9.—(1) The Welsh Ministers 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 Welsh Ministers are satisfied that the equipment and the manner of its operation would meet the standards required by Articles 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 Welsh Ministers 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 Welsh Ministers consider 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 Welsh Ministers take any decision in relation to a licence under this regulation which gives rise to a right to appeal under regulation 10, the Welsh Ministers 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 Welsh Ministers.