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Seeds and Plant Varieties (National Index of Plant Varieties) Regulations, 2006 (Cap. 326).

Country/Territory
Kenya
Document type
Regulation
Date
2006 (2012)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Plant production Planting material/seeds Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Plant variety Registration Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Intellectual property rights/patents
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa
Abstract

These Regulations introduce a National Crop Variety Index in accordance with section 7 of the Seeds and Plants Varieties Act. The Index shall apply to all the 25 varietal names which conform to the characteristics of the cultivated plant varieties of any of the variety names specified in the first column of the Schedule to the Regulations. The Regulations also concern applications for additions, corrections and erasures to the Index and define the offence of trading in seed material in a variety name other than that given in the Index.

Full text
English
Website
www.kenyalaw.org

References - Legislation

Implements

Seeds and Plant Varieties Act 1972 (Cap. 326).

Legislation | Kenya | 1972 (2002)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Plant production, Planting material/seeds, Breeders' rights/farmers' rights, Crops/grasses, Plant variety, Court/tribunal, Intellectual property rights/patents

Source: FAO, FAOLEX