Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and
R 385
"variety"
means any plant grouping within a single botanical taxon of the lowest known classification, which grouping can be—
(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 the said characteristics; and |
(c) | considered as a unit with regard to its suitability for being propagated unchanged. |
[Definition substituted by section 1(k) of Act No. 25 of 1996]