{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-at-markets-order-1990/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-at-markets-order-1990/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2628",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Animals at Markets Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-at-markets-order-1990",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Additional duties of market authorities",
  "text": "It shall be the duty of a market authority to ensure that—\n(a) all passageways and sale rings in the market and all pens in which animals are kept are—\n(i) constructed and maintained in a manner which is not likely to cause injury or unnecessary suffering to animals; and\n(ii) free from any sharp edges or projections with which animals may come into contact;\n(b) an adequate supply of wholesome water is available for animals;\n(c) adequate facilities in the form of troughs, buckets, drinking bowls or other drinking devices are available for watering animals; and\n(d) any covered accommodation in the market in which animals are kept is capable of being adequately ventilated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2628/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:53:52.737521+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."
}