The Plant Breeders' Rights (Applications in Designated Countries) Order 1996
Paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 enables an application for a grant of plant breeders' rights, made in a country to which that paragraph applies, to be treated as if made in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man for the purpose of establishing priority between applicants for rights in a variety. This Order revokes and consolidates the Plant Breeders' Rights (Applications in Designated Countries) Order 1982 and the Plant Breeders' Rights (Applications in Designated Countries) (Variation) Order 1985, and adds Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Ukraine and Uruguay to the list of countries designated for the purposes of that paragraph.