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Article 7 Restriction on the export of exempted horses

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Subject to the provisions of this order, it shall be unlawful to ship or attempt to ship or to cause or permit to be shipped any exempted horse other than a horse of the description mentioned in the proviso to this Article, from any place in Great Britain to any place outside the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man unless immediately before shipment the horse has been inspected in accordance with the provisions of this order by a veterinary inspector and has been certified in writing by him to be capable of being conveyed to the destination to which it is to be shipped and disembarked without unnecessary suffering.

Provided that this Article shall not apply to an exempted horse shipped from any place in Great Britain to any place outside Europe.