PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS Title, commencement and interpretation 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). Variation of the principal Scheme 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. Variation of paragraph 6 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 carinata of all plant varieties of the species specified in Part IIA of Schedule 3 to this Scheme; . Variation of Schedule 2 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 graveolens L. 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 porrum L. Leek 20 — . b immediately after the item relating to Beta vulgaris L. var. esculenta L. there shall be inserted the following item— Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Brassica carinata A. Braun. Abyssinian cabbage Ethiopian cabbage TexSel Greens 20 — . Variation of Schedule 3 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 LEEKS Name Common Name Allium porrum L. Leeks, garlic, onions, shallots ; and b after Part II there shall be added the following Part— PART IIA BRASSICA CARINATA Name Common Name Brassica carinata A. Braun Abyssinian cabbage, Ethiopian cabbage, TexSel greens Brassica rapa L. Turnip rape, turnip Brassica napus L. Swede, Swede rape, oilseed rape Howe Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 13th February 1995 Hector Monro Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office 14th February 1995 Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales Gwilym Jones Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office 14th February 1995 Denton of Wakefield Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 28th February 1995 Michael 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