Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00537:section:17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00537
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 17
Character Range: 25139–26035

17  Conditioning and use of farm saved seed does not infringe PBR
 (1) If:
 (a) a person engaged in farming activities legitimately obtains propagating material of a plant variety covered by PBR either by purchase or by previous operation of this section, for use in such activities; and
 (b) the plant variety is not included within a taxon declared under subsection (2) to be a taxon to which this subsection does not apply; and
 (c) the person subsequently harvests further propagating material from plants grown from that first‑mentioned propagating material;
the PBR is not infringed by:
 (d) the conditioning of so much of that further propagating material as is required for the person's use for reproductive purposes; or
 (e) the reproduction of that further propagating material.
 (2) The regulations may declare a particular taxon to be a taxon to which subsection (1) does not apply.