Regulation 17 Suspension, revocation or alteration of licence to use authorised automated classification methods

(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 an operator of a regulated slaughterhouse under regulation 16.

(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 ascertains that the automated classification method, or the manner of its operation within the slaughterhouse, has generated a significant number of incorrect—

(a)

presentations;

(b)

classifications;

(c)

identifications; or

(d)

labellings.

(3)

This paragraph applies where the operator referred to in paragraph (1) has contravened any of the terms and conditions of a licence granted to them under regulation 16.

(4)

This paragraph applies where the Secretary of State considers that the requirements of these Regulations are otherwise no longer met in respect of the automated classification method or the manner of its operation within the slaughterhouse.

(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—

(a)

inform the operator of the decision in writing;

(b)

give reasons for the decision; and

(c)

inform the operator of the right of appeal under regulation 18,

within a period of 28 days beginning on the day on which the decision is made.