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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sheep-carcase-classification-and-price-reporting-scotland-regulations-2025/regulation-19",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2025/9780111064030",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep Carcase (Classification and Price Reporting) (Scotland) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sheep-carcase-classification-and-price-reporting-scotland-regulations-2025",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Authorisation of automated classification methods for carcases",
  "text": "(1) The proprietor of an automated classification method may request that the Scottish Ministers authorise that method for use in regulated slaughterhouses.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers may grant a request under paragraph (1) if—\n(a) the automated classification method has been subjected to the entire authorisation test process set out in Part 1 of schedule 2 (authorisation test process), and\n(b) analysis of the test results in accordance with Part 2 of schedule 2 (minimum requirements for test results) show that is has met the degree of accuracy required under that Part.\n(3) The authorisation for an automated classification method must stipulate the carcase specification and hanging presentation used in the test process for that method and require that all future use of the method under regulation 5 (requirements and methods for classification of carcases) replicates the carcase specification and hanging presentation.\n(4) The authorisation for an automated classification method may be granted subject to such other terms and conditions as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.\n(5) The proprietor of an authorised automated classification method, or any operators using it for classification under these Regulations, must ensure to the extent they are able to do so that any requirement under paragraph (3) or (4) is met.\n(6) In this regulation, “carcase specification” means one of the specifications for preparation of a carcase set out in regulation 7(2) or (3) (presentation of carcases for classification).\n(7) In this regulation, “hanging presentation” means the way that a carcase is hung from hooks and gambrels in a slaughterhouse.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111064030/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:28:19.734928+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."
}