{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1/article-6.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": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Transporters",
  "text": "1. No person shall act as a transporter unless that person holds:\n(a) an authorisation issued by the competent authority pursuant to Article 10(1) or, for long journeys, Article 11(1), of this Regulation, or\n(b) an authorisation issued in Northern Ireland, where that authorisation is issued pursuant to Article 10(1), or for long journeys, Article 11(1) of the EU Council Regulation.\n(1A.) A copy of the authorisation shall be made available to the ... competent authority when the animals are transported.\n2. Transporters shall notify to the ... competent authority any changes in relation to the information and documents referred to in Article 10(1) or, for long journeys, Article 11(1), no more than 15 working days from the date the changes took place.\n3. Transporters shall transport animals in accordance with the technical rules set out in Annex I.\n4. Transporters must entrust the handling of the animals to personnel who have:\n(a) received training on the relevant provisions of Annex 1 to this Regulation and the form to be published by the Appropriate Minister from time to time, or\n(b) received training in Northern Ireland on the relevant provisions of Annexes 1 and 2 of the EU Council Regulation.\n5. No person shall drive, or act as an attendant on a road vehicle transporting domestic Equidae or domestic animals of bovine, ovine, caprine or porcine species or poultry unless he holds a certificate of competence pursuant to:\n(a) Article 17(2) of this Regulation, or\n(b) a certificate of competence issued in Northern Ireland pursuant to the EU Council Regulation;\n(5A.) The certificate of competence shall be made available to the ... competent authority when the animals are transported.\n6. Transporters shall ensure that an attendant accompanies any consignment of animals except in the following cases:\n(a) where animals are transported in containers which are secured, adequately ventilated and, where necessary, contain enough food and water, in dispensers which cannot be tipped over, for a journey of twice the anticipated journey time;\n(b) where the driver performs the functions of attendant.\n7. Paragraphs 1, 2, 4 and 5 shall not apply to persons transporting animals up to a maximum distance of 65 km counted from the place of departure to the place of destination.\n8. Transporters shall make available to the ... competent authority the certificate of approval as provided for in Article 18(2) or 19(2) of this Regulation or, where the certificate of approval was issued in Northern Ireland, Article 18(2) or 19(2) of the EU Council Regulation.\n9. Transporters of domestic Equidae, except registered Equidae, and domestic animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species over long road journeys shall use a navigation system as referred to in Annex I, Chapter VI, paragraph 4.2 ... They shall keep the records obtained by such navigation system for at least three years and shall make them available to the ... competent authority upon request, in particular when the checks referred to in Article 15(4) are carried out. The appropriate authority may, by regulations, specify further details concerning this paragraph. ...",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 3(7)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 2(12)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Regulation substituted (20.7.2022) by The Animal Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/846), regs. 1, 4(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(1) renumbered as Art. 6(1A) (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 3(7)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Regulation omitted (E.W.S.) (20.7.2022) by virtue of The Animal Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/846), regs. 1, 4(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Art. 6(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 3(9) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 2(13)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 3(10)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 2(14)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(5) renumbered as Art. 6(5A) (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 3(10)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(9) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 3(12)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(9) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 6(4) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6(9) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/802), regs. 1, 3(12)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
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  "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."
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