Plant Breeders' Rights (Farm Saved Seed) (Specified Information) Regulations 1998 (S.I. No. 1026 of 1998).

These Regulations specify the information which is necessary to be provided for the purposes of section 9 of the Plant Varieties Act 1997. "Farm saved seed" means the product of the harvest obtained in the circumstances described in section 9(1) of the Act. The Regulations specify - (a) the information which is to be supplied by a farmer to a rights holder (reg. 3); (b) the information which is to be supplied by a seed processor to a rights holder (reg. 4); and (c) the information which is to be supplied by a rights holder to a farmer and a seed processor (reg. 5). "Relevant rights holder" means a person who holds plant breeders' rights in a relevant variety. A prohibition is imposed on the removal of seed from a holding for processing save in certain circumstances (reg. 7). An obligation of confidentiality is imposed in respect of information received pursuant to these regulations (reg. 8).