Paragraph 6

The coordinator nominated under paragraph 5 must—

(a)

monitor the work of the panel convened under paragraph 1,

(b)

ensure that each panel member carries out the visual classifications of the carcasses independently and anonymously from the other panel members,

(c)

verify that each carcass classified is—

(i)

obtained from a sheep aged less than 12 months at the time of slaughter, and

(ii)

presented in the same way as all other carcasses used in the test process, that being in accordance with the requirements of regulation 7,

(d)

collect—

(i)

the classification results of the members of the panel, and

(ii)

the classification results obtained by using the automated classification method,

for each carcass,

(e)

ensure that, during the entire duration of the authorisation test, the classification results obtained by using the automated classification method are not available to any member of the panel or to any other interested party,

(f)

make a decision whether, for objective reasons they must specify, any carcasses should be excluded from the sample to be used for the analysis,

(g)

ensure that the analysis sample includes a spread of carcasses which is representative of the variety of sheep slaughtered in regulated slaughterhouses,

(h)

send the results to the Welsh Ministers and the data analyst-statistician nominated under paragraph 7, and

(i)

send to the Welsh Ministers a report on how the test was conducted, including information on how the carcasses were presented during the test process.