{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-england-order-2006/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-england-order-2006/article-6.json",
  "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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Transporters",
  "text": "A transporter who fails to comply with the following provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 is guilty of an offence against the Act—\n(a) Article 4(2) (Article 4 relates to transport documentation);\n(b) Article 5(2) and (4) (Article 5 relates to planning obligations for the transport of animals);\n(c) Article 6(2), (3), (4), (6) and (8) (Article 6 relates to transporters);\n(d) Article 6(9)—\n(i) for means of transport by road in service for the first time on or after the coming into force date of this Order; and\n(ii) for all means of transport by road on or after 1 January 2009;\n(e) Article 12 (Article 12 relates to limitation on applications for authorisation).",
  "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/6",
    "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."
}