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(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Plant Breeders' Rights (Tomatoes) Scheme 1993 and shall come into force on 1st December 1993.
(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 which conform with the characteristics of cultivated plant varieties of the speciesLycopersicon lycopersicum(L) Karst. ex Farwell.
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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 the last preceding paragraph shall be 20 years.
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In relation toLycopersicon lycopersicum(L) Karst. ex Farwell. 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) consists of all plant varieties of tomato.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 4th November 1993.
Gillian Shephard
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Hector Monro
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
8th November 1993John Redwood
Secretary of State for Wales
4th November 1993Patrick Mayhew
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
10th November 1993Home Office
Michael Howard
Secretary of State for the Home
Department (being the Secretary of State concerned with matters relating to the Isle of Man)
5th November 1993