{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pig-carcase-grading-regulations-1994/regulation-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2155",
  "legislation_title": "The Pig Carcase (Grading) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pig-carcase-grading-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Weighing, etc., of carcases of pigs",
  "text": "An occupier shall—\n(a) forthwith prepare each carcase of a pig slaughtered in his slaughterhouse so that it becomes a pig carcase;\n(b) except where the MLC is bound by the obligation specified in regulation 7(5)(c), weigh each such pig carcase in accordance with the provisions of Article 2(2) of the Council Regulation, make a record of the weight of each such pig carcase and thereafter calculate the weight of the cold carcase by reference to the provisions of Article 3 of the Commission Decision;\n(c) except where the MLC is bound by the obligation specified in regulation 7(5)(c), grade each such pig carcase in compliance with the requirements of Article 3(1) and (2) of the Council Regulation as read with regulation 5, by the application of one of the methods authorised by the Commission Decision;\n(d) except where MLC is bound by the obligation specified in regulation 7(5)(c), in the case of each such pig carcase to be marketed whole in another Member State, mark it in the manner prescribed by Article 4(1) of the Council Regulation and Article 4(1) or (2) of the Commission Regulation; and\n(e) in the case of each such pig carcase to be marketed whole or in cuts in the United Kingdom or in cuts in another Member State—\n(i) except where the MLC is bound by the obligation specified in regulation 7(5)(c), mark it in the manner so prescribed, or\n(ii) make and, except where the MLC is bound by the obligation specified in regulation 7(5)(c), keep a record relating to it in compliance with the requirements of Article 4(2) of the Council Regulation and identify it in accordance with Article 5 of the Commission Regulation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/2192",
      "affecting_title": "The Pig Carcase (Grading) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "am (E)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/1505",
      "affecting_title": "The Pig Carcase (Grading) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "am (S)",
      "affecting": "ssi/2006/451",
      "affecting_title": "The Pig Carcase (Grading) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/2192",
      "affecting_title": "The Pig Carcase (Grading) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2155/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:27:27.677082+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."
}