The Beef Carcase (Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Licence for automated grading

7.—(1) Classification shall not be carried out by means of automated grading equipment at any premises unless the occupier holds a licence granted under this regulation for the use of that equipment at those premises, and complies with the terms and conditions of that licence.

(2) The Department may grant a licence to an occupier pursuant to Article 3(1a) of the Commission Regulation authorising the use of automated grading equipment for classification at premises in Northern Ireland.

(3) A licence under this Regulation –

(a) shall come into force on the day it is issued;

(b) shall be in the form prescribed in Schedule 4;

(c) shall be subject to the conditions specified in the licence; and

(d) may be suspended or revoked –

(i) for contravention of any condition specified in the licence, or

(ii) in the circumstances referred to in the fifth paragraph of Article 3(2) of the Commission Regulation.