{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-staging-points-order-1998/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-staging-points-order-1998/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2537",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Animals (Staging Points) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-staging-points-order-1998",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "It shall be an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981 for an owner or any person running a staging point, or, in the case of paragraph (g) below, any person–\n(a) to operate a staging point in contravention of Article 1.2 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/97 (requiring staging points to comply with the Community criteria for staging points);\n(b) to use a staging point, other than a staging point approved under Article 4.2 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/97, in contravention of Article 4.1 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/97 (providing for the exclusive use of staging points for the accommodation of animals passing through them);\n(c) to use a staging point approved under Article 4.2 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/97 (relating to the approval of assembly centres as staging points) in contravention of paragraphs (a) to (c) of that Article;\n(d) to contravene Article 4.3 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/97 (relating to the health status of animals present at staging points);\n(e) to contravene Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/97 (relating to the operation of staging points);\n(f) to permit the removal of any animal in contravention of Article 6.1 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/97 (requiring an official veterinarian or veterinarian designated by the competent authority to confirm on the route plan that the animal is fit to travel);\n(g) to contravene or fail to comply with a notice served on him by a veterinary inspector under article 4(1) of this Order; or\n(h) to cause or permit any of the above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2537/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:15.647265+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."
}