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(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Plant Breeders' Rights (Festulolium) Scheme 1990 and shall come into force on 28th August 1990.
(2) In this Scheme “the Act” means the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964.
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There are prescribed for the purposes of the grant of plant breeders' rights all plant varieties of Festulolium which conform with the characteristics of cultivated plant varieties of x. Festulolium spp.
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The period for which plant breeders' rights shall be exercisable in respect of any of the plant varieties referred to in paragraph 2 of this Scheme shall be 25 years.
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In relation to x. Festulolium spp. the class of plant varieties prescribed for the purposes of section 5(7) of the Act (which enables classes of plant varieties to be prescribed in connection with the use of names likely to deceive or cause confusion) consist of all plant varieties of the species specified in the Schedule to this Scheme.
In Witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 23rd July 1990.
John Selwyn Gummer
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Sanderson of Bowden
Minister of State, Scottish Office
23rd July 1990David Hunt
Secretary of State for Wales
20th July 1990Peter Brooke
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
30th July 1990David Waddington
Secretary of State for the Home
Department (being the Secretary of State concerned with matters relating to the Isle of Man)
Home Office
27th July 1990
SCHEDULE
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Name Common Name
Agrostis canina L. ssp. montana (Hartm.) Hartm. Brown Bent
Agrostis canina L. canina Velvet bent
Agrostis gigantea Roth Red top
Agrostis stolonifera L. Creeping bent
Agrostis capillaris L. Brown top
Alopecurus pratensis L. Meadow foxtail
Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P. Beauv. ex. J. S. et K. B. Presl. Tall oatgrass
Bromus catharticus Vahl. Rescue grass
Bromus inermis Lesser Smooth brome, Awnless brome
Bromus sitchensis Trin Alaska brome-grass
Cynosurus cristatus L. Crested dogstail
Dactylis glomerata L. Cocksfoot
Festuca arundinacea Schreber Tall fescue
Festuca ovina L. sensu lato Sheep’s fescue, fine-leaved sheep’s fescue, hard fescue
Festuca pratensis Hudson Meadow fescue
Festuca rubra L. Red fescue, Chewings fescue
Lolium multiflorum Lam. Italian and Westerwolds ryegrass
Lolium perenne L. Perennial ryegrass
Lolium x boucheanum Kunth Hybrid ryegrass
Phalaris arundinacea L. Reed canarygrass
Phelum pratense L. and Phelum bertolonii DC. Timothy
Poa annua L. Annual meadowgrass
Poa nemoralis L. Wood meadowgrass
Poa palustris L. Swamp meadowgrass
Poa pratensis L. Smooth Stalked meadowgrass
Poa trivialis L. Rough Stalked meadowgrass
Trisetum flavescens (L.) P. Beauv. Golden oatgrass, Yellow oatgrass
x. Festulolium spp. Festulolium hybrids