Plant Variety Rights Regulations 2022 (2022/346).
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Type of law
Regulation
Abstract
The Regulations serves as a comprehensive guide for individuals navigating the process of protecting their plant varieties. It covers procedural and evidential requirements, outlines consequences for non-compliance, and provides clarity on the steps involved in filing documents and requesting hearings. The Regulations further provides for guidelines for the examination and testing of plant varieties to ensure they meet distinctness, uniformity, and stability criteria. The text provides definitions of the rights conferred to plant breeders and the obligations they must meet to maintain these rights and the duration of plant variety rights and the process for renewing these rights. The text consists of 125 Articles divided into 3 main parts.
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Entry into force notes
These regulations come into force on 24 January 2023.
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No
Implements