Exhaustion of breeder’s right

(1) A breeder’s right shall not extend to acts concerning any material of the protected variety, or of a variety covered by the provisions of section 17 (3) of this Act, which has been sold or otherwise marketed by the breeder or with his consent in Belize, or any material derived from the said material unless such acts, (a) involve further propagation of the variety in question; or (b) involve an export of material of the variety, which enables the propagation of the variety, into a country which does not protect varieties of the plant genus or species to which the variety belongs, except where the exported material is for final consumption purposes. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, “material” means, in relation to a variety, (a) propagating material of any kind; and (b) harvested material, including entire plants and parts of plants.