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Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994
12Extension of PBR to cover essentially derived varieties
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#### 12 Extension of PBR to cover essentially derived varieties
Subject to section 23 (exhaustion of PBR), if PBR is granted in a plant variety (the initial variety), and a declaration is made that another plant variety is essentially derived from the initial variety, the right granted in the initial variety extends, with effect from the date of declaration, to that other plant variety.
> Note: For declarations of essential derivation, see sections 40 and 41D.