{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/135",
  "legislation_title": "The Motorways Traffic Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/motorways-traffic-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Restrictions affecting animals carried in vehicles",
  "text": "A person in charge of an animal which is carried by a vehicle using a motorway shall, so far as is practicable, secure that—\n(a) the animal shall not be removed from or permitted to leave the vehicle while the vehicle is on a motorway; and\n(b) if it escapes from, or it is necessary for it to be removed from, or permitted to leave, the vehicle—\n(i) it shall not go or remain on any part of a motorway other than a verge or hard shoulder; and\n(ii) it shall whilst it is not on or in the vehicle be held on a lead or otherwise kept under proper control.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 12 in operation at 28.5.2008, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/135/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:37:00.067401+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."
}