In this Schedule—

• F3...

• “farmer’s own holding” means any land which a farmer actually exploits for plant growing, whether as his property or otherwise managed under his own responsibility and on his own account;

• “the gazette” means the gazette published under section 34 of the Plant Variety and Seeds Act 1964 F1;

• “protected material” means plant propagating material which incorporates material subject to a patent;

• “relevant activity” means the use by a farmer of the product of his harvest for propagation or multiplication by him on his own holding, where the product of the harvest constitutes or contains protected material;

• “relevant rights holder” means the proprietor of a patent to which protected material is subject;

• “seed” includes seed potatoes;

• “seed year” means the period from 1st July in one year to 30th June in the following year, both dates inclusive.