The Beef and Pig Carcase Classification (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018 No. 182

Amendment of regulation 22

15.  In regulation 22 (offences: licences (bovine carcases))—

(a) in paragraph (1) for “the person who carries out the classification and the operator of that slaughterhouse are each guilty of an offence” substitute “both the person who carries out the classification and the operator of that slaughterhouse commit an offence”;

(b) in paragraph (2)—

(i) for “automated grading equipment” substitute “automated grading methods”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (a) for “equipment” substitute “method”; and

(iii) for “the person who carries out the classification and the operator of that slaughterhouse are each guilty of an offence” substitute “both the person who carries out the classification and the operator of that slaughterhouse commit an offence”;

(c) in paragraph (3) for “is guilty of” substitute “commits”; and

(d) after regulation 22 insert—

“Offences: authorised grading methods (pig carcases)

22A.   If classification of a pig carcase is carried out at an approved slaughterhouse—

(a) without using an authorised grading method provided for in Article 11 of the Commission Delegated Regulation; or

(b) without the operation of grading techniques, provided for in Article 11, by qualified personnel,

both the person who carries out the classification and the operator of that slaughterhouse commit an offence.”.