated plant varieties of any of the species specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto. 4. Period for which rights are exercisable The period for which plant breeder’s rights shall be exercisable in respect of any of the plant varieties referred to in regulation 3 shall be the period of the years specified in the second column of the Schedule. 5. Prescribed period before compulsory licensing In relation to plant varieties referred to in the first column of the Schedule, the periods prescribed for the purposes of section 23(4) of the Act shall be the period of years specified in the third column of the Schedule. 6. Additional rights Plant breeder’s rights exercisable in respect of any of the plant varieties referred to in these Regulations shall, where the word “included” appears in the fourth column of the Schedule, include the exclusive right to propagate and to authorize others to propagate that plant variety for the purpose of selling cut blooms, foliage or stems thereof. 7. Offences A person who infringes the plant breeder’s rights in the registered name of a variety of ornamental covered by the Ornamental and Herbaceous Plants Scheme commits an offence and is liable to a fine of three thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term of three months or to both. [Rev. 2012] CAP. 326 Seeds and Plant Varieties [Subsidiary] 123 [Issue 1] SCHEDULE Species or genus Name Common name Period of years for which rights are exercisable Period of years prescribed before compulsory licensing Additional rights prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 Alstroemeria L. Alstroemeria 20 2 Included Adiantiformis Leathery-leaf fern 20 3 Included Antirrhinum majus Antirrhinum 20 2 Included Agapanthus L. African Lily 20 2 – Ageratum houstonianum. Ageratum 20 2 Included Anthemis L. Chamomile 20 2 – Anemone coronaria Anemone 20 2 Included Authurium sp. Anthurium 20 2 Included Amobium alatum Amobium 20 2 Included Astelia spp. Astelia 20 2 – Asclepias curassavica Aselepias 20 2 Included Aster L. Aster 20 2 Included Aquilegia vulgaris Aquilegia 20 2 Included Begonia spp. Eliator Begonia 20 2 – Bracteanthu bracteata Everlasting flower 20 2 Included Calistephus chinensis Calistephus 20 2 Included Caltha L. Marsh Marigold 20 2 – Calendula officinalis. Calendula 20 2 Included Campanula L. Bell flower 20 2 Included Camellia L. Camellia 20 2 Included Carthamus tinctorius Carthamus/Safflower 20 2 Included Centaurea L. Cornflower 20 2 – Cetananche L. Cupids dart 20 2 – Cirsium japonicum Cirsium 20 2 Included Chrysanthemum Spp. Chrysanthemum 20 2 Included Coccineum willd. Pyrethrum 20 2 Included Cymbidium Sw. Cymbidium 20 2 Included Dahlia Dahlia 20 2 Included Delphinium Perrenial Delphinium 20 2 Included Dendrobium Orchid Dendrobium 20 2 Included Dianthus L. Carnations 20 2 Included Epiphyllopsis including Rhipsalidopsis and Schlumbergera Easter Cactus 20 2 Included Eryngium L. Eryngium 20 2 Included Erysimum L. Mustard Treacle 20 2 – Euphorbia pulcherrima Poinsettia 20 2 Included CAP. 326 [Rev. 2012] Seeds and Plant Varieties [Subsidiary] [Issue 1] 124 SCHEDULE—continued Species or genus Name Common name Period of years for which rights are exercisable Period of years prescribed before compulsory licensing Additional rights prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 Euphorbia spp. Euphorbia 20 2 – Eustoma sp. Eustoma 20 2 Included Fragaria L. Strawberry 20 2 – Freesia Klatt Freesia 20 2 Included Glatonia Scardens (Bak.) Decne Glatonia 20 2 – Gerbera cass Gerbera 20 2 Included Gysophila L. Gysophila 20 2 Included Halipterum Manglesii Halipterum 20 2 Included Heliopsis sp. Heliopsis 20 2 Included Heunchera L. Coral flower 20 2 Included Hypericum L. Hypericum 20 2 Included Impatiens spp. Impatiens 20 2 – Iperis umbellata Iperis 20 2 Included Iris L. Iris 20 2 Included Kalanchoe adans Kalanchoe 20 2 – Lavandula sp. Lavender 20 2 – Lilium Lilly 20 3 Included Limonium Statice 20 2 Included Lobelia L. Cardinal flower 20 2 Included Lupinus L. Lupin 20 2 – Narcissus L. Daffodil 20 2 Included Nerine sp. Nerine herb 20 2 – Nicotiona tabacum L. Tobacco 20 2 – Oenothera L. Evening Primrose 20 2 – Origanum L. Sweet Marjoram 20 2 – Ornithogalum sp. Arabicum and Ornithogalum 20 2 Included Orchidacea Juss Orchid 20 2 Included Osteospermum L. Osteospermum 20 2 – Oxypetalum caeruleum Oxypetalum 20 2 Included Pelargonium sp. Geranium 20 2 – Petunia L. Petunia 20 2 – Polianthes tuberose Tuberose 20 2 Included Phrarbitis nil chois Morning glory 20 2 – Platycordon grandiflrum Platycordon 20 2 Included Rohododendron L. Azealca 20 2 – Rosa L. Rose 20 2 Included Rumohra adiantiformis Leathery-leaf fern 20 2 – [Rev. 2012] CAP. 326 Seeds and Plant Varieties [Subsidiary] 125 [Issue 1] SCHEDULE—continued Species or genus Name Common name Period of years for which rights are exercisable Period of years prescribed before compulsory licensing Additional rights prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 Saccharum L. Sugar-cane 20 2 – Saintpaulia ionantha H. wendl African Violet 20 3 – Scaevola aemula Scaevola aemula 20 2 – Solidago L. Golden Rod 20 2 Included Solidaster Wehrh Solidaster 20 2 Included Stachys L. Woundwort 20 2 – Streptocarpus Cape Primrose 20 2 – Tagetes sp. Marigold 20 2 – Trifolium arvense L. Rabbit foot 20 2 – Trachelium caeruleum Trachelium 20 2 Included Viola L. Violet 20 2 Included Zantedeschia spreng Calla Lily 20 2 Included