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Seeds and Plant Varieties (Plant Breeder's Rights) (Oil and Fibre Crops) Regulations, 2001 (Cap. 326).

Country/Territory
Kenya
Document type
Regulation
Date
2001 (2012)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Special Issue of the Kenya Gazette, Supplement No. 35 (Legislative Supplement No. 22), 18 May 2001, pp. 347-51.
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Plant production Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Crops/grasses Plant variety Textile plants/fibres Intellectual property rights/patents
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa
Abstract

There is hereby made a scheme that shall apply to all varieties of oil and fibre crops that conform with the characteristics of cultivated plant of any of the genera or species specified in the first column of the Schedule to these Regulations. The period for which plant breeder's rights are exercisable in respect of those plant varieties is indicated in the second column of the Schedule. The classes of plants prescribed for purposes of section 21 of the Seeds and Plant Varieties Act are those listed in regulation 5. Column 3 specifies the period of years prescribed for purposes of section 23 (4) of the Act (compulsory licensing). A person who infringes the plant breeder's right in the registered name of a variety of oil and fibre crops covered by the scheme here introduced commits and offence. (7 regulations completed by 1 Schedule)

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