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Plant Breeder s Rights
[No. 18 of 2007
(b)
in relation to a grantee ofa plant breeder's right,
a person to whom the right has been assigned, or
transmitted by will or by operation oflaw;
" taxonomy" means a classified group of plants; and
.. variety" means a plant grouping that is contained within a
single botanical taxon of the lowest known rank and that,
irrespective of whether the conditions for the grant of a
breeder's right are fully met(a) can be defined by the expression of the
characteristics resulting from the genotype or
combination of genotypes;
(b)
can be distinguished from another plant grouping
by the expression of at least one of the
characteristics; and
(c)
can be considered as a functional unit because of
its suitability for being propagated unchanged.
PART II
ADMINISTRATION
Designation
of plant
variety
protection
authority
Functions of
Institute
3. The Seed Control and Certification Institute within the
Ministry responsible for agriculture is hereby designated as the
plant variety protection authority and shall be responsible for the
administration of this Act.
4.
The functions of the Institute are to-(a) register plant varieties;
(b) promote and encourage the development of new plant
varieties;
(c) protect the rights of plant breeders with respect to varieties
of plants;
(d) document the characterisation of varieties;
(e) maintain catalogues of registered varieties of plants, seeds
and germplasm;
(f) issue licences in accordance with this Act;
(g) compile and maintain statistics with regard to plant
varieties, seeds and germplasm; and
(h) do all such things connected with or incidental to the
foregoing.