Part I Criteria for Grant of Rights
Plant Varieties Act 1997 (1997 c 66) | Legislation

Schedule 2 Conditions for the Grant of Plant Breeders' Rights

Section 4

Part I Criteria for Grant of Rights

Distinctness

1

The variety shall be deemed to be distinct if it is clearly distinguishable by one or more characteristics which are capable of a precise description from any other variety whose existence is a matter of common knowledge at the time of the application.

Uniformity

2

The variety shall be deemed to be uniform if, subject to the variation that may be expected from the particular features of its propagation, it is sufficiently uniform in those characteristics which are included in the examination for distinctness.

Stability

3

The variety shall be deemed to be stable if those characteristics which are included in the examination for distinctness, as well as any others used for the variety description, remain unchanged after repeated propagation or, in the case of a particular cycle

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