{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designation-regulations-1988/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designation-regulations-1988/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2204",
  "legislation_title": "The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designation-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Untreated milk distributors' licences",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations–\n(a) every untreated milk distributor’s licence, other than a licence specified in sub-paragraph (b) below, shall be granted by the local authority for the area within which are situated the premises at or from which the milk is to be sold;\n(b) every untreated milk distributor’s licence granted–\n(i) to the Milk Marketing Board in relation to milk sold by the Board otherwise than at or from any of the Board’s premises where milk intended for sale or sold is handled by them,\n(ii) to a county council, or\n(iii) to a local authority,\nshall be granted by the Minister;\n(c) application may be made for an untreated milk distributor’s licence in relation to farm bottled milk obtained by the applicant pre-packed from a licensed producer to use the special designation “Untreated” for the purpose of re-selling such milk to the ultimate consumer (as defined in Schedule 6) only.\n(2) In an application for an untreated milk distributor’s licence the applicant shall state the name and address of each licensed producer from whom he proposes to obtain the milk.\n(3) In this regulation the expression “local authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 72 of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2204/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:52:33.040224+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."
}