PART 3BOVINE CARCASES
Licence for automated grading10
1
The Secretary of State may grant, to the operator of an approved slaughterhouse, a licence authorising the use of automated grading equipment for classification of bovine carcases at that slaughterhouse.
2
In addition to the power to revoke a licence in the circumstances mentioned in Article 12(2) of the Commission Regulation, the Secretary of State may suspend or revoke a licence granted to an operator under this regulation—
a
if the operator has contravened any of the terms or conditions of that licence; or
b
if the Secretary of State considers that the automated grading equipment no longer meets the standards required by Article 9 of, and Annex II to, the Commission Regulation, whether for reasons connected with the equipment itself or with the operator’s manner of use of the equipment.
3
Where the Secretary of State takes any decision in relation to a licence under this regulation which gives rise to a right of appeal under regulation 11, the Secretary of State must inform the operator concerned of—
a
the right of appeal; and
b
the details of the person to whom an appeal may be made.