# The Pig Carcase (Grading) Regulations 1988, Regulation 6: MLC’s duties in connection with weighing and grading of pig carcases


(1) Any person who requires the MLC to carry out, at any slaughterhouse occupied by him, the duties specified in paragraph (2) below shall—
(a) give to the MLC at least one month’s written notice in such form as the appropriate Minister may require;
(b) provide the appropriate Minister with a copy of that notice; and
(c) pay to the MLC on demand such sum as it may require in respect of its expenses incurred in the carrying out of such duties.
(2) In respect of any slaughterhouse the occupier of which has given to the MLC the notice referred to in paragraph (1) above it shall be the duty of the MLC as from the date upon which the notice takes effect to—
(a) weigh the carcase of each pig slaughtered in that slaughterhouse in accordance with the provisions of Article 2(2) of the Council Regulation, make a record of the weight of each such carcase and thereafter calculate the weight of the cold carcase by reference to the provisions of Article 3 of the Commission Decision;
(b) grade each such carcase in compliance with the requirements of Article 3(1) and (2) of the Council Regulation as read with regulation 4 by the application of one of the methods approved by the Commission Decision; and
(c) in the case of pig carcases to be marketed uncut in another Member State, mark each pig carcase in the manner prescribed in Article 4(1) of the Council Regulation and Article 4 of the Commission Regulation;
(d) in any other case—
(i) mark each pig carcase in the manner so prescribed; or
(ii) make and keep a record relating to each pig carcase in compliance with the requirements of Article 4(2) of the Council Regulation.
(3) This regulation shall have effect as if it were inserted in Part I of the Agriculture Act 1967.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1180/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pig-carcase-grading-regulations-1988/regulation-6
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