# The Sheep Carcase (Classification and Price Reporting) (Scotland) Regulations 2025, Regulation 14: Licence to carry out visual classification


(1) The Scottish Ministers may grant a visual classification licence to any person who applies for such a licence and who meets the criteria in paragraph (2).
(2) The criteria are that the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that the person is—
(a) suitably qualified, and
(b) otherwise a fit and proper person.
(3) A visual classification licence may be granted subject to such terms and conditions as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate for the purposes of carrying out a visual classification of carcases.
(4) A person to whom a visual classification licence is granted must comply with the terms and conditions subject to which it is granted.
(5) In these Regulations, “visual classification licence” means a licence granted by the Scottish Ministers permitting a person to carry out the visual classification of carcases.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111064030/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sheep-carcase-classification-and-price-reporting-scotland-regulations-2025/regulation-14
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