Seeds and Plant Varieties (Plant Breeder's Rights) (Root and Tuber Crops Scheme) Regulations, 2001 (L.N. No. 73 of 2001). 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. 342-343. Subject Cultivated plants Keyword Plant production Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Crops/grasses Plant variety Intellectual property rights/patents Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa Abstract There is hereby made a scheme that shall apply to all root and tuber 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. Column 4 specifies the period of years prescribed for purposes of section 23 (4) of the Seeds and Plant Varieties Act (compulsory licensing). A person who infringes the plant breeder's right in the registered name of a variety of root and tuber 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