{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1992/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1992/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2037",
  "legislation_title": "The Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fresh-meat-hygiene-and-inspection-regulations-1992",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Designation of official veterinary surgeons",
  "text": "(1) The appropriate Minister may designate a veterinary surgeon as an authorised officer who is to act in the capacity of an official veterinary surgeon for the purposes of the Regulations.\n(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) below, the appropriate Minister may, at any time, revoke or suspend the designation of any person as an official veterinary surgeon if it appears to the appropriate Minister that such person is unfit to perform one or more of the functions of an official veterinary surgeon under these Regulations.\n(3) Where the appropriate Minister revokes or suspends a designation under paragraph (2) above he shall, as soon as possible, give to the person whose designation has been revoked or suspended a notice in writing of the reasons for the revocation or suspension and shall afford him an opportunity of making representations in writing to the appropriate Minister with regard to the revocation or suspension or of being heard by a person appointed for the purpose by the appropriate Minister.\n(4) A notice given under paragraph (3) above shall inform the person to whom it is given of his right to make representations in writing, of the manner in which and the time (not being less than 21 days from the giving of the notice) within which such representations may be made and of his right to be heard and of the manner in which and the time (not being less than 21 days from the giving of the notice) within which he may apply for an opportunity to be heard; and, in the event of the designated person making any representations (whether orally or in writing) to the appropriate Minister under this paragraph, the appropriate Minister shall reconsider whether that person is unfit to perform one or more of the functions of an official veterinary surgeon under these Regulations and shall reconsider, as soon as practicable, his decision to revoke or suspend the designation under paragraph (2) above in the light of those representations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2037/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:17:04.922908+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."
}