{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-animals-order-1977/article-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-animals-order-1977/article-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1977/944",
  "legislation_title": "The Importation of Animals Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-animals-order-1977",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Slaughter of injured animals",
  "text": "If, in the opinion of a veterinary inspector, an imported animal is either—\n(a) so badly injured, or\n(b) in such poor physical condition,\nthat it would be cruel to keep it alive, the appropriate Minister shall cause the animal to be slaughtered.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Arts. 8-14 excluded (30.4.2005) by The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1158), regs. 1(1), 34, Sch. 8 (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Arts. 8-14 excluded (29.6.2006) by The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1471), regs. 1(1), 35(3), Sch. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Arts. 8-14 excluded (2.4.2007) by The Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/194), regs. 1(1), 37(3), sch. 9 (with regs. 2, 37(1)(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/944/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:58:13.958726+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."
}