2097 THE SEEDS AND PLANT VARIETIES (AMENDMENT) ACT No. 53 of 2012 Date of Assent: 31st December, 2012 Date of Commencement: 4th January, 2013 AN ACT of Parliament to amend the Seeds and Plant Varieties Act ENACTED by the Parliament of Kenya, as follows1. This Act may be cited as the Seeds and Plant Varieties (Amendment) Act, 2011. Short title. 2. The long title of the Seeds and Plants Varieties Act, in this Act referred to as "the principal Act", is amended — Amendment of the long title to Cap.326. (a) by deleting the words "discovering new varieties" and substituting therefor the words "discovering and developing new varieties"; (b) by inserting the words "to establish a national centre for plant genetic resources" immediately before the words "to establish a Tribunal" 3. Section 2 of the principal Act is amended— (a) by deleting the definition of "authorized officer"; (b) by deleting the definition of plant variety" and substituting therefor the following— "plant variety" means a plant grouping within a single botanical taxon of the lowest known rank, defined by the expression of the characteristics resulting from a given genotype or combination of genotypes distinguished from any' other plant grouping by the expression of at least one of the said characteristics and considered as a unit with regard to its suitability for being propagated unchanged; Amendment of section 2 of Cap. 326.