Plant Breeder s Rights [ No. 18 of2007 243 " licence" means a licence issued under Part V of this Act; "National Biosafety Authority" means the National Biosafety Authority established under the Biosafety Act, 2007; " owner" in relation to a variety, includes any person having for the time being the possession of that variety; " plant" includes any fungi and algae but does not include any bacteria, bacteroid, mycoplasma, virus, viroid or bacteriophage; " plant breeder's right" means a right granted in terms of section seven; "plant genetic resource" means any material of plant origin and the reproductive propagating material that contains functional units of heredity of actual or potential value to food and agriculture; " propagation " in relation to a living organism or its components, means the growth, culture or multiplication of that organism or component whether by sexual or asexual means; "propagating material" in relation to a plant of a particular plant variety, means any part or product from which, whether alone or in combination with other parts orproducts of that plant, another plant with the same essential characteristics can be produced; " protected variety" means a variety in respect of which a grant of a plant breeders' right is made; " Registrar" means the Registrar of the Institute appointed under section five; "royalty" means the amount of money, in Kwacha equivalent, payable for the utilisation of a plant breeder's right; " seed" means the part of a plant, customarily referred to as a seed, intended for planting and includes a seed potato; " sell " includes to exchange, barter, offer, hire, advertise, keep, expose, transmit, conveyor deliver for or in pursuance of a commercial purpose; " species" means a natural plant grouping that is capable of breeding within itselfbut does not interbreed with a member of another plant species; ., successor" means(a) in relation to a breeder of a plant variety, a person to whom the right of the breeder to make an application for a breeder's right in the variety is assigned or transmitted by will or by operation of law; and ActNo.IOof 2007