Registered Plant Breeders' Rights (Farm Saved Seed) (Small Farmers) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Regulations, 2015 (G.S.I. No. 89 of 2015). Country/Territory Guernsey (UK) Document type Regulation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Plant production Plant variety Planting material/seeds Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Intellectual property rights/patents Geographical area Europe, North Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations define "small farmers" for the purpose of establishing which farmers are entitled to exemption from the requirement to pay equitable remuneration, at the time of the use, to the rights holder. Section 18 of the Registered Plant Breeders' Rights (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Ordinance, 2007, provides that plant breeders' rights do not extend to the use by farmers of specified varieties of material for propagating purposes in certain circumstances (farm saved seed). However, a farmer whose use of material is excepted from plant breeders' rights by section 18 is nevertheless required, unless he or she is a small farmer. Full text English Website www.guernseylegalresources.gg References - Legislation Implements Registered Plant Breeders' Rights (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Ordinance, 2007 (No. IV of 2007). Legislation | Guernsey (UK) | 2007 Keyword: Basic legislation, Plant production, Plant variety, Planting material/seeds, Breeders' rights/farmers' rights, Access and benefit-sharing, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Genetic resources, Offences/penalties, Intellectual property rights/patents Source: FAO, FAOLEX