Article 15 Exceptions

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

art.15 rev in pt. by Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) 2000 art.8(1), Sch.3, Pt.I
art. 15(2) revoked by Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) 2000 Sch. 3 Pt. 1
art. 15(2) revoked by Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) 2000 Sch. 3 Pt. 1
art. 15(2) revoked by Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) 2001 art. 8(1) Sch. 3 Pt. 1

(1)

Where cattle, sheep, pigs, goats or horses are transported for a distance of 50 km or less, to, from or within land used for agricultural purposes in a vehicle owned by the owner or occupier of that land and the vehicle has an internal length of not more than 3.7 m available for the carriage of animals, then the following provisions shall not apply—

(i)

article 14 (documentation);

(ii)

paragraph 4 of Part I of Schedule 2 (overhead protection);

(iii)

paragraph 5 of Part I of Schedule 2 (provision of barriers or straps);

(iv)

paragraph 11 of Part II of Schedule 2 (internal ramps and lifting gear); and

(v)

paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Transit of Animals (Road and Rail) Order 1975^f1.

(2)

Where cattle, sheep, pigs, goats or horses are transported for a distance of 50 km or less in a vehicle which is used exclusively, in the course of a single day, for the transport of such animals between the same two points, other than between two markets, paragraph 26(1) of Part II of Schedule 1 (Cleaning and disinfection) shall not apply.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1975/1074 to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.