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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-england-order-2006/article-11",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/3260",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-england-order-2006",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Control posts",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for a person to operate a control post unless he is approved for that purpose.\n(2) It is an offence for any person to operate or use a control post unless it is approved in accordance with Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97.\n(3) An operator of a control post who fails to comply with any of the following provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 is guilty of an offence against the Act—\n(a) Article 4 (use of control posts);\n(b) Article 5 (the operation of control posts);\n(c) Article 6(1) (confirmation that an animal is fit to continue its journey).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3260/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:13:51.356487+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."
}