{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sheep-carcase-classification-and-price-reporting-scotland-regulations-2025/regulation-5",
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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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Requirements and methods for classification of carcases",
  "text": "(1) The operator of a regulated slaughterhouse must ensure that the carcase of each sheep aged less than 12 months at the time of its slaughter at that slaughterhouse is classified—\n(a) visually by a licensed classifier, or\n(b) by use of an authorised automated classification method.\n(2) Classifications under this regulation must—\n(a) be carried out at the time that the warm weight of the carcase is being determined in accordance with regulation 10 (determination of carcase weight), and\n(b) subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), classify the carcase by both—\n(i) a conformation class from the first column of Table 1 in schedule 1 (conformation classes), and\n(ii) a class of fat cover from the first column of Table 2 in schedule 1 (classes of fat cover descriptions).\n(3) Each of the classes of conformation in the first column of Table 1 in schedule 1 or, as the case may be, fat cover in the first column of Table 2 of schedule 1, may be subdivided into three subclasses of Low (marked as “-”), Medium (marked as “=”) and High (marked as “+”).\n(4) If the subclasses in paragraph (3) are not used in relation to the fat cover classes—\n(a) “3. Average”, and\n(b) “4. High”,\nthose fat cover classes may be subdivided into the subclasses Low (marked as “L”) and High (marked as “H”).\n(5) The operator must keep a classification record for each carcase classified under paragraph (1) comprising—\n(a) the specification of presentation used under regulation 7 (presentation of carcases for classification),\n(b) the cold weight of the carcase determined in accordance with regulation 10(3) (determination of carcase weight),\n(c) the classification determined under paragraphs (2)(b), (3) and (4).\n(6) If the operator of a regulated slaughterhouse uses an automated classification method and that method fails to accurately classify a carcase, the operator must ensure that the carcase is visually classified by a licensed classifier as soon as possible after the failure is identified.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2025/9780111064030/regulation/5",
    "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."
}