An act of parliament to consolidate and repeal various statutes relating to crops. The national seed quality control service established under section 11 of the act shall be the official seed testing station. There is hereby made a scheme to be called the oil and fibre. A seed regulation committee and a seed growers allocation panel are. It was enacted for the uk to comply with its obligations as a member of international union for the protection of new varieties of plants in 1968, the act was further modified to prohibit plant breeders to sell goods under any other name aside from what. This excludes the smallscale farmers, as funding commitments from private and public partnerships are directed to the private sector. The seeds of the plant species set out in the first schedule shall be the prescribed seeds for the purposes of the act. General profile faolex database food and agriculture. Citation these regulations may be cited as the seeds and plant varieties national index of plant varieties regulations, 2006. Agricultural seeds and plant act uganda legal information. Section 8 of the principal act is amended in subsection 4 by deleting the words agro ecological value and substituting therefor the words value for cultivation and. Short title and commencement this act may be cited as the crops act, 20 and shall come into operation on. Changing seed and plant variety protection laws in tanzania. The seeds and plant varieties amendment bill, 2011 a bill for an act of parliament to amend the seeds and plant varieties act enacted by the parliament of kenya, as follows 1.
Seeds and plant varieties act food and agriculture. An act to provide for the promotion, regulation and control of plant breeding and variety release, multiplication, conditioning, marketing, importing and quality assurance of seeds and other planting materials and for other related matters. Pvpo administers the plant variety protection act of 1970 as amended in 2018 which provides intellectual property protection for new varieties of sexually, asexually and tuber propagate plants. Kenyas seed industry is guided by its national seed policy and associated laws. Short title this act may be cited as the anticounterfeit act, 2008.
This act may be cited as the seeds and plant varieties amendment act, 2011. It was enacted for the uk to comply with its obligations as a member of international union for the protection of new varieties of plants. Kenya plant health inspectorate service act, 2012 no. Reallignment zambian seed legislation progress report zambia national task team task team comprise two groups seed certification and quality assurancevariety testing and release team of four experts assembled three seeds experts legal expert quarantine and phytosanitary services team of five experts four pqps experts and one legal expert allignment approach. An act of parliament to confer power to regulate transactions in seeds, including provision for the testing and certification of seeds. The national seed quality control service shall be the official seed testing station for purposes of section 11 of the act. These regulations may be cited as the seeds and plant varieties. Upon receiving applications, we examine them to establish that they are new, distinct, uniform and stable. An act of parliament to confer power to regulate transactions in seeds, including provision. Plant quarantine stations pqs where they should be screened for any diseases or pests before they are put under performance trials and released only if they pass all the tests. These regulations implement provisions of the seeds and plant varieties plant breeders rights act. The plant varieties and seeds act 1964 is an act of the parliament of the united kingdom passed to allow regulation of the sale of plants. The minister may, by notice in the gazette, prohibit the movement within kenya of any plant or seed which is diseased or likely to spread disease, and may prohibit for any period.
Kenya food and agricultural import regulations and. Establishment and membership of trials committee there is established a national performance trials committee which shall consist of a managing director kenya plant health inspectorate service who shall be the. Kenya food and agricultural import regulations and standards. An act to make provision about rights in relation to plant varieties.
Review subsidiary legislation of the seeds and plant varieties act cap 326 to make. The seeds and plants varieties act cap 326, crop varieties gazzette notice no 3332. An act to provide for the granting of proprietary rights to persons who breed or discover plant varieties and for the issue of compulsory licences in respect thereof. The seeds and plant varieties act sections 17and 21 of. This requirement is part of seed certification process and standards, which are specified in the seeds and plant varieties act, cap 326 of the laws of kenya. The bill proposes to rename the centre created under section 27a of the act as centre for plant genetic. An act of parliament to prohibit trade in counterfeit goods, to establish the anticounterfeit agency, and for connected purposes ln 1152009, act no. Laws of kenya agriculture act chapter 318 revised edition 2012 1986 published by the national council for law reporting with the authority of the attorneygeneral. Summary of the seeds and plant varieties act, cap 326 laws of. Plant varieties and seeds act 1964 1964 chapter 14.
Part i preliminary short title and commencement 1 this act may be cited as the seeds and plant varieties act, 1972, and shall come into operation on such day as the minister may, by notice in. Articles clients obligations all clients have a right to service and should. The seeds set out in the first schedule shall be prescribed seeds for purposes of the act. Be conversant with and adhere to the provisions of the laws and regulations governing the operations of kephis e. The seed and plant variety npt regulations, 20092 8. The seeds and plant varieties act sections 17and 21 of the. Jan 12, 2016 it is this constitutional imperative that has resulted in the recently proposed amendments to the seeds and plant varieties act chapter 326 laws of kenya. Chapter 326 the seeds and plant varieties act 1991. The national seed policy aims to develop, promote and regulate a modern and competitive seed industry. Dec 31, 2012 seeds and plant varieties amendment act, 2012.
Seeds and plant act, 2006, 2007 uganda legal information. The principal law guiding the seed industry is the seeds and plant varieties act cap 326 from 2016. Summary of the seeds and plant varieties act, cap 326 laws. Review the seeds and plant varieties act cap 326 to comprehensively address all legislative issues relating to seeds and plant varieties and harmonize it with other existing related acts and international agreements where kenya is signatory. List of new crop varieties released by kephis as at april 2017 in pursuant to section 19 of seeds and plant varieties variety evaluation and release regulations, 2016.
The plant varieties and seeds gazette is published monthly by the animal and plant health agency apha. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 1 a and b of the sixth schedule of the seed and plant varieties act, cap. Proposed amendments to seeds and plants varieties act ip. This act amends the seeds and plant varieties act with respect to a wide variety of matters including. Changing seed and plant variety protection laws in tanzaniaimplications for farmermanaged seed systems. Changing seed and plant variety protection laws in tanzania 5 is organised and incorporated within existing governing institutions. Proposed amendments to seeds and plants varieties act ip kenya. Plant variety and seeds act national assembly of zambia. Development of the kenyan seed system characteristics of the seed sector dichotomy of sectors.
These regulations may be cited as the seeds and plant varieties seeds. Plant variety and seeds act an act to provide for the regulation and control of the production, sale and import of seed for sowing and of the export of seed, and to provide for the testing. An act of parliament to confer power to regulate transactions in seeds. Interpretation in this act, unless the context otherwise requires. Section 8 of the principal act is amended in subsection 4 by deleting the words agro ecological value and substituting therefor the words value for cultivation and use. Pvpo program requirements agricultural marketing service. An act to provide for the promotion, regulation and control of plant. Feb 05, 2014 food, drugs and chemical substances act cap. A copy of the seeds and plant varieties amendment bill, 2015 is available here. It is this constitutional imperative that has resulted in the recently proposed amendments to the seeds and plant varieties act chapter 326 laws of kenya.
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