1990 No. 2633
PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS
The Plant Breeders' Rights (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1990
Made 21st December 1990
Laid before Parliament 27th December 1990
Coming into force 17th January 1991

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, acting jointly, as respects the United Kingdom, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 9(1) and (5), 36 and 38(1) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 as extended to Northern Ireland and the said Minister and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, as respects the Isle of Man, in exercise of the said powers as extended to the Isle of Man, and in exercise of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:
1964 c. 14; section 38(1) (as amended by S.I. 1978/272) contains a definition of Ministers relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.
By section 39(3) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 and by the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Northern Ireland) Order 1964 (S.I. 1964/1574).
By the Plant Varieties and Seeds (Isle of Man) Order 1969 (S.I. 1969/1829), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

1 Title and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Plant Breeders' Rights (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 17th January 1991.

2 Amendment of principal Regulations
Schedule 3 of the Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations 1978 (reproductive and other plant material to be delivered to the Controller) shall be amended as follows—
In Part XII (decoratives), after item (25) insert the following item—

“26 Osteospermum
Twenty young plants, of good commercial quality, not cut back, in peat blocks.”

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S.I. 1978/294; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1982/1101, 1985/1092, 1990/1592.
In witness whereof the Official Seal of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is hereunto affixed on 13th December 1990.
John Selwyn Gummer Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Strathclyde Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 12th December 1990
David Hunt Secretary of State for Wales 14th December 1990
Peter Brooke Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 21st December 1990
Kenneth Baker Secretary of State for the Home Department (being the Secretary of State concerned Home Office with matters relating to the Isle of Man) 19th December 1990

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations 1978.
A Scheme has been made to enable plant breeders' rights to be granted in respect of Osteospermum. Part XII of Schedule 3 to the 1978 Regulations (which Schedule was inserted into the 1978 Regulations by the Plant Breeders' Rights (Amendment) Regulations 1982 and was last amended by S.I. 1990/1592) have been amended so as to specify the reproductive and other material which must be delivered to the Controller when an application is made for a grant of plant breeders' rights in respect of varieties of Osteospermum (regulation 2).