{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-post-import-control-order-1995/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-post-import-control-order-1995/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2439",
  "legislation_title": "The Animals (Post-Import Control) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-post-import-control-order-1995",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Importation of cattle for meat production in specified circumstances",
  "text": "(1) Any person importing cattle for meat production into Great Britain ... shall ensure that they do not come into contact with non-imported cattle either during transportation or after arrival at the premises of destination specified in the accompanying health certification.\n(2) The occupier of the premises of destination shall ensure that the imported cattle are not removed from the premises unless directly to a slaughterhouse for immediate slaughter or to a slaughter market and then only under the authority of, and in accordance with the conditions of, a licence issued by an authorised inspector.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 5(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/782), regs. 1, 4(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2439/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:01:33.628296+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}