{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-milk-regulations-1988/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-milk-regulations-1988/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1803",
  "legislation_title": "The Importation of Milk Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-milk-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Duties of authorised officers",
  "text": "(1) In carrying out any examination under paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 2, the authorised officer shall take all reasonable steps—\n(a) to ensure that the transport of the consignment and its placing on the market is not unduly delayed, and\n(b) to avoid causing any delays that might adversely affect the quality of the milk in the consignment.\n(2) Where notice is given to an importer under paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 2 requiring the destruction or disposal of a consignment, the authorised officer shall make an endorsement on the certificate accompanying the consignment as required by regulation 4(1)(d), so as to indicate clearly the requirement under the notice.\n(3) An endorsement made under paragraph (2) above may at any time be deleted or amended by an authorised officer and it shall be so deleted if the notice is rescinded, under paragraph 4(8)(b) of Schedule 2, or if a magistrates' court makes an order under paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 2 that the notice shall no longer have effect.\n(4) Where notice is given to an importer of specified drinking milk or bulk milk under paragraph 2(2) or 3(2) of Schedule 2 as a result of a finding of any matter referred to in Article 7(5)(b) of the Council Directive (diagnosis of a contagious or infectious disease, or a deterioration dangerous to human or animal health, or a serious infringement of the Council Directive), the authorised officer shall immediately notify the Minister of such finding.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/3143",
      "affecting_title": "The Milk and Dairies (Standardisation and Importation) Regulations 1992"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1803/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:56:33.954313+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."
}