{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-of-animals-cleansing-and-disinfection-england-no-2-order-2000/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-of-animals-cleansing-and-disinfection-england-no-2-order-2000/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1618",
  "legislation_title": "The Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (England) (No. 2) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-of-animals-cleansing-and-disinfection-england-no-2-order-2000",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Cleansing and disinfection in relation to the transport of other mammals and birds, and hoofed animals and poultry in certain circumstances",
  "text": "(1) This article shall apply in relation to the transport of—\n(a) all mammals other than hoofed animals;\n(b) all birds not included in article 3; and\n(c) animals and birds specified in article 3 in the circumstances specified in Schedule 2;\nbut shall not apply in the case of—\n(i) transport which is not of a commercial nature;\n(ii) an individual animal accompanied by a person having responsibility for the animal during transport;\n(iii) the transport of pet animals accompanying their owner on a private journey.\n(2) Any person transporting, or causing or permitting the transport of, animals where this article applies shall ensure that—\n(a) they are loaded on to a means of transport which has been cleansed and, where necessary, disinfected in accordance with Schedule 1; and\n(b) dead animals, soiled litter and excreta are removed as soon as possible.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1618/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:23.604744+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."
}