{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-at-markets-order-1990/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-at-markets-order-1990/article-6.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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Protection of animals from injury or unnecessary suffering",
  "text": "(1) No person shall cause or permit any injury or unnecessary suffering to an animal in a market.\n(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1) above, it shall be the duty of any person in charge of an animal in a market to ensure that the animal is not, or is not likely to be, caused injury or unnecessary suffering by reason of—\n(a) the animal being exposed to the weather;\n(b) inadequate ventilation being available for the animal;\n(c) the animal being hit or prodded by any instrument or other thing; or\n(d) any other cause.",
  "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/6",
    "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."
}