{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1/annex-I/chapter-I/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1/annex-I/chapter-I/division-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2005/1",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1",
  "path": "annex/I/chapter/I/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "However, sick or injured animals may be considered fit for transport if they are:",
  "text": "(a)slightly injured or ill and transport would not cause additional suffering; in cases of doubt, veterinary advice shall be sought;\n(b)transported for the purposes of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 if the illness or injury is part of a research programme;\n(c)transported under veterinary supervision for or following veterinary treatment or diagnosis. However, such transport shall be permitted only where no unnecessary suffering or ill treatment is caused to the animals concerned;\n(d)animals that have been submitted to veterinary procedures in relation to farming practices such as dehorning or castration, provided that wounds have completely healed.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 1 Ch. 1 para. 3(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 3(40)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/1/annex/I/chapter/I/division/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:54:59.433274+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."
}