# The Food Irradiation (Scotland) Regulations 2009, Paragraph 19


(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the Agency shall not agree a variation which permits any act or omission a proposal for which would, had it been made in the application for a licence, have caused the Agency to refuse to grant the licence under paragraph 2 of Part 1.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the Agency, in considering whether to vary a licence, shall treat all scientific knowledge which it has at that time as if it had had it at the time it granted the licence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/261/schedule/2/paragraph/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/food-irradiation-scotland-regulations-2009/schedule-2/paragraph-19
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