{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sheep-carcase-classification-and-price-reporting-england-regulations-2025/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sheep-carcase-classification-and-price-reporting-england-regulations-2025/regulation-16.json",
  "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/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Licence to use authorised automated classification methods",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may on application grant to an operator of a regulated slaughterhouse a licence permitting the use of authorised automated classification methods for classification of sheep carcases at that slaughterhouse.\n(2) Where an operator applies for a licence described in paragraph (1), the Secretary of State must, before granting any such licence, be satisfied that—\n(a) the automated classification method to which the application relates; and\n(b) the manner of its operation within the regulated slaughterhouse,\nmeet the requirements of regulation 19(1) and Schedule 2.\n(3) A licence under paragraph (1) may be granted subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.",
  "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/16",
    "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."
}