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The Seedsand Plant Varieties Amendment Act No 32of 2016 - as Plain Text by MWakili

SPECIAL ISSUE Kenya Gazette Supplement No.

153 (Acts No.

32) REPUBLIC OF KENYA KENYA GAZETTE SUPPLEMENT ACTS, 2016 NAIROBI, 7th September, 2016 CONTENT Act PAGE The Seeds and Plant Varieties (Amendment) Act, 2016.

645 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER, NAIROBI 645 THE SEEDS AND PLANT VARIETIES (AMENDMENT) ACT No.

32 of 2016 Date of Assent: 31st August, 2016 Date of Commencement: 21st September, 2016 AN ACT of Parliament to amend the Seeds and Plant Varieties Act and for connected purposes ENACTED by the Parliament of Kenya, as follows 1.

This Act may be cited as the Seeds and Plant Short title.

Varieties (Amendment) Act, 2016.

2.

The long title to the Seeds and Plant Varieties Act, in Amendment of the this Act referred to as the principal Act, is amended by long title of Cap.

326.

(a) deleting the word national appearing immediately after the words to establish a; and (b) inserting the words for food and agriculture, including indigenous seeds and plant varieties immediately after the words genetic resources.

3.

Section 2 of the principal Act is amended Amendment of (a) in the definition of the phrase national variety section 2 of Cap.

326.

list by deleting the words are for the time being exploited commercially and substituting therefor the words have been tested, officially released and published in the Gazette; (b) in the definition of seed by inserting the words plantlet, minituber immediately after the word sucker; (c) by inserting the following new definition in its proper alphabetical sequence plant genetic resources for food and agriculture means any genetic material of plant origin of actual or potential value for food and agriculture including indigenous seeds and plant varieties; 4.

Section 27A of the principal Act is amended Amendment of section 27A of Cap.

326.

(a) by deleting subsection (1) and substituting therefor the following subsection 646 Seeds and Plant Varieties (Amendment) 2016 No.

32 (1) There is established a Plant Genetic Resources Centre for Food and Agriculture, which shall be responsible for the conservation and sustainable utilization of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, including indigenous seeds and plant varieties in Kenya.

(b) by deleting the marginal note and substituting therefor the following new marginal note Establishment of Plant Genetic Resources Centre for Food and Agriculture (c) in subsection (2) by (i) deleting the words National Plant Genetic Resources Centre and substituting therefor the words Plant Genetic Resources Centre for Food and Agriculture; (ii) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (i) (j) undertake the collection of all plant genetic resources for food and agriculture including wild crop varieties and the relevant intangible knowledge.

(d) by deleting subsection (3) and substituting therefor the following new subsection (3) There shall be a Plant Genetic Resources Committee for food and Agriculture, which shall provide oversight on matters relating to the Centre.

(e) by inserting the following new subsection immediately after subsection 3 (3A) The management of the Centre shall comprise of the Director of the Centre and the Plant Genetic Resources Advisory Committee.

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