{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-and-dairies-scotland-regulations-1990/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-and-dairies-scotland-regulations-1990/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2507",
  "legislation_title": "The Milk and Dairies (Scotland) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-and-dairies-scotland-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Licensing of dairies and dairymen",
  "text": "(1) No person shall carry on the business of a dairy in any premises unless he and any such premises are licensed under these Regulations.\n(2) The food authority may grant or renew such a licence but, subject to paragraph (4) below, shall not do so until an authorised officer of such authority has inspected the premises named in the application and has made a report on the premises and such licence shall be in the form set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.\n(3) Any person proposing to carry on the business of a dairy in any premises shall, not less than one month before he commences such business, make application in writing to the food authority for a licence to do so.\n(4) Before granting or renewing a licence in pursuance of these Regulations, the food authority shall not require an inspection in terms of paragraph (2) above to be made where the person carrying on the business of a dairy in such premises holds a certificate of registration under section 7 of the Milk and Dairies (Scotland) Act 1914.\n(5) Before deciding on any application, the food authority shall consider–\n(a) the report on the premises made under paragraph (2) above; and\n(b) any representation made to them, either in writing or at a meeting of the food authority, by any person or by any other food authority to whose area milk from the premises will be sent or is to be sent for sale.\n(6) The food authority shall intimate to the applicant their decision on the application within one month from the receipt thereof and, in the case of refusal, their reasons for so refusing.\n(7) It shall be an offence for any person to use any premises for the purposes of the business of a dairy unless he holds a licence under this regulation.\n(8) The food authority may revoke a licence if they are satisfied that the dairyman or any of his employees are in breach of any of the provisions of Parts III to VII of these Regulations.\n(9) Each food authority shall keep and maintain a record of all dairies in their area licensed under this regulation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1914 c. 46."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2507/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:55:07.885195+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."
}