{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designations-scotland-order-1988/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designations-scotland-order-1988/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2191",
  "legislation_title": "The Milk (Special Designations) (Scotland) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designations-scotland-order-1988",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Licences to use special designations",
  "text": "(1) The special designations, the use of which may be authorised by a licence granted in accordance with the provisions of this Order, are “Pasteurised”, “Sterilised”, and “Ultra Heat Treated”.\n(2) Subject to the provisions of this Order, a local authority shall on application being made to them in that behalf grant a licence to the applicant authorising him to use the special designation specified in the application; and such a licence shall be in the appropriate form specified in Schedule 8 or in a form substantially to the like effect.\n(3) A licence shall authorise the use of a special designation only in relation to milk sold at or from the premises mentioned in the licence and, in the case of such milk sold by retail, only in relation to milk so sold within the area of the local authority granting the licence.\n(4) The use of a special designation in relation to milk sold by retail shall be authorised only by a dealer’s licence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2191/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:52:43.168909+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."
}