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PLANT BREEDERS’ RIGHTS ACT IN FORCE
- 06 June 2025
- Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development
- SA Legal Academy
Please note: Regulations giving practical ffect to the Act were gazetted on 13 June 2025.
The 2018 Plant Breeders’ Rights Act has been in force since 1 June 2025, according to a presidential proclamation gazetted five days later.
Repealing the 1976 Plant Breeders Rights Act, among other things the new piece of legislation:
- is in line with South Africa’s international obligations
- provides for measures expected to:
- deter the deliberate infringement of plant breeders’ rights, and
- curb the abuse of protected plant varieties
- clarifies the term “farmer’s privilege”, and
- streamlines:
- the rights application process, and
- the assessment of plant material in the context of phytosanitary requirements.
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