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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, if the Secretary of State is satisfied on the application of the operator for such a licence that the equipment and the manner of its operation would meet the standards required by Article 9(b) and 10(2) (read with Part A of Annex IV) of the Commission Delegated Regulation.
(2) The licence may be made subject to such terms and conditions as are necessary to ensure compliance with those standards.
(3) In addition to the power to revoke a licence in the circumstances mentioned in Article 4(2) of the Commission Implementing Regulation, the Secretary of State may suspend or revoke a licence granted to an operator under this regulation if—
(a)the operator has contravened any of the terms or conditions of the licence; or
(b)the Secretary of State considers that the automated grading equipment no longer meets the standards required by the Commission Delegated Regulation, whether for reasons connected with the equipment itself or with the operator’s manner of operation of the equipment.
(4) Where the Secretary of State takes any decision in relation to a licence under this regulation which gives rise to a right to appeal under regulation 11, the Secretary of State 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 person appointed by the Secretary of State.
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