{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sheep-carcase-classification-and-price-reporting-england-regulations-2025/regulation-15",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2025/9780348272369",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep Carcase (Classification and Price Reporting) (England) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sheep-carcase-classification-and-price-reporting-england-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Suspension, revocation or alteration of licence to carry out visual classification",
  "text": "(1) Where paragraph (2), (3) or (4) applies, the Secretary of State may, as well as the actions available under Part 7, suspend, revoke or alter the terms and conditions of a licence granted to a person under regulation 14.\n(2) This paragraph applies where, as a result of checks carried out under regulation 23 or when exercising powers under regulation 25 or 26, the Secretary of State identifies a significant number of incorrect—\n(a) presentations;\n(b) classifications;\n(c) identifications; or\n(d) labellings,\nattributable to the person referred to in paragraph (1).\n(3) This paragraph applies where the person referred to in paragraph (1) has contravened any of the terms and conditions of a licence granted to them under regulation 14.\n(4) This paragraph applies where the Secretary of State is satisfied that the person referred to in paragraph (1) is no longer a fit and proper person to carry out classification of sheep carcases.\n(5) Where the Secretary of State makes any decision in relation to a licence under this regulation which gives rise to a right of appeal under regulation 18, the Secretary of State must—\n(a) inform the person of the decision in writing;\n(b) give reasons for the decision; and\n(c) inform the person of the right of appeal under regulation 18,\nwithin a period of 28 days beginning on the day on which the decision is made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348272369/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:39:05.649314+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."
}