Plant Breeders’ Rights Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) In this Act,

  advertise

  advertise, in relation to a plant variety, means to distribute to members of the public or to bring to their notice, in any manner whatever, any written, illustrated, visual or other descriptive material, oral statement, communication, representation or reference with the intention of promoting the sale of any propagating material of the plant variety, encouraging the use thereof or drawing attention to the nature, properties, advantages or uses thereof or to the manner in which or the conditions on which it may be purchased or otherwise acquired; (publicité)

  advisory committee

  advisory committee means such advisory committee as may be constituted pursuant to subsection 73(1); (comité consultatif)

  agent

  agent, in relation to an applicant or a holder of plant breeder’s rights, means a person who is duly authorized by the applicant or holder to act, for the purposes of this Act, on behalf of the applicant or holder and to whom as a person so authorized recognition is, consistent with any requirements prescribed therefor, accorded by the Commissioner; (mandataire)

  agreement country

  agreement country means any of the following entities that is designated by the regulations as an agreement country with a view to the fulfilment of an agreement concerning the rights of plant breeders made between Canada and that entity:

  • (a) a country,

  • (b) a colony, protectorate or territory subject to the authority of another country or under its suzerainty,

  • (c) a territory over which another country exercises a mandate or trusteeship; (pays signataire)

  applicant

  applicant means a person by or on behalf of whom an application for the grant of plant breeder’s rights is made pursuant to section 7; (requérant)

  breeder

  breeder, in respect of a plant variety, means

  • (a) any person who originates or who discovers and develops the plant variety, or

  • (b) any person in respect of whom an officer, servant or employee, while acting within the scope of his or her duties as the officer, servant or employee of that person, originates or discovers and develops the plant variety; (obtenteur)

  category

  category means, in relation to a plant, a species, a grouping of species or any class within a species; (catégorie)

  Commissioner

  Commissioner means the Commissioner of Plant Breeders’ Rights designated pursuant to subsection 56(2) and, except in section 56, includes any person acting under a written authorization given pursuant to section 58; (directeur)

  country of the Union

  country of the Union means any country or other entity that is a party to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants of December 2, 1961, as amended from time to time, or any WTO Member as defined in subsection 2(1) of the World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act; (État de l’Union)

  document

  document means anything on which information that is capable of being understood by a person, or read by a computer or other device, is recorded or marked; (document)

  filing date

  filing date means, in respect of an application, the date specified in the notice given under subsection 10(2); (date de dépôt)

  holder

  holder, in relation to plant breeder’s rights, means the person whom the register indicates, with respect to a plant variety, is entitled to the plant breeder’s rights respecting that variety by a grant made under section 27 or is an assignee of, or other successor in title to, the rights granted under that section in respect of that variety; (titulaire)

  index

  index means the index prepared pursuant to section 62; (répertoire)

  infringement

  infringement, in relation to plant breeder’s rights, means the doing, without authority under this Act, of anything that the holder of those rights has the right to do under any of sections 5 to 5.2; (violation)

  legal representative

  legal representative, in respect of a breeder of a plant variety, includes the breeder’s executor or administrator and any assignee of, or other successor in title to, the rights of the breeder in respect of the plant variety; (représentant légal)

  Minister

  Minister means the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food; (ministre)

  new variety

  new variety means a plant variety that is described in subsection 4(3); (obtention végétale)

  person

  person has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Criminal Code; (personne)

  plant breeder’s rights

  plant breeder’s rights, in relation to a plant variety, means the rights that are granted under section 27; (certificat d’obtention)

  plant variety

  plant variety means any plant grouping within a single botanical taxon of the lowest known rank that, whether or not the conditions for the grant of plant breeder’s rights are fully met, is capable of being

  • (a) defined by the expression of the characteristics resulting from a given genotype or combination of genotypes,

  • (b) distinguished from any other plant grouping by the expression of at least one of those characteristics, and

  • (c) considered as a unit with regard to its suitability for being reproduced unchanged; (variété végétale)

  prescribed

  prescribed means prescribed by regulation; (Version anglaise seulement)

  propagating material

  propagating material means any reproductive or vegetative material for propagation, whether by sexual or other means, of a plant variety, and includes seeds for sowing and any whole plant or part thereof that may be used for propagation; (matériel de multiplication)

  protective direction

  protective direction[Repealed, 2015, c. 2, s. 2]

  register

  register means the register kept pursuant to section 63; (registre)

  sell

  sell includes agree to sell, or offer, advertise, keep, expose, transmit, send, convey or deliver for sale, or agree to exchange or to dispose of to any person in any manner for a consideration. (vente)

• (2) [Repealed, 2015, c. 2, s. 2]