{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-official-controls-charges-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-official-controls-charges-scotland-regulations-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2005/607",
  "legislation_title": "The Meat (Official Controls Charges) (Scotland) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-official-controls-charges-scotland-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "The standard charge",
  "text": "(1) An operator who does not agree that an additional charge is justified under paragraph 8 may request that the question be determined by a person nominated for the purpose pursuant to sub-paragraph (3)(a).\n(2) A request under sub-paragraph (1) shall be made within 1 week of the Agency giving the operator notice under paragraph 8(3).\n(3) Where an operator makes a request under sub-paragraph (1)–\n(a) the Agency shall nominate a person to determine the question from the list established under sub-paragraph (4);\n(b) the person so nominated shall give the operator and the Agency an opportunity to make representations on the question to be determined;\n(c) the person so nominated shall, within 1 month of being nominated, decide whether an additional charge is payable and shall notify the operator and the Agency of that decision;\n(d) the decision notified under sub-paragraph (c) shall be binding on the operator and the Agency; and\n(e) the Agency shall give effect to the decision so notified.\n(4) The Agency shall establish and maintain a list of people who may be nominated for the purposes of this paragraph and shall consult those organisations appearing to represent operators before including any person on the list.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/607/schedule/2/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:22:42.726396+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."
}