{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-of-animals-cleansing-and-disinfection-england-no-3-order-2003/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-of-animals-cleansing-and-disinfection-england-no-3-order-2003/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1724",
  "legislation_title": "The Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (England) (No. 3) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-of-animals-cleansing-and-disinfection-england-no-3-order-2003",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Cleansing and disinfection in relation to the transport of horses",
  "text": "(1) Any person transporting, or causing or permitting the transport of, horses shall ensure that—\n(a) they are loaded on to a means of transport which has been cleansed and, where necessary, disinfected; and\n(b) any horses that die during transport, and any soiled litter and excreta are removed as soon as practicable.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) No person shall use, or cause or permit the use of, any means of transport to transport any animal to which article 3 applies unless the means of transport and any equipment have been cleansed and disinfected in accordance with Schedule 2 since they were last used to transport a horse.\n(4) Cleansing and disinfection under this article shall be carried out in accordance with paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of Schedule 2.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 5(2) omitted (5.1.2007) by virtue of The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3260), arts. 1(b), 30(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1724/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:16:28.474263+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."
}