
1 

(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Plant Breeders' Rights (Vegetables) (including Field Beans and Field Peas) (Variation) Scheme 1995 and shall come into force on 24th March 1995.
(2) In this Scheme “the Act” means the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (including that Act as extended to Northern Ireland and as extended to the Isle of Man).
2 
The Plant Breeders' Rights (Vegetables) (including Field Beans and Field Peas) Scheme 1980 shall be varied in accordance with the following provisions of this Scheme.
3 
In paragraph 6 the classes 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) shall be varied as follows:
(a) after sub–paragraph (i) there shall be added the following sub–paragraph—“(ia) in relation to plant varieties of leeks of all plant varieties of the species specified in Part IA of Schedule 3 to this Scheme;”; and
(b) after sub–paragraph (ii) there shall be added the following sub–paragraph—“(iia) in relation to plant varieties of Brassica carinataof all plant varieties of the species specified in Part IIA of Schedule 3 to this Scheme;”.
4 
Schedule 2 (which prescribes the species of vegetables of which varieties may be the subject of plant breeders' rights) shall be varied as follows:
(a) immediately after the item relating to Apium graveolensL. there shall be inserted the following item—“

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Species Period of years for which Rights are exercisable Period of years prescribed for purposes of Section 7(2)
Name Common Name
Allium porrumL. Leek 20 —”.
(b) immediately after the item relating to Beta vulgarisL. var. esculentaL. there shall be inserted the following item—“

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Brassica carinataA. Braun. Abyssinian cabbageEthiopian cabbageTexSel Greens 20 —”.
5 
Schedule 3 (which specifies the species of which plant varieties are prescribed in connection with the use of names likely to deceive or cause confusion) shall be varied as follows:
(a) after Part I there shall be added the following Part—“
PART IA 

Name Common Name
Allium porrumL. Leeks, garlic, onions, shallots”;
 and
(b) after Part II there shall be added the following Part—“
PART IIA 

Name Common Name
Brassica carinataA. Braun Abyssinian cabbage, Ethiopian cabbage, TexSel greens
Brassica rapaL. Turnip rape, turnip
Brassica napusL. Swede, Swede rape, oilseed rape”
Howe
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
13th February 1995Hector Monro
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
14th February 1995Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Gwilym Jones
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
14th February 1995Denton of Wakefield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
28th February 1995Michael Howard
Secretary of State for the Home
Department (being the Secretary of State concerned with matters relating to the Isle of Man)
14th February 1995