Regulation 4 Notifications by operators
A person who is an operator of a regulated slaughterhouse on the date on which these Regulations come into force must, before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with that date, give notice to the Scottish Ministers.
A person who becomes an operator of a regulated slaughterhouse after the date on which these Regulations come into force must, before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the person becomes an operator, give notice to the Scottish Ministers.
A notice under this regulation must be given in writing and include—
the full name and address of the operator,
the address, telephone number and approval number of the slaughterhouse,
where the operator is a partnership, the full names and addresses of all the partners,
where the operator is a body corporate, the full name, registered office address and registration number of the body corporate.
Where a change occurs in any of the particulars specified in paragraph (3), the operator must, within 28 days of the date on which the change occurs, give notice to the Scottish Ministers of the particulars of the change.
Where a slaughterhouse ceases to be an approved slaughterhouse its operator must, before the end of the period of 10 days beginning on the day on which that occurs, give notice to the Scottish Ministers of the date of such cessation.
For the purposes of this regulation “partnership” means—
a business which falls within the meaning given in section 1 of the Partnership Act 1890f1,
a limited partnership registered under section 8(1) of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907f2,
a limited liability partnership within the meaning given in section 1 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000f3.
Annotations
Footnotes
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1890 c. 39. Section 1 was amended by section 1(1) and Part 10 of schedule 1 of the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 (c. 43) and S.I. 2009/1941.
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1907 c. 24. Section 8 was substituted by S.I. 2009/1940 and amended by S.I. 2017/514.
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