Licence for automated grading
10.—(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.