{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-official-controls-charges-wales-regulations-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-official-controls-charges-wales-regulations-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2005/3370",
  "legislation_title": "The Meat (Official Controls) (Charges) (Wales) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/meat-official-controls-charges-wales-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) must 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 must nominate a person to determine the question from the list established under sub-paragraph (4);\n(b) the person so nominated must give the operator and the Agency an opportunity to make representations on the question to be determined; and\n(c) the person so nominated must, within 1 month of being nominated, decide whether an additional charge is payable and notify the operator and the Agency of his or her decision.\n(4) The Agency must establish and maintain a list of people who may be nominated for the purposes of this paragraph and must consult those organisations appearing to represent operators before including any person on the list.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 1.1.2006, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/3370/schedule/2/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:04:55.560315+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."
}