Protection of New Plant VarietiesSri Lanka (2001, draft) PROTECTION OF NEW PLANT VARIETIES (BREEDER'S RIGHTS)SRI LANKA 2001Definitions:1. For the purposes of this Act -"Authority of a Convention Country" means the Authority entrusted with the implementation of the law on the protection of new varieties of plants for that country."breeder" means the person who has bred, or discovered and developed, a variety;"holder" means the holder of a breeder's right;"Office" means the National Intellectual Property Office of Sri Lanka (NIPOS):"protected variety," means any variety that is the subject of a breeder's right,"variety" means a plant grouping within a single botanical taxon of the lowest known rank, which grouping, irrespective of whether the conditions for the grant of a Breeder's Right are fully met, can be -(a) defined by the expression of the characteristics resulting from a given genotype or combination of g...