The Poultry Meat, Farmed Game Bird Meat and Rabbit Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995

Revocation of licences

5.—(1) The Minister may revoke a licence saved by virtue of regulation 3(5) or granted under regulation 4 in respect of any premises if, after an inspection of, or an inquiry into, the operation or structure of the premises and a report by an official veterinary surgeon or veterinary officer, the Minister is satisfied that—

(a) the conditions of hygiene at those premises are inadequate and the occupier has failed to take the necessary measures to make good the shortcoming within such period as the Minister may specify;

(b) any requirement of these Regulations as to hygiene has not been complied with and no action has been taken to ensure that a similar breach does not occur in future;

(c) any agreement made by the occupier with the Minister to carry out and complete any works referred to in regulation 4(2)(a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) has not been complied with;

(d) the condition referred to in regulation 4(5) or any other condition attached to the licence in accordance with regulation 4(6) or (7) has not been complied with; or

(e) the premises no longer fall within these Regulations—

(i) because the business carried on at the premises in respect of which the licence was granted is no longer being carried on there; or

(ii) because they have become exempt under regulation 3.

(2) The Minister shall forthwith notify the occupier in writing of his decision under paragraph (1) above to revoke any licence granted under these Regulations in respect of any premises, of the date on which the revocation is to take effect and of the reasons for such revocation.

(3) Any notification under paragraph (2) above must state the right of appeal to a Meat Hygiene Appeals Tribunal for which provision is made in regulation 6 and the time within which an appeal must be lodged.

(4) In paragraph (2) above “occupier”, in relation to a proposed revocation by virtue of paragraph 1(e)(i) above where the premises are vacant, means the last person known to the Minister to have carried on at the premises business in respect of which the licence was granted or his successor in respect of that business.