Part 5: Marketing Standards, Organic Products and Carcass Classification Section 40: Carcass classification
Section 40 gives the Secretary of State the power to make provision relating to carcass classification by slaughterhouses in England, through regulations. This will include the ability to amend or revoke the current carcass classification rules as set out in retained EU legislation and in domestic legislation, as well as the flexibility to introduce new standards and rules that will be tailored to suit the domestic agricultural sectors.
	Subsection (1) gives the Secretary of State the power to make regulations regarding the classification, identification and presentation of bovine, pig and sheep carcasses by slaughterhouses in England.
	Subsection (2) states that regulations made under subsection (1) may include provision about enforcement. It also outlines what matters these enforcement regulations may concern, for example, conferring powers of entry, creating offences and imposing monetary penalties. This list is non-exhaustive. This will allow for the current carcass classification enforcement requirements to be replicated for any new standards which may be introduced, and for existing enforcement requirements to be amended as necessary.
	Subsection (3) states that regulations made under subsection (1) may not authorise entry to a private dwelling, without a warrant issued by a justice of the peace. "Private dwelling" is defined at section 51.
	Subsection (4) states that regulations made under this section are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.