{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-and-pig-carcase-classification-scotland-regulations-2010/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-and-pig-carcase-classification-scotland-regulations-2010/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2010/330",
  "legislation_title": "The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (Scotland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beef-and-pig-carcase-classification-scotland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Licence to carry out classification",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers must grant a licence to carry out classification of bovine carcases to any person who applies for such a licence and who appears to the Scottish Ministers to be qualified to carry out classification, but the Scottish Ministers may refuse to grant such a licence if the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that the applicant is not a fit and proper person to carry out the classification of bovine carcases.\n(2) Where the Scottish Ministers grant a licence under paragraph (1), the Scottish Ministers may impose such conditions as they consider appropriate.\n(3) The Scottish Ministers may—\n(a) vary a licence or any condition of a licence;\n(b) revoke a licence in the circumstances mentioned in Article 4(2) of the Commission Implementing Regulation (revoking of licences and approvals);\n(c) suspend or revoke a licence if the person has contravened any of the terms or conditions of that licence; or\n(d) suspend or revoke a licence if the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that the person holding that licence is no longer a fit and proper person to carry out the classification.\n(4) Where the Scottish Ministers take any decision in relation to a licence under this regulation in respect of which there is a right to apply for a review under regulation 10, the Scottish Ministers must inform the person concerned of—\n(a) the right to apply for a review; and\n(b) the manner in which, and the time limits within which, such an application may be made.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(3)(b) substituted (11.7.2018) by The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/182), regs. 1(1), 7"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/330/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:53:59.148084+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}