Regulation 14 Restrictions affecting animals carried in vehiclesI1

England and Wales

The person in charge of any animal which is carried by a vehicle using a motorway shall, so far as is practicable, secure that—

(a)

the animal shall not be removed from or permitted to leave the vehicle while the vehicle is on a motorway, and

(b)

if it escapes from, or it is necessary for it to be removed from, or permitted to leave, the vehicle—

(i)

it shall not go or remain on any part of the motorway other than a hard shoulder F1or an emergency refuge area, and

(ii)

it shall whilst it is not on or in the vehicle be held on a lead or otherwise kept under proper control.

Annotations

F1: Words in reg. 14(b)(i) inserted (E.) (6.4.2015) by The Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/392), regs. 1(1), 2(6)