S.I. No. 682/2011 - Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) Act 1980 (Ratification of UPOV) Order 2011.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 30th December, 2011. | ||
I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2 (as amended by section 3 of the Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 41. of 1998)) of the Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) Act 1980 (No. 24 of 1980) hereby order as follows: | ||
1. This Order may be cited as the Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) Act 1980 (Ratification of UPOV) Order 2011. | ||
2. Any country that is a member of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants shall be a Contracting Party for the purposes of the Plant Varieties (Proprietary Rights) Acts 1980 and 1998. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
6 December 2011. | ||
SIMON COVENEY, | ||
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) | ||
This Order provides for the ratification by Ireland of the 1991 revision of the UPOV Agreement on Plant Variety Rights. |