9.—(1) The Department may grant a licence to carry out visual classification of bovine carcases to any person who appears to the Department to be qualified to carry out the classification, if the Department is satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to carry out classification of bovine carcases.
(2) The licence may be made subject to such terms and conditions as the Department considers necessary for the purposes of paragraph (1).
(3) In addition to the power to revoke a licence in the circumstances mentioned in Article 4(2) of the Commission Implementing Regulation (incorrect classification, presentations or identifications), the Department may suspend or revoke a licence granted to a person under this regulation if—
(a)the person has contravened any of the terms or conditions of that licence; or
(b)the Department is satisfied that the person holding that licence is no longer a fit and proper person to carry out classification of bovine carcases.
(4) Where the Department takes any decision in relation to a licence under this regulation which gives rise to a right to appeal under regulation 11, the Department must—
(a)inform the person of the decision in writing;
(b)give the reasons; and
(c)explain that there is a right of appeal to a magistrates’ court.