{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-1997/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-1997/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1480",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-1997",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Exceptions",
  "text": "(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—\n(i) article 14 (documentation);\n(ii) paragraph 4 of Part I of Schedule 2 (overhead protection);\n(iii) paragraph 5 of Part I of Schedule 2 (provision of barriers or straps);\n(iv) paragraph 11 of Part II of Schedule 2 (internal ramps and lifting gear); and\n(v) paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 1 to the Transit of Animals (Road and Rail) Order 1975.\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1975/1074 to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev in pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/1618",
      "affecting_title": "The Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (England) (No. 2) Order 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "ssi/2000/167",
      "affecting_title": "The Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (Scotland) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/1618",
      "affecting_title": "The Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (England) (No. 2) Order 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "wsi/2001/2662",
      "affecting_title": "The Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (Wales) Order 2001 (revoked)"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1480/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:07:16.167162+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."
}