# The Sheep Carcass (Classification and Price Reporting) (Wales) Regulations 2025, Regulation 24: Minimum requirements of on-the-spot checks


(1) The Welsh Ministers must determine the minimum requirements for on-the-spot checks for each regulated slaughterhouse.
(2) The minimum requirements referred to in paragraph (1) are requirements relating to—
(a) the frequency of on-the-spot checks which must be carried out, and
(b) the minimum number of carcasses to be checked during those on-the-spot checks,
on the basis of the risk assessment referred to in paragraph (3).
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the Welsh Ministers must carry out a risk assessment which must, in particular, take into account—
(a) the number of sheep slaughtered in the regulated slaughterhouse concerned, and
(b) the findings during any previous on-the-spot checks in that slaughterhouse.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/1121/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-carcass-classification-and-price-reporting-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-24
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