# The Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (England) (No. 3) Order 2003, Article 8: Means of transport leaving a slaughterhouse or sale premises

Extent: E+W+S

(1) If a means of transport—
(a) has been used to transport any animal to which article 3 applies to a slaughterhouse or to a sale premises; and
(b) is to leave the slaughterhouse or sale premises not carrying any animals and without having been cleansed and disinfected,
the driver shall, before leaving the premises, give a written declaration to the occupier of the slaughterhouse, or the licensee of the sale premises, specifying where the cleansing and disinfection in accordance with article 3(3) shall take place.
(2) The occupier or licensee shall—
(a) supply the driver with the form of declaration which shall be in a form approved by the Secretary of State;
(b) send the completed declarations to the local authority by fax or other means agreed with the local authority on the same day that he receives them; and
(c) keep the original declarations for three months and during that period produce them to an inspector on request.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1724/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transport-of-animals-cleansing-and-disinfection-england-no-3-order-2003/article-8
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.