{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-1997/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-1997/article-19.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/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Production of plans",
  "text": "(1) The owner or charterer of any vessel to be used for the transport of animals shall—\n(a) produce to an officer of the Minister, on demand, plans of the vessel (including details of its ventilation and any fittings for livestock); and\n(b) subject to paragraph (2), provide such information concerning the vessel as the officer considers necessary to enable him to ascertain whether the provisions of this Order will be complied with during the proposed journey.\n(2) No person shall be obliged by virtue of paragraph (1) to provide any information which he cannot, with the exercise of reasonable diligence, obtain.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1480/article/19",
    "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."
}