in relation to a variety referred to in section 2, means—
| (a) | the person who bred, or discovered and developed, the variety; |
| (b) | the employer of the person referred to in paragraph (a), if that person is an employee whose duties are such that the variety was bred, or discovered and developed, in the performance of such duties; or |
| (c) | the successor in title of the person referred to in paragraph (a) or the employer referred to in paragraph (b); |
[Definition substituted by section 1(b) of Act No. 15 of 1996]