The rights of the owner of the protected plant variety are infringed if a party performs any act described in the
Scope of Grant of Protection without the consent of the owner in respect of the propagating material and/or harvested material of the plant variety.
The owner of the protected plant variety can take civil legal action against an infringing party, seek relief in the form of an injunction to stop the infringing activities, demand for the profits gained by the infringing party at his expense or seek damages for the loss suffered.
It is a criminal offence to falsely represent a plant variety as protected when it is not.